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FREE SCREENING – BEYOND THE LIGHTS in Philadelphia November 12th
OUR REVIEW OF BEYOND THE LIGHTS IS POSTED READ MORE Looking forward to this romance, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, the lead in Belle (click for T&T post). Written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood who wrote and directed Love and Basketball (2000) starring Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps, which is one of those rom/coms you can watch again and again. “BEYOND THE LIGHTS” PREVIEW SCREENING CODE Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 Time: 7:30pm Theater: Riverview (1400 S Christopher Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19147) PASSES: Follow this link: Beyond the Lights Philly Screening no need to enter a code I’m giving these passes away without a contest, but would greatly appreciate any new visitors following me on any social media…
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Christmas in Harlem: BLACK NATIVITY
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor There are so many movies that have gone to the stage and so many Broadway shows that have become movies, that I could start a whole new blog just comparing the adaptations back and forth of both. Here’s another one – “Black Nativity” a staged musical originally written by Langston Hughes, the show was first performed Off-Broadway on December 11, 1961. It’s a stylized, gospel retelling of the Biblical Jesus, Mary & Joseph Christmas story told with a dark skinned cast. Now writer/director Kasi Lemmons (Eve’s Bayou, Talk to Me) has put her own spin on the tale for her new movie Black Nativity starring…
