Melissa Haizlip

Interview: Director Chris Bolan and Executive Producer Kelli O'Hara Talk Renée Elise Goldsberry Documentary SATISFIED

BroadwayWorld sat down with director Chris Bolan and producer, Tony Award-winning performer, and mother Kelli O'Hara to discuss the documentary Satisfied and the honesty and importance of Renée Elise Goldsberry's story.

MR. SOUL Launches August 1st on HBO Max

'Mr. SOUL!” was also shortlisted at the 93rd Academy Awards in the category of Best Original Song, for “Show Me Your Soul” by Grammy Award-winning composer Robert Glasper and Grammy Award-winning singer Lalah Hathaway. 

52nd NAACP Image Awards Announced - Viola Davis, Eddie Murphy, LeBron James, and More!

Following the week-long virtual experience, tonight the NAACP celebrated the stellar achievements of the 52nd NAACP Image Awards winners during a special LIVE broadcast on BET and simulcast across ViacomCBS networks including CBS for its first time, as well as BET Her, Comedy Central, Logo, MTV, MTV2, Paramount, Pop, Smithsonian, TV Land, VH1, BET PLUTO, and CMT.

HAMILTON, MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM, Debbie Allen, Viola Davis and More Nominated for 52nd NAACP Image Awards

The full-list of nominees for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards were announced today in a special virtual event on NAACP Image Awards’ Instagram channel hosted by Tony-award winning actress and singer Anika Noni-Rose, actress and singer Chloe Bailey, actress Erika Alexander, actor, dancer, and choreographer Nicco Annan, and actor and singer TC Carson.

August Wilson African American Cultural Center Announces Black History Month Programming

AWAACC will present Pittsburgh’s Black Art Scene: Past, Present & Future, a retrospective on Pittsburgh’s role in the cultural lexicon and the artforms and artists that have contributed to the city’s historic Black arts scene, along with special editions of ongoing programs.

The Inaugural Yale In Hollywood Fest 2020 Announces Awards

Yale in Hollywood has concluded its inaugural global virtual film festival, Yale in Hollywood Fest, from December 3 to 5, 2020, with a three day line up of features and short films and an esteemed alumnae jury consisting of producer/actress Sara Gilbert, veteran producer Chris Lee, filmmaker Melissa Haizlip and talent manager Ran Aubrey Frazier.

Yale In Hollywood Film Festival Sets Dates For 2020 Edition

Yale in Hollywood will present its inaugural global virtual film festival, Yale in Hollywood Fest, from December 3 to 5, 2020, with a three day line up of features and short films and an esteemed alumnae jury consisting of actress Sara Gilbert, producer Chris Lee, filmmaker Melissa Haizlip and manager Ran Aubrey Frazier.

92Y Online Presents Michael R. Jackson, Rachel Brosnahan, Alison Brie, Roseanne Cash and More

92 Y has announced their upcoming programming featuring Michael R. Jackson, Rachel Brosnahan, Alison Brie, Roseanne Cash and more!

VIDEO: Andrea McArdle, Kerry Butler, Christopher Jackson & More Unite to Sing 'Tomorrow'

When you're stuck with a day that's gray and lonely, just stick up your chin, grin, and sing 'Tomorrow'! Watch below as stars of stage, screen and more unite to sing the beloved anthem in celebration of our incredible health care providers.

2018 Indie Memphis Announces Annual Awards

 Indie Memphis Film Festival is pleased to announce this year's award recipients. This year's festival spanned from November 1st through November 5th and proudly boasted an extremely diverse roster of filmmakers, with fifty percent of the films in the Narrative Competition directed by female-identifying filmmakers and fifty percent are directed by people of color; in the Documentary Competition, forty-three percent directed by women and seventy-one percent by people of color.

2018 Indie Memphis Film Festival Announces Full Slate

Indie Memphis Film Festival is pleased to announce the full slate of films for its 2018 incarnation, spanning from November 1st - 5th, 2018. This year's festival promises to be a very exciting and wildly varied one, featuring five World Premiere screenings and one U.S. Premiere screening, as well as Special Presentations such as CABIN BOY with Chris Elliott in attendance and Barbara Loden's feminist masterpiece WANDA presented by Amy Seimetz (Showtime's “The Girlfriend Experience”), as well as a retrospective of the recent films of filmmaker Hong Sangsoo.

Kevin Hart's NIGHT SCHOOL to Make New York Premiere at Urbanworld Film Festival

The 22nd Annual Urbanworld Film Festival (www.urbanworld.org), presented by AT&T's The Humanity of Connection along with founding partner HBO, presented its 2018 festival slate today. The slate of 69 official selections and 7 spotlight selections represent inclusion beyond ethnicity. The annual showcase of diverse culture and sensibility will be experienced in Manhattan September 19-23, 2018 at AMC Empire 25 on 234 West 42nd Street.

The 2018 Woodstock Film Festival Announces Official Lineup

The 2018 Woodstock Film Festival will showcase 9 World Premieres, 4 North American Premieres, 1 US Premiere, 12 East Coast Premieres, and 8 New York Premieres.

The 19th Annual Woodstock Film Festival Announces Lineup

The 2018 Woodstock Film Festival will showcase 9 World Premieres, 4 North American Premieres, 1 US Premiere, 12 East Coast Premieres, and 8 New York Premieres.

Kevin Hart's NIGHT SCHOOL to Make New York Premiere at Urbanworld Film Festival

The 22nd Annual Urbanworld Film Festival (www.urbanworld.org), presented by AT&T's The Humanity of Connection along with founding partner HBO, presented its 2018 festival slate today. The slate of 69 official selections and 7 spotlight selections represent inclusion beyond ethnicity. The annual showcase of diverse culture and sensibility will be experienced in Manhattan September 19-23, 2018 at AMC Empire 25 on 234 West 42nd Street.

Nominated Films Announced for 2014 Bronzelens Awards

Films representing the United States, Africa and South America comprise the 22 films nominated for BronzeLens Awards. “Our 2014 nominated films represent the art of movie making at its best in all platforms and genres”, said Deidre McDonald, BronzeLens Film Festival Artistic Director.

Harlem Stage Announces Spring 2011 Season

For its spring 2011 season, Harlem Stage-one of the country's leading producers and presenters of performances by artists of color-amps up its tradition of honoring Harlem's cultural history with a roster of contemporary artists in dance, music and film, who take inspiration from the past.

Harlem Stage Announces Spring 2011 Season

For its spring 2011 season, Harlem Stage-one of the country's leading producers and presenters of performances by artists of color-amps up its tradition of honoring Harlem's cultural history with a roster of contemporary artists in dance, music and film, who take inspiration from the past.