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Details: Written by JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer; Published: 08 September 2019

Rob Morgan jumps on the red carpet as he attends the premiere for "Just Mercy" on day two of the Toronto International Film Festival at the Roy Thomson Hall on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, in Toronto. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Based on a true story the film drew an emotional response at the Toronto Film Festival

Details: Written by By JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer; Published: 05 September 2019

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Franchise films still dot fall schedule, but studios may be taking more risks on new ideas

Details: Written by Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Published: 19 August 2019

Mary Katherine Nagel photo by Alison Carey

New plays developed from program have won Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize in recent years

Details: Written by By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor; Published: 01 August 2019

'Harriet'

A movie preview for the upcoming biopic featuring the life of legendary abolitionist Harriet Tubman, entitled “Harriet,” was viewed by over ten million people in five days

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Details: Written by Lindsey Bahr, AP Film Writer; Published: 25 July 2019

'Avengers: Endgame'

Photorealistic ‘Lion King’ remake defies expectations and 'Avengers: Endgame' passed 'Avatar' to become the highest-grossing film of all time.

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Details: Written by RYAN PEARSON and KATIE CAMPIONE Associated Press; Published: 23 July 2019

Chris Hemsworth, left, and Tessa Thompson Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Marvel's push for more women and people of color in its immensely popular film franchise is extending to behind the camera as it launches its next round of films

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Details: Written by By Dwight Brown, NNPA Newswire Film Critic; Published: 19 July 2019

'The Farewell'

When you walk out of the theater you may feel like you just left a family meal or a close friend’s house.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 27 June 2019

Campaign, website seeks to build empathy and connection through focus on bias as experienced by Black men in America

Details: Written by Lindsey Bahr, AP Film Writer; Published: 13 June 2019

Writer Jimmie Fails, left, and director Joe Talbot (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP, File)

Longtime friends Jimmie Fails and Joe Talbot tell a beautiful, poetic story about family, gentrification and the meaning of home and ownership in their first film

Details: Written by Robin R. Means Coleman, The Conversation; Published: 06 June 2019

'Us'

Octavia Spencer is one of the few Black women to have a lead role in a horror film

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