With Valentine’s Day approaching, the season of love is upon us. But who gets to be loved—fiercely, boldly, wildly—on screen has too often been limited to certain kinds of women. The messages of these on-screen images seep into our consciousness and reinforce what other elements of society teach us about
Attorney Bryan Stevenson is trying to tell us something. One of the greatest civil rights leaders of our time, Stevenson’s life’s work has been to defend the indigent and condemned through the legal system. His New York Times best-selling book Just Mercy, which details his life and his fight for justice for his
At the 10th anniversary of Black media site The Root’s annual ‘The Root 100’ gala celebrating the 100 most influential African Americans of 2019, Shadow And Act’s managing editor Brooke Obie received her award for the bombshell Shadow And Act exposé How ‘Green Book’ and the Hollywood Machine Swallowed Donald Shirley
As managing editor of Shadow & Act, Brooke Obie conceived and launched the site’s first-ever digital cover, featuring four of the site’ 2019 RISING Award winners, Logan Browning, James Bland, Jermaine Johnson and Olivia Morris. On Friday, February 22, 2019, just days before Old Hollywood’s biggest night, two hundred people
Just hours before Shadow And Act sat down with Oprah Winfrey and Tarell Alvin McCraney to chat about their new OWN series David Makes Man, news broke that Toni Morrison had died. There had been an atmospheric shift at the literary giant’s transition into an ancestor, and to not discuss the
“In 1989, the media branded them “The Central Park Five,” as they were wrongfully accused, convicted and imprisoned for the horrific rape and beating of Trisha Meili in Central Park. But that’s not who they are. Thirty years after they were first tried as children ages 14-16, Korey Wise, Yusef
Jordan Peele’s record-breaking movie, Us, had so many twists, turns and double-meanings that I couldn’t help but break it all down. In this piece for Shadow And Act, The Ending of Jordan Peele’s ‘Us,’ Explained, I found many easter eggs from the new-classic horror film. The New York Times cited to the
From Shadow and Act: “It’s difficult to pinpoint the most beautiful aspect of Barry Jenkins’ film adaptation of James Baldwin’s classic novel If Beale Street Could Talk. It is easily the most beautiful film of 2018, and with a director like Jenkins, the mastermind behind the Oscar’s Best Picture winner Moonlight, at
I spent so many hours talking to Dr. Shirley’s family and his documentarian, and listening to his music while writing this. This is for you, Dr. Shirley ❤️ https://t.co/pBAo9vIcxo — Lumberjack Brooke (@BrookeObie) December 16, 2018 From Shadow and Act: In August 2018, Edwin Shirley III sat in disbelief as
For Shadow and Act, managing editor Brooke Obie reviewed Hollywood’s latest white savior movie, Green Book. It isn’t good. When will Hollywood stop centering white people in Black stories? If the much-lauded Peter Farrelly film ‘Green Book’ is any indication, no time soon. The film supposedly gets its title from The Negro Motorist Green