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Author
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Nottage is one of our finest playwrights, a smart, empathetic, and daring storyteller who tells a story an audience won't expect."—Time Out New York
"Lynn Nottage's work explores depths of humanness, the overlapping complexities of race, gender, culture and history—and the startling simplicity of desire—with a clear tenderness, with humor, with compassion."—Paula Vogel, Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright
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English
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The film centers around a group of Black friends who reunite for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a twisted killer. Forced to play by his rules, the friends soon realize this ain't no motherf****** game. Directed by Tim Story (Ride Along, Think Like a Man, Barbershop), this film skewers genre tropes and poses the sardonic question: if the entire cast of a horror movie is Black, who dies first?
4) Ain't no mo'
Author
Publisher
Samuel French
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Through a blend of sketch, satire, avant-garde theatre and a dose of drag, Ain't No Mo' answers the incendiary question: What if the United States government offered Black Americans one-way plane tickets to Africa? This unpredictable comedy speeds through the turbulent skies of being Black in today's America. A kaleidoscope of moments surrounding this great exodus are told by an ensemble cast featuring Peaches, a larger-than-life flight agent boarding...
8) Men of honor
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
The courageous story of an African-American sailor who dared to dream of becoming a U.S. Navy Master Diver. Despite a ruthless training officer and a tragic shipboard accident, Carl's iron will is never broken. Against all odds, he pushes on to achieve the impossible.
11) The national black drama anthology: eleven plays from America's leading African-American theaters
Publisher
Applause
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English