#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)…
This past weekend The Equalizer 2 starring Denzel Washington crossed the $100 million dollar mark at the box office. This means director Antoine Fuqa joins the $100 Million Dollar Black Director’s Club for 2018. He joins fellow creators for The Culture Ryan Coogler director of the mega-hit Black Panther which has grossed an astonishing 1.3…
Director and Creator For The Culture Ava DuVernay has an intriguing new project that premieres tomorrow on fellow Culture Creator Oprah Winfrey’s OWN Network. That project, August 28th: A Day in the Life of a People. The film is a 22-minute scripted short blending documentary and narrative story-telling techniques to cover six black historical…
Famed creator for The Culture Spike Lee is officially back. This past weekend Lee’s latest film BlacKKKlansman had the biggest opening for the director in 10 years making $10.8 million. BlacKKKlansman is the incredible yet true story of Ron Stallworth a black detective in Colorado Springs in 70’s who managed to dupe the kkk…
Biopics are an excellent way of bringing black legends to life for a new generation. From legendary leaders to athletes and singers, here is our list of the top 13 black biopics For The Culture on the big screen. *There is a lot of Chadwick Boseman on this list but as much as we want…
When one thinks about comic books and superheroes it’s true people of color are rarely the first ones to come to mind. But on the low, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is repping for The Culture as much as anyone in film and TV today. Take the blockbuster Spider-man: Homecoming. Both female leads/love interests for…
Every Thursday we like to take it back and give you a #CultureClassic. A clip from a film/TV show or a music video from back in the day that reps The Culture to the fullest! For Comic Con week we have to take it back to the OG epic black super hero film. Before Black…
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