At this weekend's pop-up fest, the West Side native will teach a master class, host a Bid Whist tournament and screen movies that inspired him, including ‘The Spook Who Sat by the Door.’ ...

This weekend, Chicago native Robert Townsend will be hosting a Pop-Up Film Festival, helping raise money for local charities. Tickets are available now.

The event will take place Saturday and Sunday and features a variety of film screenings, discussions, a game night and a master class taught by Townsend himself.

Robert Townsend recently opened up about witnessing Beyoncé’s undeniable spark during her very first audition for the MTV movie Carmen: A Hip Hopera. Speaking with Lena Waithe on Legacy Talk, the ...

How scarce were opportunities for Black filmmakers when Robert Townsend and Keenen Ivory Wayans dreamt up the idea for Hollywood Shuffle in the mid-1980s? Townsend, who had a solid acting career at ...

*Fans of Robert Townsend’s “The Five Heartbeats” will get an in depth look inside their favorite film, courtesy of the director himself. “Right now, I’m working on a documentary about how I made the ...

Every generation has a Robert Townsend movie for them, whether it’s his acerbic examination of Black actors in the film industry with 1987’s “Hollywood Shuffle,” his attempt to crack the superhero ...

“I think it starts with... how bad do you want the dream?” said Director Robert Townsend as he shared how he went from the Chicago kid with the nickname “TV Guide” due to his encyclopedic knowledge of ...

“The Parent ‘Hood” creator Robert Townsend — whose 2018 documentary “Making The Five Heartbeats” is streaming on UMC TV — told Page Six that the doc reveals that former Style Network star Niecy Nash ...

During “Commerce of Creativity,” actor and film director Robert Townsend engages the audience by talking about his career path through anecdotes, Thursday, at the Campus Theatre. Townsend has received ...

Robert Townsend, who will be giving the annual Hazel I. Jackson Lecture on Wednesday at the Winter Visual and Performing Arts Center at Millersville University, was always a funny kid. “I was the ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Celebrating Black History Month, Black film pioneer Robert Townsend will add one ...