Angela Davis: Last News

Several documentaries in production are leaving Sunny Side of the Doc – the world’s biggest nonfiction film marketplace – with renewed momentum and exposure.

Angela Davis, American political activist, scholar, and author, presented Tribeca Festival’s fourth annual Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award to Rosario Dawson, Jesse Williams, Aloe Blacc, aja monet, Matt Post, Carmen Perez-Jordan, RodStarz and Sean Pica. 

Barbara O. Jones, an actress in the independent Black cinema of 1970s Los Angeles in films like Bush Mama and Daughters of the Dust, died on April 8 at her home in Dayton, Ohio. She was 82.

Murtada Elfadl Many of us probably think we know how racist anti-Black ideas started or think racism was always part of the human condition. Director Roger Ross Williams challenges these notions with his adaptation of Ibram X. Kendi’s book “Stamped From the Beginning.” Relying on testimony from Black female scholars and Kendi’s research, the helmer (whose previous credits include “Life, Animated” and “Cassandro”) starts by posing a provocative question: “What is wrong with Black people?” By the end of the film, Williams unsparingly topples the sanctimoniousness inherent in thinking the answer is simple or clear.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Netflix has released the trailer for “Stamped From the Beginning,” a hybrid documentary and scripted feature that delves into race in the United States. Roger Ross Williams (“The Apollo Life”) directs Ibram X. Kendi’s book adaptation of the same name.

Four years ago, after Aretha Franklin passed away at 76, reporter Jen Dize submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to unseal the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s file on the late soul queen. The contents of the 270-page file were finally published late morning in a report by Dize on her investigative journalism substack, Courage News. (Dize had posted what she felt were the most relevant documents hours earlier in a Twitter thread.) They detail a complicated relationship between the Bureau and the legendary singer that found them acting as her harasser, protector, and legal advocate at different points in her life.

PBS revealed its programming plans today for the coming year, including a second season of Native America and the premiere of the American Masters documentary about Anthony Fauci.

Crooked Media and Audacy have teamed up on a new podcast series about radical left wing organization The Weather Underground.

Mariah Carey has revealed that she will deliver a new vocal class as part of the popular MasterClass series.Taking to Instagram, Carey wrote: “I’m super excited to share what I’ve been working on: my first-ever class on the voice as an instrument.”She added: “You’re up next, and you’re going to rock this!”The class will take place on April 14 via MasterClass here. Others who have taken part in the series include St Vincent, Tom Morello and Nas.Check out the video post announcing the session below.A post shared by Mariah Carey (@mariahcarey)A post shared by MasterClass (@masterclass)Back in January, Carey announced the release of her first children’s book, The Christmas Princess, which will arrive later this year.Announcing the new book on Instagram, Carey described it as “a fairytale for holiday lovers of all ages”.She continued: “Little Mariah represents my inner child believing in her own vision, she represents all children, especially those who feel like outsiders or ‘others’, striving to believe in themselves,” she wrote.“It was empowering to transform my childhood turmoil into a modern classic fairytale full of wonder and boundless hope.”The Christmas Princess was co-written with Michaela Angela Davis, who previously collaborated with the pop star on her memoir The Meaning Of Mariah Carey.

Luminous is a fine word to best describe singer, songwriter, producer, entrepreneur, music activist born Bessie Regina Norris. But millions would come to know her as Betty Wright. She had an irrepressible presence whether in person, through her music, on the phone, anywhere really. I was proud to call her a friend.

Jeffrey Wright opened up exclusively to Us Weekly about 25 things you might not know about him — including his most embarrassing moment on stage, his best subject in college as a political science major and the best dish he makes. Read on to learn more about the Westworld actor.

Willow Smith had a deep conversation with mom Jada Pinkett Smith about cancel culture during an episode of Red Table Talk.