Category: News

News about current and upcoming genre media projects that include people of color. Info about historical projects, as well.

Director Announced for the First Episode of Spike TV’s THE MIST Series

Click to read at Dailydead.com.

Director Adam Bernstein’s résumé is no joke: includes episodes of Scrubs, 30 Rock, Breaking Bad, Californication, and Oz.

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The Rock’s Gonna Help You Get Woke With His New Alarm Clock App

Click here to read at Mentalfloss.com.

Already looks pretty awake.

Philadelphia Eagle's Offensive Guard Evan Mathis (left) and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (right), 2012

Philadelphia Eagle’s Offensive Guard Evan Mathis (left) and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (right), 2012

@shadowandact has a new stand-alone site!!!

From the jump, Dark Matters has relied on Tambay A Obenson’s blog Shadow & Act to keep us up on Cinema of the African Diaspora. If you’re not familiar with this comprehensive and far-ranging resource, help yourself: follow on Twitter @shadowandact@ AND bookmark the journal’s new home at Shadow & Act.

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#WhiteWashedOUT goes beyond Hollywood’s diversity fails

LINK: Asian American protest “More than just racism in movies”

BBC Makes Diversity a Priority, Pledges Half Its On-Air Roles and Workforce Will Be Female By 2020

Check it out at The Mary Sue.

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Aboriginal comic book ‘Neomad’ wins Gold Ledger Award

LINK: Created with the input of more than 30 young people in the Western Australian community of Ieramugadu