Pam Grier News

Distributor : Arrowdrome Running Time : 99 mins approx DVD Release Date : 13th February 2012 DVD Country : United Kingdom Screen Format : 1.78:1 Dual Soundtracks: English DD2.0 Subtitles: None Special Features: # Commentary by Writer/Director Jamaa Fanaka # Penitentiary II # Trailers # Booklet Certificate : 18 Country : United States of America ... (more)

Unseen since its original broadcast on Oct. 13, 1959, this TV adaptation of "The Jazz Singer" captures Newark native Jerry Lewis at a career precipice - a young artist exploding with talent and ambition, but with much to prove.

Film star Pam Grier says there's still a lack of opportunities for African-American actors in Hollywood and it's partly due to marginalized audiences.

According to Hollywood sources, a prequel is in the works to one of the film adaptations that Quentin Tarantino made of an Elmore Leondard novel.

The actress, author, and philanthropist opens up about her life, career, and Black History Month.

Cults is just one of the bands featured in tonight's music-themed photography exhibition.

Harbourfront hosts a full weekend of music events celebrating Black History Month, and most of them are free.

From the women-in-prison movies she made with producer Roger Corman in the Philippines to her extensive work for the stage to her superb title performance in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown to stints on The L Word and Smallville , Pam Grier has enjoyed a long and remarkably varied career as an actress.

FILMS GET FESTIVE AGAIN: The fact that Toronto moviegoers have been deprived of film festivals for nearly a month into 2012 seems almost cruelly barbaric.

The accolades and honors just keep rolling in for Octavia Spencer. Essence magazine has named the Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominee one of five women who will be honored at its 5th annual Black Women in Hollywood luncheon on Feb.

Welcome to This Week in DVD! Lots of titles hitting shelves today, and we're covering nineteen of them below.

Following the release of the original Lethal Ladies Collection comes another Roger Corman-produced female exploitation triple-bill from Shout! Factory, this time celebrating the groovy cool of The Arena , Fly Me and Cover Girl Models .