More Samara Joy propaganda because it’s healthy for the soul.
Joined by saxophonist, composer, and arranger Kendric McCallister here.
YOU MUST LISTEN TIL THE END 🙌🏽
If you’ve ever grieved a relationship with someone who’s still here, Grace is for you.
My name is Chatorria Ferguson and I’m a reality TV producer directing my first short film. 🎬
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Is God Is - 5/15
I Love Boosters (Boots Riley) - 5/22
Lady (Olive Nwosu) - TBA
That’s Her (Nina Lee) - TBA
If I Go Will They Miss Me (Walter Thompson-Hernández) - FALL 2026
this doesn't just end at You, Me and Tuscany! pls lets support these black films in 2026 <3
The power of Sinners lives in the women who helped bring it to life.
Ruth E. Carter, Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Jayme Lawson, Wunmi Mosaku, Shunika Terry-Jennings, and Hannah Beachler shaped the film’s visual language and cultural depth. Through design, cinematography, hair, performance, and world-building, they helped reimagine Black history through horror, myth, and memory.
The results speak loudly. A box-office phenomenon. Sixteen historic Oscar nominations.
But the real impact lives deeper. These women did more than tell a story about ancestry and survival. They protected it.
Frame by frame, Sinners reminds us that when Black women create with intention, it becomes legacy.
The Women of Sinners are our 2026 ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Luminaries. Read more at https://t.co/HJqw0uhsKU.
so you open a book and you DON’T see the scenes like a movie??? you don’t feel like you’re inside the story?? you’re just… calmly reading lines??? can’t be me 😭
something I’ve taken away (that I hope to one day do) is seeing how Quinta and Ryan found a way to give our “underrated” (in #their eyes) legends like Delroy Lindo and Sheryl Lee Ralph these noms and wins in the latter half of their careers.
that’s so dope.
I want whatever prayer Ryan Coogler's mama, grandmama, wife, daddy--whoever!!-- has been praying over him
That man is BLESSED, okay?! He's 5/5 with his films, beloved at the box office & by the culture
Literally blazing trails for Black filmmakers +creatives
You love to see it
sinners was hands down the best movie of the year, so yes, i will be side eyeing anyone that says it’s overrated and is undeserving of those oscar nominations