Sentences with phrase «female black protagonist»

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On making the leap from indie films, the rarity of black female protagonists in YA, and addressing criticism about how her new movie portrays disability.

In the latest blow for gender equality in fictional entertainment, a female agent will be one of the new protagonists of the fourth Men in Black film, according to producer Laurie MacDonald.

While Latifah, long the film's shepherd, has expressed gratitude at the opportunity to grow as an actress before officially taking on the role, it's hard to imagine — given the destinations of «Candelabra» and «Normal Heart» — that a film unwilling to shy away from its black female protagonist's bisexuality would have ever seen the light of day on the big screen.

As previously reported, the weekend of March 9 marked the first time in recent memory, and possibly ever, that films by African - American directors have claimed the No. 1 and No. 2 spots on the same weekend, with Coogler's «Black Panther» again topping the box office, while Ava DuVernay's adaptation «A Wrinkle in Time,» which boasts a black female protagonist in Storm Reid as young heroine Meg Murry, opened in the second - place Black Panther» again topping the box office, while Ava DuVernay's adaptation «A Wrinkle in Time,» which boasts a black female protagonist in Storm Reid as young heroine Meg Murry, opened in the second - place black female protagonist in Storm Reid as young heroine Meg Murry, opened in the second - place spot.

But the Dutch director is also responsible for some radically empowered female performances: Sharon Stone's vaguely amused man - eater in Basic Instinct, Carice van Houten's unscrupulous World War II survivor in Black Book and now the protagonist of his latest movie, played by the frosty, effortlessly commanding Isabelle Huppert.

There's little to distinguish Black Rock from a typical direct - to - video thriller beyond its female protagonists and the prestige of the over-qualified, underserved cast, though Aselton has only herself to blame for the film's sub-mediocrity.

The player gets to choose between a male or female protagonist right off the bat, and will accompany a team of black ops members with supersoldier capabilities.

A cynical person might say that's because she's literally a checklist - black, French, female - of everything the other protagonists are not, but the strides Ubisoft has made to reflect her station and gender into the gameplay acquit her of this.

Player character diversity: This year EA lacked many games with identifiable protagonists, but with FIFA 17's new story mode starring a black Manchester United hopeful called Alex Hunter and the teaser for Mass Effect: Andromeda ending with the default female version of protagonist [your chosen first name here] Ryder, there was nary an identifiable white guy to be seen.

Romantic, nightmarish, and mythic, the Black Paintings» emphasis on the female figure as protagonist and the overriding emotions of pain and dissonance prefigure Spero's preoccupations for the next 40 years.

Whatever You Want features a black female protagonist in a pose referencing the portrayal of white female nudes in the Western painting tradition.

The four - channel video in some ways updates Edwin S. Porter's 1907 black - and - white film of the same name, where a black female protagonist visits the dentist.

TV shows such as Issa Rae's Insecure and Michaela Coel's Chewing Gum are moving away from the rigid perfection of the Black female protagonists as in shows like Scandal and Being Mary Jane.

Projected at the end of a narrow gallery, Kindred features a Black female protagonist traveling between the antebellum South and present Pasadena, seizing various details from the namesake novel by Butler.