President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama recently hosted a screening of “Red Tails” at the White House and invited real Tuskegee Airmen to the screening. “Red Tails” stars Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Ne-Yo were also in attendance. Check out video coverage, courtesy of the White House, below: RELATED: Real Tuskegee Airman Val Archer Talks […]
Hollywood didn’t believe that Black America will support a movie like Red Tails, and many African-Americans made it a point to make to see the film this weekend to help boost the box office numbers. But how did Red Tails do on its first weekend in theaters? 5 Historic Sites African Americans Must Visit The movie […]
With the film Red Tails hitting theaters this weekend, Majic 107.5 / 97.5 had the pleasure of hosting a real Tuskegee Airman today. Val Archer stopped by the Majic studio and spoke with Carol Blackmon about his experience as a Tuskegee Airman and what the movie Red Tails means to him. As we previously reported, […]
One of the subplots in the Tuskegee Airmen-inspired action flick Red Tails is that one of the African-American pilots falls in love with an Italian woman while fighting overseas. When In Rome? Travel Guide Italy In this interview for TheUrbandaily Terrence Howard and David Oyelowo, who’s character Joe ‘Lightning’ Little falls in love with Sophia […]
On Friday January 20, 2012 George Luca’s passion project, Red Tails, will finally be in theaters. After years of lobbying in Hollywood to get a feature film made about the Tuskegee Airmen, the director and producer financed the project with his own money. Where The Red Tails Worked And Played Overseas Tapping director Anthony Hemingway (“The […]
From: thegrio.com By Donovan X. Ramsey Director George Lucas talked with The Daily Show‘s Jon Stewart Monday about the difficulty of getting his latest project, Red Tails to the big screen screen. Red Tails stars a virtually all-black cast. It tells the story of the famed Tuskegee Airmen fighter pilots from World War II. They were the first black pilots […]
Red Tails executive producer George Lucas had nothing but good intentions by getting this movie made, but he admits that he has unintentionally put Black filmmakers in jeopardy. He financed Red Tails with his own money because he could not get a studio in Hollywood to pick it up. Red Tails cost $58 million to […]
After a short run in television on “Law & Order: LA,” Terrence Howard is making a big return to the big screen this year in “Mandela” and in “Red Tails,” the 2012 film about the legendary Tuskegee Airmen. Our affiliate KYSDC.com spoke with him about this role, and also spoke with Dr. Roscoe Brown of the Tuskegee […]
Tristan Wilds, Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr., David Oyelowo, Elijah Kelley, Kevin Phillips, Leslie Odom Jr., Marcus T. Paulk, Michael B. Jordan, Nate Parker, Ne-Yo and Method Man star in “Red Tails” a film about the experience of black Tuskegee airmen during World War II. It is reported that George Lucas is funding the motion picture out […]
