Robert Townsend, multi- talented producer, director, writer and star of motion pictures, television and online series, returns to television in the world premiere of a unique new special - Robert Townsend's Musical Theater of Hope.

Robert Townsend , the actor/director/producer known for films such as "Hollywood Shuffle" and "The Five Heartbeats," recently created a set of mini-plays in Atlanta based on particular gospel songs called "Musical Theater of Hope," which you can see at 8 p.m. Sunday on the Gospel Music Channel .

There are a lot black films in existence today. Some you're very familiar with and others only come into view during that occasional visit to the video store.

Robert Townsend, famous for directing "Eddie Murphy: Raw" and "The Five Heartbeats," will begin filming a television project at the Coweta County Centre for the Performing and Visual Arts next week.

National Black Arts Festival invites everyone to join us as we present the Pan African Film Festival -the most prestigious showcase of black films in the United States on July 29th through August 2nd at the Woodruff Arts Center.

As the head and founding member of the multi-talented Wayans comedy empire, Keenen Ivory Wayans blazed a trail as a comedic actor and stand-up performer in the early 1980s.

Dance Flick Directed by Damien Dante Wayans Runtime: 83 min. Twenty-two years after Hollywood Shuffle, where Robert Townsend and Keenan Ivory Wayans boldly proposed that black American performers craft ethical screen images, it is Wayans and his family, unencumbered by Civil Rightsera scruples, who have thrived.The Wayanses created the successful ...