Director Sam Pollard’s “Black Art: In The Absence of Light” Documentary
Kerry James Marshall, Faith Ringgold, Theaster Gates, Amy Sherald and others share their thoughts
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On NEON’s Ambitions for an Artificial Human
The company's prototype personality mirrors goals and fears in tech-fiction television
Art the Throne: An Immersive Game of Thrones Experience
Artists CYRCLE, Tristan Eaton, Jeff Nishinaka, Marcos Chin, and Pop Chart Lab reimagine iconic characters
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The History of Swearing on TV
Lately, cable television stations have eased up on their restrictions of swearing, adopting the word “bitch” as common vocabulary and allowing the occasional S-bomb to slip—but it wasn’t always this way. According …
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HBO’s ‘Bessie’ is a Biopic Worth Watching
There have been many award-winning films covering black public figures over the past decade—”Selma,” “Get On Up,” “12 Years a Slave,” “The Butler”—and they’ve all been about men. HBO’s latest release “Bessie”—which …
The High Maintenance (Unofficial) Soundtrack
Cult web series “High Maintenance,” created and written by Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair, stars the latter as your go-to marijuana dealer; each episode centers on a different customer and their personal …