NEW YORK — Even before “Slave Play” burst onto Broadway in 2019, producers and studios were already urging Jeremy O. Harris to adapt his play into a film or a TV show. “My first thought,” the ...

AND PRODUCED BY THREE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PROFESSORS DEBUTS ON MAJOR STREAMING SERVICES TOMORROW. IT’S ABOUT ONE FAMILY’S BRAVE AND RESILIENT EFFORTS TO GAIN FREEDOM FROM SLAVERY IN THE PRE-CIVIL ...

Those who have grown weary of movies that treat America’s history of slavery so seriously can now look forward to The Good Lord Bird, an adaptation of James McBride’s novel—which has drawn favorable ...

The scene is from the 2015 Tamil-language Malaysian indie movie Jagat (“brutal”), which screened at the New York Asian Film Festival. It’s beautifully filmed, but it is not easy to watch. Malaysian ...

Of all the abductions, this one is different.

I recently saw the wonderful movie, 12 Years a Slave, directed by Steve McQueen. It is a true story and in it free negro, Solomon Northrup, played by Chiwetel Ejiofor is living in Saratoga Springs, NY ...