The Lena Waithe Interview: The Prolific Creator-Producer Refuses to Be Defined
The Emmy winner reflects on the George Floyd protests, humanizing Black people on screen, Black criticism, coming out in Hollywood, and more.
The Emmy winner reflects on the George Floyd protests, humanizing Black people on screen, Black criticism, coming out in Hollywood, and more.
The target is Lena Waithe’s purple cyclops Specter, recently celebrated by Disney as the studio’s first openly gay character.
After a decade in development limbo, the comedy series is finally getting its television debut on BET.
From a sneaker-culture docuseries to an ASMR chillout show, Quibi wants to have it all. And creators love the licensing model.
The first-time feature writer and director reflect on the rarity of an experience that allowed them to make the film they wanted.
Much more than a black “Bonnie and Clyde,” Melina Matsoukas and Lena Waithe have crafted an emotional lament that’s powerful even when it stumbles.
Director Melina Matsoukas graduated from the American Film Institute in 2005.
Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith star as a couple on a first date that goes horribly wrong, in the directorial debut of Melina Matsoukas.
The mogul challenged dreamers with a call to selflessness, community and ownership – ideas that Waithe previously shared and is now facing a backlash as a result.
A black couple’s first date goes horribly wrong in Lena Waithe’s feature screenwriting debut from director Melina Matsoukas.
Waithe argues that major stars like Denzel Washington and Will Smith could be funding “at least four or five independent movies a year.”
The initiative will educate expectant mothers, their friends, and families.