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We’ve always known that Black women were capable of being super heroes, but it seems Hollywood is catching up. The trailer for Fast Color, the story of three generations of Black women with ...

Fast Color is a movie about a superhero, but it doesn't seem quite right to call it a "superhero movie," because of what that term usually means. The film is about climate change and addiction and ...

In spring 2019, “Fast Color” had rave reviews, Oscar-nominated “La La Land” producer Jordan Horowitz — and it seemed to be doomed. It took a while for the film to find distribution; Lionsgate’s ...

Most superhero movies are based on some sort of source material. So it makes sense to wonder whether the new movie Fast Color could be based on an existing comic, graphic novel, or book, even though ...

No one makes superhero movies anymore unless they’re part of a cinematic universe, or at least have the potential to be. Even the most obscure comic book adaptations often come weighted with the ...

It’s rare that you see a Black girl leading a major network show, but Saniyya Sidney is doing just that. The star of Fox’s The Passage, a TV adaptation of the bestselling trilogy centered on a deadly ...

Fast Color, co-written and directed by Julia Hart, was introduced to audiences at the 2018 South by Southwest Film Festival. The film stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lorraine Toussaint and Saniyya Sidney as ...

The world still struggles to see Black women as heroes. Black female-led films almost always perform well, but that fact continues to surprise studios, who seem convinced that an audience for films ...