Skip to main content
Home
  • Subscribe
  • Donate
  • Published by

Main navigation

  • Arts & Culture
  • COVID-19
  • Criminalization
  • Gender & Sexuality
  • Criminal Justice
  • Economic Justice
  • Economy
  • Environment
  • Global Affairs
  • Health
  • History
  • Immigration
  • Islamophobia
  • Labor
  • Media
  • National Security
  • Native Affairs
  • Politics
  • Schools & Youth
  • Sports
  • Trump Presidency
  • Voices
  • All Categories
  • Donate
    Connect
  • Subscribe
see articles from
  • Arts & Culture
  • COVID-19
  • Criminalization
  • Gender & Sexuality
  • Criminal Justice
  • Economic Justice
  • Economy
  • Environment
  • Global Affairs
  • Health
  • History
  • Immigration
  • Islamophobia
  • Labor
  • Media
  • National Security
  • Native Affairs
  • Politics
  • Schools & Youth
  • Sports
  • Trump Presidency
  • Voices
  • All Categories
  • Reagan Gomex set to direct upcoming comedy-horror film "Charcuterie"

    EXCLUSIVE: Reagan Gomez Set To Direct Gentrification Horror-Comedy Next Spring

    “Charcuterie” is one of the genre’s first feature films to be fully helmed by Black women.
    Kellee Terrell Nov 11, 2020 6:00PM EST
    Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. Black man wearing dark red wool skull cap and green t-shirt standing in front of a row of buildings.

    WATCH: New 'Candyman' Trailer

    Directed by Nia DaCosta, the film tackles gentrification with a horrifying new hook.
    N. Jamiyla Chisholm Feb 28, 2020 2:12PM EST
    Sammy Davis Jr. Black man with short dark hair singing in a gun-slinger's outfit seated on a bar with his arms extended.

    'Luke Cage' Writer to Pen Sammy Davis Jr. Biopic

    Charles Murray wants the audience to see the “Candy Man” singer with new eyes: “Imagine being told you can be just as talented as the others, but you’ll never be equal.”
    N. Jamiyla Chisholm Feb 26, 2020 1:35AM EST
    Nina Yang Bongiovi. Asian woman with long dark hair wearing a black jacket and black top standing in front of step and repeat.

    New Film Production Company Centers Stories From People of Color

    Producer Nina Yang Bongiovi: “We don’t have to be at the mercy of a green light committee.”
    N. Jamiyla Chisholm Feb 25, 2020 1:26AM EST
    Dee Rees. Black woman with brown Afro, smiling, wearing a dark top in front of a step and repeat sign.

    Dee Rees Resets 'Porgy and Bess' for Big Screen

    The director will reimagine the opera to “re-locate the characters to a real geography with actual historical and cultural roots.”
    N. Jamiyla Chisholm Feb 13, 2020 11:21AM EST
    Hair Love. A Black man in a tuxedo with locs, a teen boy with locs in a tuxedo with blue lapels and a Black woman with locs and a silver and blue sequin gown.

    WATCH: Oscar Winners School World On Beauty and Brilliance of Black Hair

    “Hair Love” producer Karen Rupert Toliver: “We have a firm belief that representation matters deeply.”
    Ayana Byrd Feb 10, 2020 11:21AM EST
    • Load More

    Colorlines is a daily news site where race matters, featuring award-winning in-depth reporting, news analysis, opinion and curation.

    Colorlines is published by Race Forward, a national organization that advances racial justice through research, media and practice.

    • Masthead
    • Contact
    • Submissions
    • Press
    • Employment
    • Privacy
    • Terms of Service
    small credit card with heart
    Donate

    Subscribe
    Follow us on YouTube