At the 2022 5th annual Critics Choice Awards’ Celebration of Black Cinema & Television, CBCTV member Brooke Obie presented the breakout star of FX’s The Bear Ayo Edibiri with the Rising Star Award. Other honorees included Angela Bassett, Quinta Brunson, Michael B. Jordan, Nikyatu Jusu, Brian Tyree Henry, Elegance Bratton
A public service announcement and letter to our community. Dear reader, We are Evan Starling-Davis and Brooke Obie, two members of La Maison Baldwin’s 2019 writers-in-residence cohort, as well as inaugural members of La Maison Baldwin’s board of directors. After much thought and consideration, we resigned from the governing board
On July 24, 2019, Brooke Obie appeared on NPR’s popular 1A Movie Club to discuss Disney’s recent live-action remake of the classic film The Lion King. During the episode, which also featured The Lion King stars JD McCrary and Shahadi Wright Joseph, Obie shared how the remake improves upon the animated original, such as having a
On March 1, 2018, Brooke Obie was on the Boston podcast Open Source to talk her viral article, In Defense of Erik Killmonger and the Forgotten Children of Wakanda. Other guests include The Rise of Black Panther comic book author Evan Narcisse, Afrofuturism author Ytasha Womack and more. Listen in to hear the fascinating history
From BYP: Harlem-based writer, Brooke Obie, has some ideas about freedom that you need to hear. In her debut novel, Book of Addis: Cradled Embers, the first book in a three part series, she tells the story of 17-year-old enslaved Igbo girl, Addis, who kills her enslaver, the president of the
From Guideposts.org: Why the Tony award-winning actor says failure and vulnerability are essential in faith and love. by Brooke Obie Tony-winning actor Courtney B. Vance is going for an Emmy in his latest critically acclaimed role on the hit FX crime drama The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story. Vance
My interview on Guideposts.org: New York Times best-selling author Rachel Held Evans knows a thing or two about millennials leaving the Church. A decade ago, the Christian blogger was one of them. Born to a deeply evangelical Christian family in Dayton, Tennessee, the buckle of the Bible Belt, Evans had
On February 22, 2016, Brooke Obie offered a sermonette on the Guideposts Prayer Call on finding joy while grieving–through community, through understanding who God is and through understanding who we are because of God. Take a listen: For more resources on grief: “The Reality of Suffering” sermon by Pastor Jordan
This week, St. Louis activist and theologian Reverend Osagyefo Sekou was acquitted of charges stemming from his involvement in a 2014 protest for slain teenager Michael Brown. The reverend had been arrested for kneeling down to pray in front of a line of riot police in Ferguson, Missouri. A prominent
I’m SO excited that my first print magazine cover story is Misty Copeland for Guideposts February 2016 issue! The history-making ballerina is the first African American woman to be named principal of the prestigious American Ballet Theatre in its 75-year history. Watch Misty chat with me for Guideposts about how to