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The Nigerian film industry, nicknamed “Nollywood,” is the second largest film industry in the world, just behind India in terms of output. Despite its widespread cultural influence, it hasn’t cemented its mark in the United States in the way other foreign (mainly western) film industries have.

The Zurich Film Festival has been bringing together established industry representatives and new talent with their ZFF Academy program since 2006. This year, the HFPA is proud to partner with the Zurich Summit and thus support the newly added ZFF Summit Climber program for up-and-coming talent in the field of film sales and distribution.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association® (HFPA), dick clark productions (dcp), and NBC today announced that Emmy®-winning producer Jesse Collins will serve as showrunner and executive producer of the 80th annual Golden Globe Awards®, returning live coast-to-coast on NBC and Peacock on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT. Dionne Harmon of Jesse Collins Entertainment will also serve as an executive producer.

Merging fact with fiction, French-Caribbean musician Joseph Bologne, who adopted the name Chevalier de Saint-Georges, is the subject of the biopic Chevalier, and is portrayed by Kelvin Harrison Jr. in the titular role.

In 1999, Camryn Manheim won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in David E. Kelley’s hit legal drama, The Practice, as feisty lawyer Ellenor Frutt (1997-2004).

In the end, all that drama may have helped Don’t Worry Darling. No one needed to have worried, darlings: Olivia Wilde’s second directing feature after her well-received Booksmart topped the box office with $19.

Bette Midler won one of her four Golden Globes out of eight nominations in 1992 as Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for the movie For the Boys. directed by Mark Rydell costarring James Caan.

In the 2021 fourth season finale of The Handmaid’s Tale, June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss), with the help of her fellow handmaids and the Canadian government, finally took revenge on Fred Waterford (Joseph Fiennes) and brutally murdered her Gilead commander and rapist. It was a long time coming for audiences searching for redemption for their favorite handmaid, now taking refuge in Canada.

The 60th New York Film Festival runs from September 30 to October 16. Founded in 1963 by Richard Roud and Amos Vogel with the support of then Lincoln Center president William Schuman, the NYFF it is one of the longest-running and most prestigious film festivals in the United States.

It started with a kiss. After all these years of cinema, films for, about, and from Black culture are still not entirely known, explored, or enjoyed.