Sentences with phrase «strong black lead»

While, in these series, she placed her black female body into spaces, like museums, where black women have historically been underrepresented, Weems, in Scenes & Take, celebrates the renaissance of television shows with strong black lead characters by black creators like Shonda Rhimes and Lee Daniels.

celebrates the renaissance of television shows with strong black lead characters by black creators like Shonda Rhimes and Lee Daniels.

Not exact matches

Amazon earned itself something of a public relations black eye as a result of the strong - arm negotiating tactics, causing a backlash among authors, many of whom backed a boycott of the online retailer that was led by television host Stephen Colbert.

Democrats, women, liberals, moderates, New York City, black, and Jewish voters and voters over the age of 55 said the incident should lead to stronger gun control laws, while Republicans, men, conservatives, and upstaters said some acts of violence simply can't be prevented.

It's also possible, the researchers wrote, that a high work ethic among blacks — a strong desire to succeed against all odds — could lead to stress, disrupted sleep, and negative health effects.

Led by scientists at UCLA, the research team found strong evidence that the black - headed squirrel monkey is its own distinct species.

Hollywood, CA PRWEB) September 15, 2008 — People Media, Inc., the leading publisher of niche - focused online dating communities, today launched the All - New BlackPeopleMeet.com as part of its campaign to build stronger Black communities.

This is perhaps just one reason why black senior dating often leads to long, happy and strong relationships and marriages.

The two leads captivate us with strong performances in this simple walk - and - talk film, playing intelligent characters who spend a day together on a date through black culture in America, but the movie is also a bit too respectful and borders occasionally on hagiography.

The marketing of AMC's new drama, «Low Winter Sun,» revolves around a moody black - and - white photo of lead actor Mark Strong and the show's tagline: «Good Man.

Rhys Wakefield (of The Black Balloon) is strong in the lead role of Josh, and surely Hollywood will take notice.

Portman, who conducted extensive research on Jackie, will certainly be a strong Oscar contender with this performance, which would be her second award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (won for Black Swan in 2010).

Black Mass and this film feel fairly safe and mostly rest on the laurels of the strong performances from their leads, and those aspects do tend to take these films pretty far.

Technological advances have offered ways around this: Netflix made space not just for Ford's Strong Island, but also Laverne Cox's rise to prominence as trans inmate Sophia Burset in Orange is the New Black, which led to her cover appearance on Time's Transgender Tipping Point issue in May 2014.

Meanwhile, Todd McCarthy of the Hollywood Reporter wrote of the film, «Intense emotional currents and the jagged feelings of volatile actors are turned loose to raucous dramatic and darkly comedic effect in one of the most sustained examples of visually fluid tour de force cinema anyone's ever seen... An exemplary cast, led by Michael Keaton... fully meets the considerable demands placed upon it by director Alejandro G. Inarritu... The film's exhilarating originality, black comedy and tone that is at once empathetic and acidic will surely strike a strong chord with audiences looking for something fresh.»

The majority of our lead characters are Black females, representing their country, in strong, positive roles.

In «Ford's «Strong Island,» a kind of filmic memoir of the Long Island prosecutorial injustice that led to the white killer of his black brother William in a garage dispute never even standing trial, the aims are as much personal as social.

In addition, this state's largest charter authorizer, Miami - Dade — run by the terrific Assistant Superintendent Tiffanie Pauline, who happens to be a Black woman — oversees a strong portfolio of schools and is leading efforts to focus more heavily on student outcomes and promoting transparency.

First Level of Training: K - 2 Teachers, Principals and Lead AIG Teachers will be trained in Thinking Skills, (Parks and Black, 2014); Task Rotations and Learning Styles, (Silver, Strong, Moirao) and Habitd of Mind, (Costa and Kallick) and Gifted Behaviors, (Frasier).

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So far this year, equities are in the black, with the US leading the way with both a strong stock market and a rising currency.

Speaking of Black Widow there's now a strong relationship with her and Banner, leading to some surprisingly nice moments where Romanov has to calm the Hulk down after a mission, gently touching his arm to relax him enough to change back to Banner.

While certainly all of the leading artists who were part of the abstract expressionist movement were involved with color at various points in their career, many of the important masterworks of the movement — such as those by Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Robert Motherwell, and key series by Willem de Kooning and Barnett Newman — are notable for their lack of strong color in favor of black and white.