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Steve McQueen made history at the 86th Annual Academy Awards as the first Black director to win a Best Picture Oscar for “12 Years A Slave.” …

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Lupita Nyong’o won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for the movie 12 Years A Slave. See her reaction and acceptance speech below

High school students could soon be studying “12 Years a Slave.” Starting in September, the film, the book and a study guide will be distributed to public high schools by the National School Boards Association in partnership with New Regency, Penguin Books and the filmmakers. Montel Williams coordinated the program, which is modeled after similar distribution by “The Montel Williams […]

While we definitely honor and acknowledge black history all year round, February 1st marks the official start of Black History Month – a time of…

12 Years A Slave hits theaters this weekend and it is creating huge buzz.  One of the reasons is Lupita Nyongo.  She is fresh out of Yale and this will be her first role.  I said FIRST!  Not first major movie, just first period.  She called in and spoke to Shamara and I about her […]

Love me some Brad Pitt, find myself only checking out movies that he’s in ONLY because he’s in them. I don’t see that being the case with ’12 Years a Slave.’ A film that is based on a true story of a free man from the north who was abducted & sold into slavery in […]