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I Don't Think We Talk Enough About Paul Robeson (And What He Brought To The Film Industry)

Paul Robeson was a true Renaissance Man. Here are a few of the movies that I think more people should be talking about.

Cinemablend

OPINION - Ian McKellen's thrilling new show is just the kind of innovation the Evening Standard Theatre Awards celebrate

Our annual celebration of theatre is packed with fresh takes and new stories

Evening Standard

Cry, the Beloved Country review – utterly absorbing tale from the birth of apartheid

Zoltan Korda’s 1951 adaptation of Alan Paton’s crusading novel is filled with passion and moral fortitude

The Guardian - UK

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L.A. Law's Blair Underwood talked about his early Hollywood career as a Black actor and meeting Sidney Poitier.

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Retrograde review: a ‘rousing and propulsive’ show at Kiln Theatre

Ryan Calais Cameron is having quite a year, said Dominic Cavendish in The Daily Telegraph. This spring, his breakout play For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy completed its journey from fringe to West End. Now he has given us something utterly different, and…

The Week

The week in theatre: Retrograde; The Secret Life of Bees; Dixon and Daughters – review

Kiln; Almeida; Dorfman, LondonIn his quickfire new McCarthy-era play, For Black Boys… creator Ryan Calais Cameron speaks his mind; a civil rights musical buzzes with potential; and Deborah Bruce’s domestic abuse drama is full of surprises

The Guardian - UK

Harry Belafonte: Singer, actor and unshakeable civil rights activist

America’s first black superstar’s good looks and sweet calypso sounds allowed him to penetrate the wider public arena – where he tirelessly campaigned for racial equality

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Retrograde review – toxicity meets integrity in exceptional Sidney Poitier drama

Ryan Calais Cameron’s terrific three-hander dramatises a meeting in 1955 Hollywood, mapping the dilemmas that actors of colour still face

The Guardian - UK

Retrograde at Kiln Theatre review: Ryan Calais Cameron’s portrait of Sidney Poitier is electrifying

Ivanno Jeremiah delivers a performance of great strength and delicacy as the pioneering actor

Evening Standard

Harry Belafonte's song of rebellion

Looking back at the King of Calypso's legacy reveals the many ways that his work contributed to the good fight

Salon

Belafonte is gone, Poitier went before him. They were the titans who uplifted our world

For us in the African diaspora, they were pioneers who challenged and changed attitudes towards Black men, says Candace Allen, a writer and film-maker

The Guardian - UK

Harry Belafonte obituary

Singer, actor and activist who matched his genial persona with political commitment

The Guardian - UK

Bans, bigots and surreal sci-fi love triangles: Harry Belafonte’s staggering screen career

The star with the gorgeous calypso voice was also a naturally passionate actor who appeared in heists, colonial confrontations – and even the last love triangle on Earth

The Guardian - UK

Pioneering performer and activist Harry Belafonte dies at 96

NEW YORK: Harry Belafonte, a singer, songwriter and groundbreaking actor who started his entertainment career belting out “Day O!” in his 1950s hit song before turning to political activism, has died at the age of 96.

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The Independent UK

Harry Belafonte, activist and entertainer, dies at 96

Harry Belafonte has died at age 96

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Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and activist, has died at age 96

The iconic and barrier-breaking performer died Tuesday of congestive heart failure.

The Guardian - UK

Get On Up: The Triumph of Black America review – David Harewood’s interviews are puzzlingly shallow

This look at the icons of Black creativity in the US sees the actor on infectious form. But he fails to offer any insight on complex issues – leaving this documentary feeling jolly, but bland

The Guardian - UK

‘This celebrates a coming of age’: David Harewood on how Black American culture took over the world

The actor’s new documentary series salutes 50 years of African American creativity, from Sidney Poitier and Stevie Wonder to Beyoncé and Black Panther

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Evening Standard

Ryan Calais Cameron: “I wrote For Black Boys out of my pain, and the pain of people who look like me”

The writer and actor was shocked by the mental health issues in his old neighbourhood, and knew he needed to get it on the page. Next week the play opens in the West End

Tom’s Guide

15 best Apple TV Plus movies to watch now

The best Apple TV Plus' movies may not be as notorious as its hit shows, but the streaming service continues to offer a lineup that emphasizes quality over quantity.

Chicago Sun-Times

These two Chicago families’ histories help tell the story of a city

The Atkinsons and the Bernsteins are South Side families who have had a role in aspects of Chicago’s history.

The Guardian - UK

Buck and the Preacher review – Poitier and Belafonte are a dream team in breezy western

Sidney Poitier’s terrifically enjoyable directorial debut from 1972, in which he stars opposite Harry Belafonte, is rereleased in all its galloping glory

Evening Standard

Black Oscar winners over the years: the numbers. Just how bad is it in Hollywood?

There have been 54 black Oscar wins in 96 years

The Independent UK

Walter Mirisch, Oscar-winning producer, dead at 101

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says Oscar winning film producer Walter Mirisch has died at age 101

Los Angeles Times

Former Academy president and legendary producer Walter Mirisch dies at 101

LOS ANGELES — Walter Mirisch, the last of three Mirisch brothers who produced or oversaw production of a string of highly regarded films in the 1950s and ’60s, including best picture Oscar winners “The Apartment,” “West Side Story” and “In the Heat of the Night,” as well as comedy classics…

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