King Richard is about raising five gifted Black girls in a world that was too eager to tag them as adults. Oftentimes, this occurs before those girls can even write their own names. The parents, Richard (played by Will Smith) and Oracene “Brandi” (played by Aunjanue Ellis) had a plan…
Jonita Davis is a writer, film critic, and professor. She’s a member of NABJ, AAFCA, a Rotten Tomatoes critic, and an adjunct professor.
Everyone is chatting about the Morning Show. It’s an AppleTV show in a second season, covering a television newsroom reeling from scandal and barely surviving the COVID-19 pandemic. Episode 8, which airs November 5, 2021, brings another wrench — Mitch (played by Steve Carrel) is dead. Or is he? If…
We finally have a film about Venus and Serena Williams in King Richard. It is not a biopic, however. The story is actually about their father, Richard Williams, and his journey in raising a house full of gifted girls. We get to see the rise of the two phenoms through…
The privilege and pain of admitting you need to quit a decent job
I recently had an experience where I found myself headed toward burnout fast, and I had to recalculate my life. If I didn’t, I was zipping toward a mental health break and that is not something a…
September is National Self-Care Awareness Month and also Suicide Prevention Month. Both of these go hand in hand and are very important topics for discussion in fandoms. The reason is that fandoms have been proven to be beneficial to people experiencing mental illness. The community element and having a support…
COVID-19 has changed the way we live and work as creatives. This is especially true for BIPOC creators who have statistically been the target of the virus, the racism, and also the economic fallout from the pandemic. It is an important time, as we begin to emerge from the pandemic…
I encountered Daniel Lawrence Taylor as Nick on the British IMDb TV show Timewasters. The show premiered on June 11 on IMDb TV (check your Amazon Prime channels).
It follows a group of friends, Nick, Jason (Kadiff Kirwan), Lauren (Adelayo Adedayo), and Horace (Samson Kayo) as they journey, by way…
In the Heights depicts the Latin community of Washington Heights in New York City. I am personally proud that is it releasing at a time when so many people can enjoy this musical look into the culture. Much of this country is still made of spaces where the only brown…
Hollywood has a diversity problem. It’s not the one the industry attempts to tackle every time a “race” issue crops up. On the surface, the job is getting done. Like marketing teams scrambling to make sure that there are black and brown faces in the background crowds and on the…
