Being, the AI digital griot created by Newsome, features a soundscape and movement informed by data from Black communities, theorists, poets, and activists.
From film festivals to fashion shows, the stars were out and about this week.
Held from January 19 - 21, 2024 on Heber Avenue in Park City, UT, the Lodge is set to host guests such as Normani, Jay Ellis, Dominique Thorne, David Alan Grier and more.
The doc follows the iconic brand's start, rise and reign through the lens of the stars it platformed & the editors that wrote about them.
The documentary from Milisuthando Bongela offers new insights on race, space and place.
Ultimately in his story, Nigerian writer and director C.J. Obasi is asking pertinent questions of West Africans in particular, and Africans at large.
Though there are many meaningful and evocative scenes within the overarching story, there are periods within the film that feel disjointed as a cohesive body of work.
Writer and director A.V. Rockwell's Sundance premiere demands of its viewers an understanding and empathy not always easily afforded to characters such as this.
Director and screenwriter Raven Jackson’s Sundance debut is a story in which loss is a prominent theme, but the loss isn’t the point in itself.
A NOLA native, Pierce founded the Pontchartrain Park Community Development Corp., which has rebuilt 40 homes in the neighborhood to date.
We got the inside scoop on the highly-anticipated documentary while on onsite in Utah for the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
The cast, writer, and director sat down with ESSENCE at Sundance to discuss how the adaptation contributes to today’s conversation.
The themes of motherhood, exploitation, and the falsehood of the American dream have sparked a great deal of conversation since the feature debuted at Sundance.
Writer/director Adamma Ebo's dark comedy premiered at Sundance this past weekend.
In his upcoming three-part Netflix documentary, Kanye West speaks for himself.
In Mariama Diallo’s feature debut, there is no glory in being a token.
Despite a shift in plans, projects premiering at this year's Sundance Film Festival will reflect the ever-changing world that we know around us.
"I always wanted Sundance to be a choose your own adventure," explains Duncan, who's Sundance's Production Director.
"When you see something that you don't like, you could do one of two things: either you complain about it or try to change it," Jeff said of he and his wife's choice to launch ABFF in 1997.
Recently, filmmakers have been composing narratives through monologues, text messages, photos, videos, and social media posts. However, few have felt as compelling as 'As of Yet'
The Queen's Collective Shorts initiative, 8:46 collection, and Rising Voices are literally widening the screen for creators of color.
