Black movie directors

ATLANTA (AP) — Tyler Perry recently met with a group of Tanzanian children with albinism who are living in a home the filmmaker helped fund. Perry representative Keleigh Thomas Morgan said Monday he donated $200,000 three years ago to help build a four-bedroom house in New York for a group of children who had been […]

HERMOSA BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A producer of TV’s “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and writer-director of “Above the Rim” has died. Police say Jeffrey Ian Pollack was found collapsed early Monday morning in the Greenbelt jogging area of Hermosa Beach, about 20 miles southwest of Los Angeles. Pollack was 54. Authorities said Thursday they […]

For Robert Townsend, working with Bill Cosby was a chance to get paid and learn at the same time. Townsend directed Far From Finished, Cosby’s first concert show airing again on Comedy Central on Thanksgiving night at 4 p.m. Townsend said despite the years in between specials, Cosby remains a comedic genius. “He’s 76 years young […]

Tyler Perry has an offer for you. If you come on the Fantastic Voyage next year, he’s actually giving cruisegoers a chance to be a part of an upcoming Tyler Perry project. Perry will have a casting director aboard the ship who will audition people throughout the cruise. Right now, Perry doesn’t know if it […]