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To fully celebrate the life and legacy of Maya Angelou, we must contextualize her 86 years of living within the black religious traditions that influenced her and birthed her deep spirituality. While ...
Can movies or television really teach us anything useful about African-American history? It's a reasonable question to ask as we begin Black History Month.
As we find ourselves in the middle of Black History Month 2020, we come to remember a decade which brimmed with social change. We also remember a decade filled with incredible fictional movies which ...
Faith and religious leaders in Africa are banding together with Black American allies to fight back against what they see as a political movement driving Trumpism, global authoritarianism, and an ...
In 2013, half a dozen movies portraying the African-American experience have been released The trend may signify a renaissance of African-American film But some actors look forward to the day when ...
The best Christian movies from across the years include everything from adaptations of Biblical stories to modern tales that weave in the religion.
A24 The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) has announced the winners of its 16th annual AAFCA Awards, placing Sing Sing at the top of the list of its awarded films with three prizes.
Ava DuVernay's documentary, "13th" and "Just Mercy," a fact-inspired movie starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx, are among the works addressing African American history and experience that ...
The African American Christian tradition is never merely intellectual. It is inherently celebratory and participatory, its doctrines culminating in praise and action.
A new book by Dr. Roger Baumann of the Hope College sociology faculty examines how African American Christian engagement with the global issue of Israel and Palestine reflects contrasting Black church ...
Birmingham native J. Wesley Legg co-produced the inspirational movie, "Unconditional," that opened in theaters in Birmingham and nationwide on Sept. 21.