Check out this week's edition of UPFRONT Inside the Entertainment Industry. It features TV and film critic Sharronda Williams, Passing's Rebecca Hall and actress Ruth Negga plus Judas and the Black Messiah star LaKeith Stanfield.
The biggest and brightest names in television and film will be recognized at this year's Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, February 28 at 8 p.m. on NBC. TV and film critic Sharronda Williams kick's off the first segment to chat about this year's nominees, snubs and much more. The AAFCA member and creator of Pay or Wait also talks about the future of awards show in this new virtual space.
Director Rebecca Hall is also here to discuss her new film on colorism title Passing. It is a screen adaptation of the Nella Larson book of the same name and follows two high school friends whose renewed acquaintance ignites a mutual obsession that threatens both of their carefully constructed realities as black women passing for white during the roaring 1920s. Actress Ruth Negga also talks about her leading role and why she chose to portray such a troubled character. This conversation was part of an https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e512Bd-ZM54">AAFCA Roundtable Discussion.
Closing out the show is my exclusive with television and film actor LaKeith Stanfield. The star of Judas and the Black Messiah talks about playing FBI informant William O'Neal in the film as well as being reunited with his Get Out co-stars Daniel Kaluuya and Lil Rel Howery. Judas and the Black Messiah recounts the assassination of Black Panther Party Deputy Chairman Fred Hampton and how the FBI used O'Neal to bring him down. The film opens in select theaters this weekend and is available now on HBOMax. Watch the full interview below:
