Sentences with phrase «directed by a black»

Critics have almost universally praised the film, which is produced and directed by black men and stars a who's who of black acting talent, including Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther, as well as Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Lupita Nyong» o, Michael B. Jordan, and Danai Gurira.

The only time in my life I was ever directed by black leadership was in the Army.

That it happens to be about a black man and it was directed by a black woman makes them look particularly bad.

It's the kind of costume drama that BAFTA usually eats up, about an important historical event, and an excellent film to boot, except of course, it's about a black woman, and directed by a black woman, so why would it be nominated?

In its first weekend alone, Black Panther slashed its way through records worldwide, becoming both the highest rated superhero film ever made and the top grossing movie directed by a black filmmaker.

And the first film led by a black cast, directed by a black filmmaker, expected to become a global blockbuster before it even opens.

The strong opening suggests «Black Panther» will easily set a box - office record for films directed by a black filmmaker.

Of course it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise that the first major superhero film directed by a black man and starring a predominantly black cast is a new benchmark for representation and storytelling.

And in a little more than two weeks since its release, Black Panther, directed by a black man, Ryan Coogler, and starring a mostly black cast, has earned more than $ 421 million in America.

One is directed by a black man.

Beachler is also the innovative designer behind an impressive slate of films: Moonlight, Creed and Fruitvale Station (both films directed by Black Panther's Ryan Coogler).

But this movie, directed by a black Martiniquan, Euzhan Palcy, is far more effective at keeping black actors — and the essential problem of South Africa — onscreen.

It is without question a promising sign that Moonlight, a movie about the romance between two black men coming of age in inner - city Miami, directed by a black man, is not only a Best Picture nominee but a genuine contender to win.

But both high - profile films are directed by black directors and this is the first time that pics by African - American directors have held the first and second place spots at the U.S. box office.

The film is widely considered the first feature directed by a Black lesbian.

Not exact matches

The film, directed by Barry Jenkins and based upon the play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Tarell Alvin McCraney, follows Chiron, a young African - American boy coming of age in Miami, navigating his family, both found and biological, and his sexuality.

A look at the life of a Southern black woman (Whoopi Goldberg) over 40 years directed by Steven Spielberg received 11 Oscar nominations but didn't win a single one.

Carla Harris, Morgan Stanley's vice chairman of wealth management and senior client adviser, says that leaders often fail black women by not being candid about how their direct reports can improve at work, advance in their careers, or course - correct when something goes wrong.

At the current rate, its estimated direct operating debt could be completely eliminated by 2020,» said Black.

It meant, for example, that segregated and exploited Blacks were threatened even more by this assault of humanity on nature than by direct human oppression.

I know several people who came to faith via some form of direct - response marketing — a televangelist, a tract, a Gideon Bible, a black - and - white billboard signed by God.

Although astronomers had accumulated compelling evidence for black holes by observing their surroundings, the LIGO signal is the first real direct proof of their existence.

Fox News host Jeanine Pirro smeared Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson by claiming he directed violence against a Baton Rouge police officer in 2016, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday.

«It's vital that this reexamination be a collaborative effort undertaken with the direct involvement of these aggrieved communities, as represented by the Black, Latino / a and Asian Caucus, whose experiences on this and other policing issues will be crucial to ensuring a just solution.»

«With ALMA we can see that there's a direct link between these radio bubbles inflated by the supermassive black hole and the future fuel for galaxy growth,» said Helen Russell, an astronomer with the University of Cambridge, UK, and lead author on a paper appearing in the Astrophysical Journal.

In 2016, scientists with the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational - Wave Observatory, LIGO, announced the first direct detection of gravitational waves, produced by two merging black holes (SN: 3/5/16, p. 6).

In spite of the recent detection of gravitational waves from binary black holes by LIGO, direct evidence using electromagnetic waves remains elusive and astronomers are searching for it with radio telescopes.

These supercavities are «the most direct possible» measure of the energy released by the black hole's ravenous appetite, says astronomer Brian McNamara of Ohio University in Athens, lead author of the study in the 6 January issue of Nature.

The black region in the center is caused by a mask that blocks direct light from the star.

«While X-rays from matter falling onto the first black holes hindered their further growth, that very same radiation may have later cleared the way for direct formation of supermassive black holes by suppressing star formation,» said Alvarez.

By contrast, Hubble's measurements are based on the velocities of stars whirling around in the dense cores of globular clusters, which yield a direct measurement of the black hole masses.

«In this way, a massive direct collapse black hole seed can form in the second galaxy, which can evolve rather quickly to a billion solar mass black hole by the time they are observed in the universe,» he said in the statement.

Using data from three of NASA's Great Observatories (the Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-ray Observatory, and Spitzer Space Telescope), scientists have found the best evidence to date that supermassive black holes in the early universe were produced by the direct collapse of a gas cloud.

Indian scientists made direct contributions — ranging from designing algorithms used to analyse signals registered by detectors to ascertain those from a gravitational wave to working out parameters like estimating energy and power radiated during merger, orbital eccentricity and estimating the mass and spin of the final black hole and so on.

And the overall messages and themes and in - jokes about black culture was just heartwarming to see, and then to witness weeks later this fabulous movie lead and directed and cast by black people break the box office record by gaining $!

The both films were directed by Fernando Mendez, who also shot a few notable horror films such as «The Body Snatchers» (1957), «The Black Pit of Dr. M» (1959) and «The Living Coffin» (1959).

So then they will direct their animosity towards people like me, dismissing me as a «special case» by saying, «Well, she's thin,» or in the case of another friend, «Well, she's mixed,» or «She couldn't get a black man,» etc..

Black Snake Moan is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Craig Brewer, and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, and Justin Timberlake.

The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 American biographical black comedy crime film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Terence Winter, based on the The Occupy movement is an international socio - political movement against social and economic inequality and the lack of real democracy around the world.

Credited to three writers, «The Fighter» was directed by David O. Russell, who reportedly rewrote the screenplay during filming, adding humor to a project originally planned for Darren Aronofsky («The Wrestler,» «Black Swan»), who isn't exactly known for his light touch.

Co-written and directed by Ryan Coogler, «Black Panther» is a radically different kind of comic - book movie, one with a proud Afrocentric twist, featuring a nearly all - black cast, that largely ignores the United States and focuses instead on the fictional nation of Wakanda — and guess what: Virtually everything that distinguishes «Black Panther» from past Marvel pics works to this standalone entry's advanBlack Panther» is a radically different kind of comic - book movie, one with a proud Afrocentric twist, featuring a nearly all - black cast, that largely ignores the United States and focuses instead on the fictional nation of Wakanda — and guess what: Virtually everything that distinguishes «Black Panther» from past Marvel pics works to this standalone entry's advanblack cast, that largely ignores the United States and focuses instead on the fictional nation of Wakanda — and guess what: Virtually everything that distinguishes «Black Panther» from past Marvel pics works to this standalone entry's advanBlack Panther» from past Marvel pics works to this standalone entry's advantage.

Movies like last year's «Kiss Kiss Bang Bang,» for example, written and directed by «Lethal Weapon» writer Shane Black, got the spirit just right: Black's movie showed plenty of affectionate nostalgia for pulp tradition, but its sense of energy and movement felt wholly contemporary.

Some employees of an international arms dealer go out into the Hungarian wildeness for a weekend company retreat, only to find themselves menaced by a group of militants who don't like having them around their territory in this modestly budgeted dark comedy / horror film from Christopher Smith, who also directed Black Death (with Sean Bean).

Jordenö casts her subjects — gay black and brown teens who find freedom in dance and drag — in warm reds and oranges, giving each individual their moment by fixing on their faces as they make direct eye contact with her camera.

Iron Man 2 was a bit of a disappointment, so it is exciting that in this post-Avengers world Marvel has decided to mix things up by bringing in Shane Black to co-write and direct this latest installment in the Iron Man franchise.

In Black Panther, directed and co-written by Oakland native Ryan Coogler, history and metaphor are intrinsically linked.

The latest film is Black Panther (directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan and Lupita Nyong» o), based on Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's 1966 comic book character of the same name.

«In the Fade» is written and directed by Fatih Akin, one of Germany's top directors whose breakthrough film was 2004's pitch - black romance «Head - On.»

Prior to that, he produced and starred in Phil Morrison's black comedy ALL IS BRIGHT alongside Paul Rudd and lent his vocal talents to the English - language version of the Oscar - nominated French animated feature, ERNEST & CELESTINE, and the highly anticipated feature - film adaptation of THE LITTLE PRINCE, directed by Mark Osborne.

In 2004, Wayans directed the farce White Chicks, about two black FBI agents, Marcus and Kevin (played respectively by the director's brothers, Marlon and Shawn), who disguise themselves as Caucasian sorority girls to foil a kidnapping plot.