Black music documentaries

Ava DuVernay has revealed that she’s no longer attached to Netflix’s multipart documentary chronicling the life of Prince. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker had been at work on the project for several months.Deadline also noted that Prince reached out directly to the Queen Sugar creator about working together before his 2016 death. However, during a conversation with […]

The life and legacy of Whitney Houston, who died in 2012 at the age of 48 in a Los Angeles hotel room is too big to be distilled down into one documentary. So it’s entirely fitting that to date, there are two documentaries. The first, Can I Be Me, is based on footage shot by […]

During Monday’s episode of HBO’s The Defiant Ones, the words “I’m sorry” actually fell from the mouth of Dr. Dre regarding his 1991 attack on Dee Barnes. In Part Two of director Allen Hughes‘ four-part documentary on the careers of Dre and industry veteran Jimmy Iovine, Barnes detailed the events leading up to her assault and its lasting effect. Dre, in a separate interview, expressed regret over […]

Whitney Houston’s life should have been a triumph. A phenomenal talent with a once-in-a-lifetime voice, Houston became an 80’s musical icon along with other one-named artists like Prince, Michael, Janet and Madonna. She married fellow singer Bobby Brown and the two embarked on what could have been a fairy-tale life. But it wasn’t. Houston battled with […]

Ready for some dope news on #BiggieDay? In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Bad Boy Entertainment, Diddy will premiere Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: The Bad Boy Story at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival. The long-awaited documentary gives a behind-the-scenes look at Bad Boy’s legacy as Diddy rallies the label’s key players for last year’s reunion shows at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. “I […]

Empire creator Lee Daniels will direct “The Apollo Theater Film Project,” a documentary that chronicles the history of New York’s famed Apollo Theater. It was the home of Showtime at the Apollo, a nationally syndicated television variety show which showcased new talent, from 1987 to 2008, encompassing 1093 episodes. Lee’s documentary will highlight how Apollo […]