black actors

I don’t believe we’ve ever posed this question to SA readers – actors specifically; not those who’ve already “made it,” but those many who struggle daily to, not just be hired for jobs, but paid jobs; and even further, paid jobs that come consistently, enabling them to earn somewhat of a living wage as actors, [...]

Continue Reading An Inquiry Into The Plight Of The Black Actor… Insight Potentially Ahead

Tags: Actor, adult life, black actors, black cards, film, judgemental, living wage, site, stage tv

As I have said before on S A more times than I can count, sometimes you can’t make this stuff up folks. It writes itself. A production scheduled in Berlin of Bruce Norris’ satire Clybourne Park, which has won the Pulitzer, Tony and U.K. theater Olivier Awards, about class divisions and  race relations, was cancelled by the [...]

Continue Reading ‘Blackface’ Version Of ‘Clybourne Park’ In Berlin Cancelled

Tags: black actors, Blackface, deutsches theatre, dramatists guild, german actors, german actress, letter, olivier awards, practice

Many of you weren’t too impressed with the first trailer, based on the comments you left; well, how about this one, which aired during tonight’s presidential debate? It’s another Steven Spielberg historical epic drama – this time centered on Abraham Lincoln; specifically, the 16th President’s tumultuous final months in office, with the nation divided by war and change on the [...]

Continue Reading Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela, Fiery Talk About Abolishing Slavery In New ‘Lincoln’ Trailer

Tags: abolishing slavery, abraham lincoln, black actors, daniel day lewis, david oyelowo, debate, epic, gloria reuben, slavery

With all the updates to the Fall TV season and the long reviews of summertime shows, my recent columns have all been comprised mostly of lists.  This week I change things up a bit by delving into a repeated topic of discussion in this SA feature: What is Black television? Should Black television shows be [...]

Continue Reading This Week In Black Television: Illusion of Inclusion? The State of Black Television

Tags: black, black actors, fall tv season, jamie foxx show, meet the browns, paula jai parker, richard gant, Season, Week

With all the updates to the Fall TV season and the long reviews of summertime shows, my recent columns have all been comprised mostly of lists.  This week I change things up a bit by delving into a repeated topic of discussion in this SA feature: What is Black television? Should Black television shows be [...]

Continue Reading This Week In Black Television: Illusion of Inclusion? The State of Black Television

Tags: black, black actors, fall tv season, jamie foxx show, meet the browns, paula jai parker, richard gant, Season, Week

I guess I should start watching Boss with season 2 set to premiere on Friday, August 17, on Starz; a few black actors of note on this show, as the below trailer for the upcoming new season shows, including the divine Sanaa Lathan, who joined the cast of the Golden Globe-winning drama series earlier this year (star Kelsey [...]

Continue Reading Watch Trailer For Season 2 Of ‘Boss’ (Sanaa Lathan, T.I. Join Cast; Rotimi, James V. Meredith Return)

Tags: animated tv series, anthony mackie, black actors, cast, forest whitaker, kelsey grammer, series, tom kane, Watch

Alright, alright, this is not a new topic but given the latest discussion surrounding the casting of Mexican actress Kate Del Castillo (see Tambay’s post HERE) as Idris Elba’s ex-wife in the upcoming thriller No Good Deed, I thought I’d revisit this seemingly recurring “trend.” SA contributor Emmanuel wrote a piece last year called, “Is [...]

Continue Reading Casting Latina Actresses/Black Actors: Revisiting This Hollywood Trend

Tags: black actors, black actresses, black leads, denzel washington, latina actress, mexican actress

Produced by Nu Century Arts, Birmingham, in partnership with the Octavia Foundation, Margins to Mainstream: The Story of Black Theatre in Britain is a groundbreaking film that builds on previous theatre heritage projects delivered by Nu Century Arts, exploring the history and heritage of black theatre in Britain. Margins to Mainstream: The Story of Black [...]

Continue Reading Trailer: Nu Century Arts’ "Margins to Mainstream: The Story of Black Theatre in Britain" To Premiere In May

Tags: black actors, century arts, drum arts, heritage projects, kwame kwei armah, theatre heritage

While in retrospect, the films of the Blaxploitation era provided us with many cringe-worthy moments, they did contribute two things that can be viewed as positive. Black actors got work. And it was abundantly clear not only that Black was beautiful, but it was damn sexy to boot! Many a curious adolescent snuck into a [...]

Continue Reading Reality Check: Sexy Chocolate – M.I.A.

Tags: act of desire, black actors, dashikis, male actors, salt peter, sexy chocolate

As I’ve stated before, this is the time of year when alll the commerical TV networks announce casting picks for pilot projects for next season. And from the numerous postings we’ve made lately on S A, it seems that a lot of black actors and especially actresses are getting cast in important roles in pilots [...]

Continue Reading Angela Bassett To Co-Star In Untitled Fox Pilot

Tags: angela bassett, black actors, brett ratner, getting gigs, girl, julian mcmahon, Pilot, spy world, time