Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright dazzled at the world premiere of ‘Avengers: Endgame’ and now we can’t wait to see the movie

With less than seventy-two hours to the release one of the year’s robustly anticipated movie, Avengers: Endgame, cast members were out to attend the world premiere at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Monday. From Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson to Tessa Thompson, Bradley Cooper, Robert Downey Jnr, it was an assemble of actors... Read More

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April 1, 2019

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Black female power houses Lupita Nyong’o and Chimamanda Adiche team up for dream project

It seems that Hollywood can’t seem to get enough of Nigerian novelist, Chimamanda Adichie. In 2013, Adiche’s best seller, Half of a Yellow Sun, found its way into the hand’s of Nollywood film director Biyi Bandele. The movie was able to attract Hollywood star Chiwetel Ejiofor, and British movie star Thandie Newton, both of who... Read More

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March 15, 2019

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Fans rallied to have Danai Gurira’s name credited on the new ‘Avengers: Endgame’ poster and we love it!

Marvel released the official trailer for the eagerly anticipated Avengers: Endgame on Thursday, and boy the internet devolved into an excited cacaphony. The trailer was accompanied by a new movie poster that featured all our surviving heroes post-Thanos annihilating finger snap. ALSO: TONY STARK IS ALIVE. That said, many fans, including myself, noticed that Danai... Read More

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July 15, 2018

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Danai Gurira is in talks to star in “Godzilla vs King Kong” and “Star Trek 4” and this is officially too good

Although Danai Gurira has been slaying zombies in AMC’s post-apocalyptic zombie saga The Walking Dead, Marvel’s Black Panther was the movie that gave her enough cultural thrust to be noticed, and introduced to new fans. Unlike her co-star Lupita Nyong’o whose name was linked to subsequent multiple projects, Gurira suffered a little dull spell. But... Read More

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May 8, 2018

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From “The Walking Dead” to Marvel’s “Black Panther”: Why Dana Gurira should play more action roles

When Black Panther star Danai Gurira was five-years-old, her parents moved her from Grinnell, Iowa to their homeland of Harare, Zimbabwe – a bustling, urban city over two-and-a-half-thousand times bigger than the rural former factory town where she was born. She looked like a local girl, but spoke like a kid from the Midwestern plains.... Read More

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February 24, 2018

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[The Film Blog] “Black Panther” is Black Superhero Cinema at its best

At the time of writing this review, I was deeply conflicted about Black Panther and its representation issues. Don’t get me wrong: Black Panther is a great black superhero film from Marvel and every scene is fantastic and beautiful, almost like director Ryan Coogler was showing off. Queer erasure, as a valid issue, kept me... Read More

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