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Harry Belafonte

movie review Jan. 30, 2024

The Greatest Night in Pop Is a Huge Blast of Gen-X NostalgiaNetflix’s new documentary about the making of “We Are the World” will be hard to resist for a lot of us.

By Bilge Ebiri
remembrance Apr. 26, 2023

Harry Belafonte Dragged Us Into the FutureThe late legend ditched stardom for something far greater.

By Craig Jenkins

rip Apr. 25, 2023

Harry Belafonte, Calypso Singer and Activist, Dead at 96The Grammy winner was known for hit songs like “Day-O (Banana Boat Song)” and “Jamaica Farewell.”

By Jennifer Zhan
Feb. 9, 2018

Odds Against Tomorrow Is a Hidden Noir Gem That Considers Anti-Black RacismThe Harry Belafonte–produced and starring film subverts and complicates what came before it.

By Angelica Jade Bastién
police brutality Oct. 12, 2016

Watch Harry Belafonte’s Police Brutality PSAIt’s called “Against the Wall.”

By Karen Brill
north carolina May 6, 2016

Cyndi Lauper Will Use NC Show to Protest Bill“Let’s make it a rally.”

By Madeline Raynor
speeeech! Nov. 9, 2014

Watch Harry Belafonte’s Powerful Speech on RaceFrom watching Birth of a Nation to 12 Years a Slave.

By E. Alex Jung
party chat Jan. 7, 2014

Read Belafonte’s Moving Speech on Race & Cinema“I can say, in my 87th year of life, that I am overjoyed that I should have lived long enough to see Steve McQueen step into this space.”

By Jennifer Vineyard
clickables Oct. 19, 2011

Watch Harry Belafonte Miss His InterviewIt’s nap time!

By Jennifer Vineyard