The esteemed TR Studios is set to host an unprecedented comedy event as "Laugh Out Loud: Black And Proud," a groundbreaking comedy sketch show fully produced by and featuring the rich voices of the ...

President Sir Frank Cooper of The African American Humor Awards Society, the very first Black comedy award show. Photo Credit: Sir Frank Cooper Established in 1989 by Sir Frank Cooper, The African ...

The story of an African American gang member in Seattle reinventing himself as a Hasidic Jewish rapper in Jerusalem might not sound like your typical comedy series. But then, Nissim Black – the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Humor has always been a recipe for healing for African Americans. For centuries, it has been a form of escape rather than just amusement. “Early on during slavery, they ...

There is plenty to cry about in South Africa. The country has the third-highest murder rate and the highest unemployment rate in the world. Graft has corroded the shine of the ruling African National ...

A new South African comedy series is coming to Netflix. The streamer announced its upcoming young adult series, Miseducation, which is launching on Sept. 15. Here’s an official description: Mbali ...

33 Films has revealed an official trailer for an indie comedy from South Africa titled Soweto Blaze, the latest from South African filmmaker Brad Katzen. This initially premiered at the 2023 Austin ...

Laughter is the best medicine, an escape route from our problems. But what happens when that medicine is laced with poison, the laughter mixed with gasps, and the escape route leads directly to a pit ...

A TIME TO LAUGH (191 pp.)—Laurence Thompson—Messner ($3.50). At 17, Gadein was a stringbean of a Negro tribesman, simple and guileless as a calf, awkward as a young camel and endlessly tolerant of ...

Envision Entertainment has teamed with South African production company Scene23 to develop Tighthead, an action-comedy crime procedural. Tighthead revolves around an unlikely crime-fighting duo made ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Comedian Alfred Mugenzi stands on the dimly lit stage, and a single spotlight illuminates his figure. The audience in Bujumbura laughs ...

Written by Kevin Etten and Tom Gormican, and directed by the latter, this haphazard reboot gets tripped up in clumsy attempts ...