#RunTheCulture Halloween is right around the corner and we’ve got not one but two #CultureClassics for you today that rep Spooky SZN to the fullest. Black horror classics Candyman and Tales From the Hood. Candyman Candyman is a slasher film that dropped in 1992. It centers around a college student studying urban legends who comes across the legend of…
#RunTheCulture Kevin Hart, The Chappelle Show, Jennifer Lopez, Jim Carrey, modern day Saturday Night Live. All of them and many more owe some part of their success to the visionary Keenen Ivory Wayans. His resume is impeccable. Writing credits on 23 movies, producer on 14, staring in 22, and director of 7. He even wrote…
It is imperative we celebrate black superheroes that rep for The Culture and today’s #CultureClassic does just that. Check out one of the first black superheroes to fly into the box office with their own solo film, The Meteor Man.
#RunTheCulture Because representation matters. Because black women have important stories to tell. And because we have to celebrate the accomplishments of our creators for The Culture; here is the list of the top 5 highest grossing films helmed by black female directors. 5. STELLA MEGHIE – Everything, Everything This 2017 Romantic drama is about a…
#RunTheCulture With graduation season upon us, today’s #CultureClassic shines a spotlight on one of the best films to ever capture the black college experience, the classic Spike Lee Joint School Daze. School Daze is the 1998 comedy-drama (and musical) written and directed by legendary creator for The Culture Spike Lee. Lee used his personal experiences at Morehouse College in…
#RunTheCulture John Singelton was a trailblazing black director. His filmography means so much to The Culture and will no doubt stand the test of time. His ability to capture the essence of the young black experience in America (specifically in the 1990’s) was a special gift much needed in Hollywood at the time. So in…
#RunTheCulture This week we honor the life and legacy of legendary creator for The Culture John Singleton and feature his film Poetic Justice as today’s #CultureClassic. Poetic Justice is the 1993 romantic drama written and directed by John Singleton and starring Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur as poet Justice and postal clerk Lucky repectively. The two have a chance encounter that leads to a roadtrip…
#RunTheCulture For today’s #CultureClassic we’re going back to the genesis of hip-hop meeting Hollywood with the OG that started it all, Boyz N The Hood. Boyz N The Hood was the 1991 film written and directed by John Singleton in his directorial debut, and starring big names at the time and future prominent creators for The Culture including Ice Cube, Cuba…
It’s the holiday season so we’ve put together a list of some of the best black Christmas movies you can watch with the fam. From family dramas, to family comidies to a musical starring the King of Pop, check out these 8 black holiday flicks that rep for The Culture. Almost Christmas (2016)…
November is here and with mid-term elections in the U.S. right around the corner we want to feature one of the most pro-black and political engaged #CultureClassics in The Culture’s film vault, Malcom X. One of the greatest black autobiographies (written by Alex Haley) turned into a biographical epic of the controversial and…
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