arts and entertainment
The Middle East at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival
November 19, 2019The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has supported famed Palestinian director/actor Elia Suleiman from the beginning of his career.
Read moreTwo new Black-themed plays in L.A.: A history and a comedy
November 15, 2019What are the odds, at any given moment of theatre history in this city, of having two plays running simultaneously, both set during World War II with young Black men trying to enlist in the armed...
Read moreWorld-renowned singer Julia Migenes bids adieu with nostalgic French popular songs
November 14, 2019Grammy-winning opera singer Julia Migenes travels back to the Paris of Edith Piaf, Pablo Picasso and Ernest Hemingway in this evening of nostalgic French chansons.
Read moreFilm review: All aboard the freedom train with “Harriet”
November 1, 2019In a straight forward, conventional manner co-writer/director Kasi Lemmons (1997’s Eve’s Bayou) unfolds the life story of Araminta "Minty" Ross.
Read more‘Indirect Actions’ and ‘The Advocates’: Two new films on social problems
October 30, 2019The 11th annual DTLA Film Festival has just concluded.
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