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Maori Karmael Holmes, who began the BlackStar Film Festival, wanted to provide a film festival for black creators in Philadelphia. It quickly became much bigger.

University of Pennsylvania sophomore Claire Sliney won an Academy Award Sunday evening.

Yalitza Aparicio, the Oscar-nominated, first-time actress in "Roma," is finding strong support among Mexican-American women despite backlash she is receiving in Mexico.

Claire Sliney wants to destigmatize periods with the film, “Period. End of Sentence.” The Penn sophomore made the documentary with friends while she was still in high school.

Hannah Beachler is the first African-American ever nominated for the award in production design. She helped create the cinematic world of Wakanda.

With the Academy Awards approaching, the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative released its most recent report on diversity in Hollywood.

At last month's Sundance Film Festival, Knock Down the House broke the festival's documentary sales record: reportedly $10 million to Netflix.

In “Shattering Refuge,” Sonari Chidi speaks to refugees, asylum-seekers, officials and journalists in Kenya, Jordan, and the United States.

Now, for the first time in the United States, you can legally bet on one of pop culture's biggest nights.

A Philadelphia production team released an online documentary on Shudder, tracking a century of black representation in the bloodiest of genres.