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February is Black History Month, and to celebrate those working in Hollywood, PROVOKR has put together a top-tier list of movies to watch this weekend. Black lives on screen are there to educate, celebrate and increase visibility. Sure, these filmmakers … Continued

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On the heels of PROVOKR’s recent profile of Sofia Coppola and her historic Best Director Win at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival for The Beguiled, we realized that much as we love her, she’s not the only female director making … Continued

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Amma Asante’s impressive latest effort, A United Kingdom (starring David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike), is unquestionably the best film of 2017. The true story of a bi-racial love affair that faced fierce opposition and an international diplomatic crisis in the … Continued

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It’s no accident that David Oyelowo portrays Prince Seretse Khama of Botswana in A United Kingdom. This extraordinary true story, a bi-racial love affair that shocked the world in the 1940’s, is the latest role for Oyelowo in a series of … Continued

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