In recent decades, African-American actresses have ruled, breaking out of stereotypical roles, ... Her film roles include Battleship (2012), This is the End (2013), ...

Anika Noni Rose is a film and Broadway actress who lent her voice as Princess Tiana, Disney’s first African American animated princess, in The Princess and the Frog (2009). Brandy (Image: Facebook) ...

Though most of the emphasis in the early to mid-1970s was on the hero, talented African American actresses did become fan favorites: Diana Sands, Rosalind Cash, Vonetta McGee, Denise Nicholas ...

Black Women: Trailblazing African American Performers & Images, 1920-2001 Jan. 17-Feb. 13 at Film Forum, 209 West Houston Street, Manhattan; filmforum.org . Nicole Herrington is the Weekend Arts ...

Viola Davis’s historic Emmy win served as an important milestone for African American actresses this week, but data suggest that the entertainment industry could do far more to achieve greater ...

African-American Film Critics Association Awards- Best Independent Feature Photo: Getty Images Gilbert Flores / Contributor The winner of the 2023 AAFCA award for Best Independent Feature is the ...

Actresses Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer dominate Tate Taylor's adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's civil-rights era novel about Southern maids and their testy relationships with white female employers.

Summer on the island is packed with cultural events, and for many celebrities, politicians and filmmakers, the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival is a highlight.

*The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) presented its 7th Annual Awards on February 11, 2016 at Taglyan Complex in Hollywood, California. The AAFCA awards celebrated 2015’s best ...