Arts & Entertainment
Godspell 2021… The Call To Healing!!
The Performing Arts for Life and Education Foundation [PALEF] annouces its “Silver Anniversary Celebration”, with a live theater production and concurrent online streaming “PRE –RECORDED STREAM” of the event. (Donations accepted online or at Donate (paypal.com). PALEF’s “Godspell 2021… The Call To Healing” is a newly crafted, innovated and a non-apologetic version, undergirded by the…
Read More2021 BHERC Faith-Based & Inspirational Film Festival Selections Announced Opens Online Sat. Sept. 18th WWW.BHERC.TV
Look for a varied selection of short and feature-length films that provide profound, entertaining, and inspirational content for a diverse global audience. Los Angeles, CA – The Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center (BHERC) is proud to announce the final selections for the 2nd Annual BHERC Faith-Based & Inspirational Film Festival (FBIFF): Amplified. Curated from 1000 plus entries…
Read MoreTranscendence, Disability, and Hope Are The Themes Of The Movies Produced By Films With A Purpose
Films With A Purpose (FWAP) moves the films of three emerging directors to the spotlight. Ferguson Rises, I’m Not Special, and Passage screen daily to create awareness, impact, and inspiration for Southern California audiences. (Hollywood, CA) –This September, Films With A Purpose (FWAP), an initiative of Sandra J. Evers-Manly, President and Founder of the…
Read More“Wake Up Olivia,” New Children’s Book Inspires and Entertains Readers
“This is a story that children and parents will love. It offers the reader an empowering perspective for developing a loving, self-identity.” – Fran Briggs, Publicist to Detrell and Jasmin Hawkins Atlanta, GA,-(PR.com)– “Wake Up Olivia” is inspiring and entertaining young readers, everywhere. Co-written by Detrell Hawkins and Jasmin Hawkins, it is available for purchase…
Read MoreBHERC Announces the Complete Program for the 26 th Annual African American Film Marketplace & S.E. Manly Short Film Showcase
The event features 140 films from 18 countries, 10 panels and special events, the virtual online premiere of the Films With a Purpose funded “I’m Not Special” from emerging filmmaker Larry Ulrich and star filled tribute to prolific stage/film and television Director Michael Schultz. (Hollywood, CA) – The Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center…
Read MoreIce Cube Video Discusses His Interactions with Both Parties
LOS ANGELES/PRNewswire/ — Fresh off working with Governor Gavin Newsom on the passage and signing of AB3121 and joining him for the historic bill signing, Ice Cube reveals his discussions and thoughts following conversations with both Presidential campaigns in his latest video. Below are highlights from a Contract with Black America: As citizens and lawmakers both, we are joining to…
Read MoreBHERC To Honor Prolific Film/TV Director Michael Schultz and Commemorate the 45th Anniversary of Ground-Breaking Film “Cooley High”
Hollywood Education and Resource Center (BHERC) announced today the dedication of the 26th Annual African American Film Marketplace and S.E. Manly Short Film Showcase (AAFM SEMSFS) in honor of TV and film director Michael Schultz (Cooley High, Black Lightning). AAFM SEMSFS will take place online on BHERC.TV October 23, thru Sunday, November 29, 2020. Mr.…
Read MoreBlack History: The Queen of Sheba
The Queen of Sheba. I am the Queen of Sheba, more famous than others, and attractive: I am beautiful and chaste. There is a mirror in my chest, In which young men may behold whatever they wish. While one of them views it, he pulls a rope, the bellows are compressed, And darkness suddenly bursts forth…
Read MoreThe California Towns Where Blacks Feared Sundown
By Quinci LeGardye | California Black Media In the Aug. 16 premiere of the HBO show “Lovecraft Country,” created by Misha Green and based on the novel of the same name by Matt Ruff, the main characters drive past a sign that reads “[N-word]s, don’t let the sun set on you here. Understand?” Towns that banned African Americans in the mid-20th century would, either formally or informally, put…
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