Kerry Washington, Zoë Kravitz, Rosario Dawson, Don Cheadle and Niecy Nash-Betts were among the 160,000 SAG-AFTRA members who urged Congress to pass the Crown Act, which prohibits discrimination based on hair style and texture.
In a strongly worded letter sent to the U.S. Senate, SAG-AFTRA encouraged Congress to pass the bill, as it is an essential step to making all workplaces safe for people of color, and it is consistent with the Guild’s efforts to advance equity and inclusion in the media and entertainment industry.
The Crown Act stands for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair.
“The Crown Act is a huge step in ending discrimination based on hair in public education and work spaces,” said SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher. “People should feel free to style their hair how they feel most comfortable without the threat of prejudice and unequal treatment. The Crown Act will protect...
In a strongly worded letter sent to the U.S. Senate, SAG-AFTRA encouraged Congress to pass the bill, as it is an essential step to making all workplaces safe for people of color, and it is consistent with the Guild’s efforts to advance equity and inclusion in the media and entertainment industry.
The Crown Act stands for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair.
“The Crown Act is a huge step in ending discrimination based on hair in public education and work spaces,” said SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher. “People should feel free to style their hair how they feel most comfortable without the threat of prejudice and unequal treatment. The Crown Act will protect...
- 10/19/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
The Fire This Time 10 Minute Play Festival 2017 Directed by Cezar Williams Presented by Frigid New York @ Horse Trade at the Kraine Theater, NYC January 19-February 5, 2017
The annual The Fire This Time Festival was begun by artists, for artists, and its purpose is to showcase early-career playwrights of the African diaspora. Traditionally, The Fire This Time has been composed of a variety of events, with the 10 Minute Play Festival serving as the flagship, and this year, its eighth, Tftt has expanded those events beyond the strictly theatrical, including web series and readings by playwrights and sisters Kia and Kara Lee Corthron from their respective debut novels. As an anchor to the festivities (and the only event that isn't free to attend), the The 10 Minute Play Festival has consistently put forth collections of strong, exciting work, and this year's group of seven short plays, performed by a group of seven actors, is no exception.
The annual The Fire This Time Festival was begun by artists, for artists, and its purpose is to showcase early-career playwrights of the African diaspora. Traditionally, The Fire This Time has been composed of a variety of events, with the 10 Minute Play Festival serving as the flagship, and this year, its eighth, Tftt has expanded those events beyond the strictly theatrical, including web series and readings by playwrights and sisters Kia and Kara Lee Corthron from their respective debut novels. As an anchor to the festivities (and the only event that isn't free to attend), the The 10 Minute Play Festival has consistently put forth collections of strong, exciting work, and this year's group of seven short plays, performed by a group of seven actors, is no exception.
- 1/26/2017
- by Leah Richards
- www.culturecatch.com
Chicago – In our latest comedy/drama edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 admit-two passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of the new film “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” with Zach Galifianakis and Jim Gaffigan!
The film also stars Lauren Graham, Emma Roberts, Keir Gilchrist, Dana DeVestern, Viola Davis, Karen Chilton, Aasif Mandvi, Jared Goldstein, Alan Aisenberg, Zoë Kravitz, Thomas Mann, Jeremy Davies, Lou Myers and Rosalyn Coleman from writers and directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck.
To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This screening is on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
The movie poster for “It’s Kind of a...
The film also stars Lauren Graham, Emma Roberts, Keir Gilchrist, Dana DeVestern, Viola Davis, Karen Chilton, Aasif Mandvi, Jared Goldstein, Alan Aisenberg, Zoë Kravitz, Thomas Mann, Jeremy Davies, Lou Myers and Rosalyn Coleman from writers and directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck.
To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This screening is on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
The movie poster for “It’s Kind of a...
- 10/2/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
It took a while, but finally the complete and final 2010 Black Harvest Film Festival in Chicago has been announced. Over 40 movies in every category from feature film to shorts, documentaries, dramas (such as Bilal’s Stand pictured), comedies and everything else in between. All the films will be screened at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago located at 164 N. State St in the heart of downtown Chicago.
Opening night is Friday August 6th and the festival continues throughout the month until Thursday Sept. 2 with a special advance screening of Tanya Hamilton’s Night Captures Us with Ms. Hamilton present. Of course I will be there too on most nights, so if you ever had the desire to punch me out for any of my articles on S & A now here’s your chance. (Not that I encourage it though…)
The complete list below:
The Gene Siskel Film Center welcomes...
Opening night is Friday August 6th and the festival continues throughout the month until Thursday Sept. 2 with a special advance screening of Tanya Hamilton’s Night Captures Us with Ms. Hamilton present. Of course I will be there too on most nights, so if you ever had the desire to punch me out for any of my articles on S & A now here’s your chance. (Not that I encourage it though…)
The complete list below:
The Gene Siskel Film Center welcomes...
- 7/6/2010
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
Well, it’s that time again… the first ActNow: New Voices in Black Cinema in partnership with BAMcinématek screening event of 2010, and I hope you can certainly make it!
To kick this off this year, we will be screening a feature film titled Inside A Change, which was profiled on this blog last year. I was intrigued enough by what I read about it, and the trailer at the time, to check it out, which I did, when it played at the HBO New York Latino Film Festival last summer, where it happened to win the Best Film Award.
Synopsis: About to serve 180 days in prison for a first-time offense, Chris is invited home for dinner by his mom where he finds his younger brother following in his footsteps and his older brother disowning him. With his family falling apart, Chris is forced to re-examine his life and how he...
To kick this off this year, we will be screening a feature film titled Inside A Change, which was profiled on this blog last year. I was intrigued enough by what I read about it, and the trailer at the time, to check it out, which I did, when it played at the HBO New York Latino Film Festival last summer, where it happened to win the Best Film Award.
Synopsis: About to serve 180 days in prison for a first-time offense, Chris is invited home for dinner by his mom where he finds his younger brother following in his footsteps and his older brother disowning him. With his family falling apart, Chris is forced to re-examine his life and how he...
- 4/8/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Well, it’s that time again… the first ActNow: New Voices in Black Cinema in partnership with BAMcinématek screening event of 2010, and I hope you can certainly make it!
To kick this off this year, we will be screening a feature film titled Inside A Change, which was previously profiled on this blog last year. I was intrigued enough by what I read about it, and the trailer, at the time, to check it out, which I did, when it played at the HBO New York Latino Film Festival last summer, where it happened to win the Best Film Award.
Synopsis: About to serve 180 days in prison for a first-time offense, Chris is invited home for dinner by his mom where he finds his younger brother following in his footsteps and his older brother disowning him. With his family falling apart, Chris is forced to re-examine his life and how...
To kick this off this year, we will be screening a feature film titled Inside A Change, which was previously profiled on this blog last year. I was intrigued enough by what I read about it, and the trailer, at the time, to check it out, which I did, when it played at the HBO New York Latino Film Festival last summer, where it happened to win the Best Film Award.
Synopsis: About to serve 180 days in prison for a first-time offense, Chris is invited home for dinner by his mom where he finds his younger brother following in his footsteps and his older brother disowning him. With his family falling apart, Chris is forced to re-examine his life and how...
- 3/26/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
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