So in this scene, you and Rod Steiger, who's still very skeptical of you, go to question one of the leading white businessmen in town. And I'll just explain, in case it's confusing as our listeners ...

United Artist/Getty The late Sidney Poitier broke ground as a Black actor throughout his career. His portrayal of Virgil Tibbs in the 1967 film In the Heat of the Night was no different. The movie, ...

It's the slap that still reverberates through cinematic history. Fifty-five years ago — only three years after the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act was signed into law — millions of moviegoers watched ...

We’ve come a long way in terms of racial consciousness. Clearly, though, we still have a ways to go. Hollywood has helped with what progress we’ve made. For all the simple, silly movies that have come ...