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Louise Beavers (left) plays a maid whose daughter (Fredi Washington) passes for White in “Imitation of Life." (Courtesy of Universal Pictures)

Black Experience, Entertainment

Films to Watch During Black History Month

by WI Guest Author February 2, 2018October 31, 2020

Chief film critics have chosen several vital movies from the 20th century that convey an illustrious history of Black Americans in cinema.

‘Dope’ Revisits the ’Hood, With Joy and Wit

by Reporter II June 15, 2015October 30, 2020

Ava DuVernay Offers a Free Education on How to Buck Hollywood

by Reporter II June 1, 2015October 30, 2020

Aja Naomi King Joins Biopic Based on Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion

by Reporter II April 18, 2015October 30, 2020

Phyllis R. Klotman, Scholar and Archivist of African-American Cinema, Dies at 90

by Reporter II April 6, 2015October 30, 2020

Hollywood Reflects on Race in Year of Black, Civil Rights Films

by Washington Informer August 27, 2013October 30, 2020