Two major independent filmmakers, Charles Burnett and Shaka King, visit Wesleyan University Nov. 8-9 to take part in the school’s “Black Voices and Visionaries in Cinema” seminar. Burnett’s newly ...

Shaka King (born March 7, 1980) is an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He is best known for directing and co-writing the 2021 biopic Judas and the Black Messiah. Description ...

The 10th Panama Int’l Film Festival wrapped Sunday, Dec. 5 with Michel Franco’s Acapulco-set drama “Sundown” closing the event. Winners of the rough-cut sidebar Primera Mirada were announced at ...

Director Shaka King on the set of Judas and the Black Messiah. The film chronicles the life of Illinois Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton through the eyes of William O'Neal — the man who ...