The 2023 Academy Awards nominations left many scratching their heads yesterday, as there were glaring omissions of works by Black creators that have been critically acclaimed and recognized by other ...

Chinonye Chukwu was certain of two things setting out to tell the story of a loving and lovely 14-year-old boy lynched in 1955 Mississippi for whistling at a white woman. First, the story had to be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Clemency” director Chinonye Chukwu is set to direct a feature film drama about the lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till and how ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the eve of the 65th anniversary of the 1955 torture and lynching death of 14-year-old Emmett Louis Till, writer/director ...

“I want to be a bit bold,” says the Nigeria-born director, whose head-turning looks, styled by Jason Rembert, included dresses by Christopher John Rodgers, Annakiki and Rick Owens. By Ingrid Schmidt ...

There are always a few big surprises and heartbreaks come the morning of Oscar nominations, as much as awards strategists try to mitigate those. But the batch of nominees for the 95th Academy Awards ...

Filmmaker Chinonye Chukwu just became the first Black woman to win the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize for her U.S. Dramatic entry, Clemency. According to Indiewire, Chukwu was part of an ...

She joins Desiree Akhavan, Ryan Coogler, Damien Chazelle, Rebecca Miller, and many more as winning the Grand Jury Prize for their U.S. Dramatic entries. It was a banner year for female filmmakers at ...

You may be familiar with the story of Emmett Till. He's the 14-year-old African American Chicago teen who, in 1955, was abducted and brutally murdered while visiting family in a small town in ...

On the eve of the 65th anniversary of the 1955 torture and lynching death of 14-year-old Emmett Louis Till, writer/director Chinonye Chukwu is set to direct a feature film about his tragic death and ...