Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the world awaits the theatrical release of “The Book of Clarence,” the second feature film and first cinematic venture into ...

The writer, director and musician’s biblical drama may turn some heads, but Samuel says it’s all about having a conversation with the audience. By Brande Victorian Deputy Awards Editor Jeymes Samuel ...

Jeymes Samuel at the "The Book Of Clarence" BFI London Film Festival Headline Gala World Premiere. Antony Jones/Getty Images for Sony Pictures Jeymes Samuel was intent on putting a “hood” vibe into ...

'The Harder They Fall' director returns with another wildly creative and music-soaked all-star ride, again led by Lakeith Stanfield and produced by Jay-Z but this time set in the Holy Land and ...

A hustler presents himself as a messiah in director Jeymes Samuel's new movie, "The Book of Clarence." He talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about making a Biblical epic with a Black point of view. What ...

With The Book of Clarence, director Jeymes Samuel puts a creative twist on the story of Christ. Set in Jerusalem in the year A.D. 33, the film follows Clarence—played by Lakeith Stanfield—a young man ...

The camera continues to move, pushing in closer and closer to the man until it suddenly swings right, resting on a Black man instead. “I wanted to open the movie on the most striking image possible,” ...