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Robert Townsend on How ‘Hollywood Shuffle’ Paved the Way for Modern Black Satire
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCriterionYou can tell that a film has reached legendary status when the behind-the-scenes story is...
'There were no filmmakers of color': How Robert Townsend changed the game with self-financed 1987...
Yahoo Movies· 1 year agoRobert Townsend in 'Hollywood Shuffle' (Everett Collection/MGM) How scarce were opportunities for...
He put $40,000 on credit cards to make his first film. Now 'Hollywood Shuffle' is a classic
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRobert Townsend has never stopped moving. For a recent Zoom interview, he is on his phone from his...
‘American Fiction’ Filmmaker Cord Jefferson Talks to Robert Townsend, Who Went There First With...
GQ via Yahoo News· 5 months agoPhotographs: Getty Images, Everett Collection; Collage: Gabe Conte This story was featured in The...
“Hollywood Shuffle” taught Cord Jefferson to explore racism on-screen through laughter
Entertainment Weekly via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe "American Fiction" writer-director dives into the films and people who inspired his work and...
David McKnight Dies: Star Of ‘J.D.’s Revenge’ And ‘Hollywood Shuffle’ Was 87
Deadline via Yahoo News· 6 months agoDavid McKnight, whose film resume included starring as the lead in the blaxploitation horror movie...
Every Wayans' Family Movie, Ranked
CinemaBlend via Yahoo News· 3 months agoGhostface from Scary Movie. I love the Wayans’ family, and I honestly don’t think they get enough credit for how wide their impact was/is. Of course you...
His Role as an Extra on ‘The Warriors’ Got Robert Townsend Thinking Like a Director
Indiewire via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfter years of paying the bills with commercial gigs and extra work, by the mid ’80s, Robert...
From Eddie Murphy in Top Comedic Form to O.J. Simpson Uncovered: 10 Essential Movies for Black...
People via Yahoo News· 4 months agoCheck out classics like 'Beverly Hills Cop,' 'Boomerang,' 'Malcolm X' and more Everett; Paramount...
‘Freaky Tales’ Review: Pedro Pascal and Ben Mendelsohn in an Electrifying Salute to Late ‘80s...
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 5 months agoIf it takes doing an MCU movie, with all the corporate constrictions that entails, to plunge into...