Across platforms, Black pop culture in 2025 resisted dilution. Virality lost its grip. Ownership replaced access. Community replaced clicks. The work did not ask to be understood. It stood where it was.
Black film
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Isiah Whitlock Jr., ‘The Wire’ icon and beloved character actor, remembered at 71
Isiah Whitlock Jr., the veteran actor best known for his role as Clay Davis on The Wire, has died at 71, leaving a lasting legacy in Black television and film.
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Townsend boosts local Black filmmaking
Using his own filmmaking experience as a lesson in how it’s done, director, actor and comedian Robert Townsend offered encouraging news for Black filmmaking hopefuls during his visit to the Twin Cities last weekend: The barriers are fewer and the prospects better now than when he struggled for a break. Townsend came to kick off […]
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Festival serves as launching pad for local Black filmmakers
In Minnesota, it is the Twin Cities Black Film Festival (TCBFF) that stands as an important launch pad for emerging filmmakers. Now in its 16th year, the TCBFF has showcased and given a platform to hundreds of new and award-winning films.