Regina Taylor to Premiere New Play, Exhibit, as Part of Aspen’s Solo Flights in September | Chaz’s Journal

<span id=”selection-marker-1″ class=”redactor-selection-marker”></span> A native of Dallas, Texas, actress Regina Taylor earned praise early in her acting career for portraying Minnijean Brown, a member of the Little Rock Nine, in 1981’s “Crisis at Central High.” She gained the attention of mainstream audiences in 1989’s “Lean on Me,” in which she played an auspicious student’s drug-addicted mother. For … Read more

Oscar-winner Spike Lee to Receive the 2023 TIFF Ebert Director Award on Sunday, September 10th | Festivals & Awards

“Spike Lee is not only only one of the best filmmakers in America, but one of the most crucially important, because his films address the the central subject of race,” Roger Ebert wrote in his four-star review of “Malcolm X.” “Every Lee film is an exercise in empathy.” Lee attended Ebertfest in 2014 for a special 25th … Read more