Monique Jones

Dec 26, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Monique Jones

One man tries to get a hold of his personal traumas as he embarks on his dream career in Marcellus Cox’s feature Mickey Hardaway. The film will debut on The Criterion Channel in 2024. The film stars Rashad Hunter as the titular character, a talented cartoonist and sketch artist who wants to go into the arts, but must figure out how to come to terms with the trauma from his childhood inflicted by his father Randall (David Chattam).

Dec 21, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Monique Jones

Fantasia, Taraji P. Henson And Danielle Brooks On The Resilient Spirit Of Black Women In ‘The Color Purple’: ‘We Come Out Some Kind Of Way’ | Photo: Greg Doherty/WireImageThe Color Purple stars Fantasia, Danielle Brooks and Taraji P. Henson praise director Blitz Bazawule’s ability to make the film’s story less about trauma and more about the resiliency and joy of the Black experience, particularly the Black feminine experience.

Dec 20, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Monique Jones

Leah Sava Jeffries said she wants other actresses of color to have the confidence to go for any role they want, as she told Shadow and Act Managing Editor Trey Mangum. In a recent interview promoting Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Jeffries feels proud of more opportunities coming for girls and women of color in the industry. “Definitely in these past couple of years, I feel like we’re getting a lot of opportunities out here, for example, The Little Mermaid with Halle Bailey.

Dec 20, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Monique Jones

The Color Purple star Colman Domingo is interested to see how people will react to his portrayal of Mister, a portrayal he said hopes challenges people and how they view themselves. While talking with Shadow and Act Managing Editor Trey Mangum, Domingo said that his first goal with Mister was to understand him better as a person. “I was very conscious to understand how hurt people hurt people. I had to first find every single reason to love about Mister.

Dec 15, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Monique Jones

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor sets off to discover the root of America’s racism in the new trailer for Ava DuVernay’s Origin. The film stars Ellis-Taylor as Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents author Isabel Wilkerson, whose personal pain sends her on a journey to learn the origins of racism in the United States and the world. Her journey becomes a global one as she “finds beauty and bravery while crafting one of the defining American books of our time,” according to Neon.