Director John Ridley is receiving major backlash for not including more Black women in his new series Guerilla, but his reason behind the decision is what has everyone talking. In the upcoming Showtime series, Idris Elba, Freida Pinto and Babou Ceesay play activists in London attempting to free a political prisoner in the 1970s. Viewers who attended a […]
John Ridley says that he wrote in a South Asian love interest in his 1970s Black power show because of his own interracial marriage.
Both The Hollywood Reporter and Entertainment Weekly report ABC and John Ridley are scheduled to team up on an upcoming reboot of a currently unnamed…
The 86th Annual Academy Awards embraced the breakthrough year for Black-themed motion pictures and Hollywood’s most coveted, top honor was the most diverse telecast on record. “12 Years A Slave” won Best Picture and gave Lupita Ngyong’o Best Actress in a Supporting Role but it was a dream come true for producer, screenwriter, John Ridley. John Ridley […]