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The Blackening

Release Date:  6/16/23; In Theaters
(Original Release Date:  9/16/22 – Toronto International Film Festival)
Genre:  Horror/Comedy
Rating:   NR
Running Time:  96 mins.
Director:  Tim Story
Studio(s):  Catchlight Studios, Lionsgate, MRC Film, Media Rights Capital (MRC), The Story Company.

Cast:  Grace Byers (Allison), Jermaine Fowler (Clifton), Melvin Gregg (King), X Mayo (Shanika), Dewayne Perkins (Dewayne), Antoinette Robertson (Lisa), Sinqua Walls (Nnamdi), Jay Pharoah (Shawn), Yvonne Orji (Morgan), Diedrich Bader (Officer White), James Preston Rogers (Camden Conner).

Story:  Based on the 2018 short film of the same name by the comedy troupe 3Peat, The Blackening centers around a group of Black friends who reunite for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a twisted killer. Forced to play by his rules, the friends soon realize this ain’t no motherf****** game.  The Blackening skewers genre tropes and poses the question: if the entire cast of a horror movie is Black, who dies first?  Source(s):  official site, theblackening.movie, Wikipedia.

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American Soul

Premier Date:  2/5/2019
Genre:  Drama/Biography
Rating:  NR
Studio(s):  Jesse Collins Entertainment, Black Entertainment Television (BET)

Cast:  Sinqua Walls as Don Cornelius, Jason Dirden as Gerald Aims, Iantha Richardson as Tessa Lauren, Christopher Jefferson as Julius “JT” Tucker, Katlyn Nichol as Simon Clarke, Jelani Winston as Kendall Clarke, Kelly Price as Brianne Clarke, Kelly Rowland as Gladys Knight, Shannon Kane as Ilsa Dejarnette, Perri Camper as Delores Cornelius.

Details:   The “hippest trip in America” is returning to the small screen with a 10-episode scripted new drama series American Soul for BET, inspired by the life and times of Soul Train creator and host, Don Cornelius.  Set in the 1970s, the show captures the behind the scenes of the iconic music-dance show that aired from 1970 to 2006 and chronicles the cast, crew and Cornelius’s rise in Hollywood.  It also depicts the fictional trio Encore and the young singers and dancers looking to break into the music industry via Soul Train.  Source:  udiscovermusic.com.

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