Origin (2023)

Keke Palmer, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Giancarlo Esposito (courtesy American Black Film Festival Honors)

Keke Palmer, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Giancarlo Esposito Named 2025 Honorees for American Black Film Festival Honors

Keke Palmer, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Giancarlo Esposito have been named the recipients of the 7th American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Honors.

Bethann Hardison with the 1991 Black Girls Coalition in Invisible Beauty. © Oliveira Toscano. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.

Ava DuVernay, Invisible Beauty, Brother, Cord Jefferson Win at 55th NAACP Image Awards

Films taking home trophies at the 55th NAACP Image Awards include Invisible Beauty for Outstanding Documentary (Film); and Brother won Outstanding Independent Motion Picture.

Colman Domingo in Rustin and 'The Color Purple'

Colman Domingo (Rustin, The Color Purple) Leads Movie Nominations for 55th NAACP Image Awards

Colman Domingo leads the nominations across the motion picture categories for the 55th NAACP Image Awards with three nominations.

American Fiction, Origin Lead Winners of 15th African American Film Critics Association Awards

American Fiction, Origin and The Color Purple lead the winners of the 15th African American Film Critics Association Awards. Origin was named Best Drama, along with Best Director for Ava DuVernay.

Origin – Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Stars as Award- Winning Journalist in Bold Drama by Ava DuVernay | Trailer

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor stars in Ava DuVernay’s Origin as journalist Isabel Wilkerson, the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in journalism

All Of Us Strangers, Past Lives, A Thousand and One Lead Nominations for 33rd Gotham Awards

Indie films All Of Us Strangers, Past Lives, The Zone of Interest, and A Thousand and One lead the nominations for the 33rd Gotham Awards.

NYAD. Annette Bening as Diana Nyad in NYAD. Cr. Liz Parkinson/Netflix ©2023

NYAD Starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster to Open 26th SCAD Savannah Film Festival Lineup

Nyad, starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster will open Savannah College of Art and Design’s 26th annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival which returns in person October 21–28, 2023.