Professor and culinary historian Jessica B. Harris is known for her critically acclaimed books documenting the foods of the African Diaspora and her new Netflix series High on the Hog, but she’s also a deltiologist––a refined name for a postcard collector. Harris has traveled the world for nearly five decades, collecting vintage postcards from the […]
The cherished 1980s children’s television series Reading Rainbow is the subject of a new feature documentary titled Butterfly in the Sky. Deadline reports that the film will spotlight LeVar Burton, who hosted the show for 23 years and believed that television could encourage a steadfast love for reading. In its 26 year run, Reading Rainbow’s […]
Michaela Coel made history at Sunday’s 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards by becoming the first Black woman to win an Emmy for limited series writing. The Award-winning HBO series I May Destroy You was created, produced, and directed by Coel––and it deserves all of the acclaim. I May Destroy You follows Arabella, played by Coel, a […]
Netflix has released the trailer for Rebecca Hall’s Passing, which is adapted from Nella Larsen’s prominent 1929 novel of the same name. Passing tells the story of Irene Redfield (Tessa Thompson) and Clare Kendry (Ruth Negga), two Black women living in the midst of the Harlem Renaissance who can “pass” as white, and Clare takes […]
Prolific Ghanian artist Amoako Boafo recently spoke with Dazed about his new exhibition, Singular Duality: Me Can Make We, currently on view at LA’s Roberts Projects until November 6th. Boafo’s spirited, large-scale paintings honor Blackness in all of its glory, and they are directly inspired by real people within his own community: those who raise […]
Shaun M. Mathis, the first place winner of the 2020 PVIFF JARO Short Film Competition for his film ColorBlind, spoke with JARO’s Tomeka Winborne to chat about the inspiration behind his Award-winning short film, the process of creation, and upcoming projects. Mathis was motivated to learn the art of filmmaking while working on his third […]
JOIN US IN SELECTING THE WINNERS OF THE 2021 PVIFF SHORT-FILM COMPETITION BY CLICKING HERE TO SCREEN AND RATE THIS YEAR’S FINALISTS. VOTING DEADLINE: OCTOBER 17, 2021 For the fourth year, JARO Media Services is proud to sponsor the PVIFF Short-Film Competition during the 16th Annual Peachtree Village International Film Festival. PVIFF 2021 celebrates entertainment […]
In 2017, the National Cathedral removed its stained-glass windows featuring images of the Confederate flag and Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. Finally, they are to be replaced with new racial justice-themed windows designed by lauded artist Kerry James Marshall. A poem by Elizabeth Alexander, inscribed in stone, will also be featured […]
In his first West Coast solo exhibition, Virginia native Corey Pemberton’s new show ‘home/body’ is a vibrant collection of mixed-media portrait paintings. Capturing people that he knows while in a domestic setting, Pemberton paints them during those private moments where they feel comfort in their safe space. His subjects are “people in his life whose […]
On November 28th, the Soul Train awards will premiere at the World-Famous Apollo Theater in New York City. It is the first time that the award ceremony will be held in such a renowned setting, and there’s a special reason for the occasion: This year marks the 50th Anniversary of Soul Train. Soul Train was […]