The Academy Museum in Los Angeles is celebrating key moments in Black cinema, from the 1890s until 1971. Its new exhibition, “Regeneration,” includes a clip of Hattie McDaniel, the first Black woman to win an Academy Award, as she gives…
Sidney Poitier: Hollywood trailblazer dies aged 94
Sidney Poitier, the first black man to win a best actor Oscar, has died at 94. The Hollywood star’s death was confirmed to the BBC by the office of Fred Mitchell, the Bahamas’ minister of foreign affairs. Poitier was a…
Melvin Van Peebles: “Godfather of black cinema” dies at 89
Pioneering filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, dubbed the “godfather of black cinema”, has died aged 89, with directors Spike Lee, Ava DuVernay and Barry Jenkins leading the tributes. Van Peebles, famous for 1970s films including Watermelon Man and Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss…
*UNILAG gynaecologist wins $2.5m Gates research grant (Punch)*Flurry of tributes as Odumakin passes on (Guardian)*Engineers commend Lagos on road rehabilitation (Nation)
UNILAG gynaecologist wins $2.5m Gates research grant (Punch) A professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Lagos, Bosede Afolabi, has emerged as a recipient of a $2.5m research grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. According to…
TIFF to proceed this fall with socially-distant screenings, drive-in shows
Good news for film fans: The Toronto International Film Festival will take place in September, with socially distanced in-person screenings and drive-in movies. Halle Berry will screen her directorial debut, “Bruised,” in which she stars as an MMA fighter. Other…
