Review: ‘Minari’ Shows How the American Dream Re-imagines the Immigrant Family
The immigrant narrative is often about material success but ‘Minari’ focuses on family.
Viola Davis Spoke Out About Hollywood’s Gender and Racial Wage Gaps in Viral Clip
In a resurfaced video that has gone viral, Viola Davis, often considered one of the most prolific actors working today, talked about wage disparities in Hollywood and said she was not compensated in proportion to her white and male counterparts. In a clip from a February 2018 interview for Women in the World, Davis broke […]
Four Years After #OscarsSoWhite, the Academy Reached Its Diversity Goal
On Tuesday, the Academy of Motion Picture and Sciences announced that it had surpassed its goal of doubling the number of women and people of color by 2020. The goal was set after 2016, when the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag went viral and targeted the Academy for its lack of diversity and for consistently omitting nominees of […]
‘This is Us’ Actor Lonnie Chavis Called Out Racism in Hollywood
Best known for playing young Randall on the popular NBC drama This is Us, 12-year-old Lonnie Chavis shared his experiences of racism as a Black boy in the television industry. In an Instagram post, Chavis said that he noticed the lack of Black faces on set and that he was often treated differently than his […]
Netflix’s ‘Hollywood’ Recounts the Tragic True Story of Anna May Wong
Anna May Wong’s subplot is a window into what Hollywood could have been.
