Fashioning Modern Africanism

If you don't know this about me, now you know. I live for gheigh tv. When Showmax comfirmed  Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show as one of the shows streaming this April, I was excited to tap into th is darkly funny documentary series about the Emmy-winning comedian’s tumultuous quest for love, sex, and truth. The HBO Original had its world premiere at SXSW in March 2024 and is now coming express from the US to Showmax on Wednesdays.  The first episode kicks off in the build up to the 2022 Emmy Awards, where Jerrod was nominated for his guest appearance hosting  Saturday Night Live  for the first time, as well as for Writing for  Rothaniel,  his Bo Burnham-directed comedy special where he came out as gay publicly.  Since winning the Emmy for  Rothaniel , Jerrod has gone on to host the Golden Globes, won a Writers Guild of America Award, and been nominated for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance for  Poor Things , which went on to win four Oscars.  At the start

  New True Detective, The Cleaning Lady; first seasons of Fellow Travelers, Black Ops TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY  | Binge from 22 April When the long winter night falls in Ennis, Alaska, the eight men who operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace.  To solve the case, Detectives Liz Danvers (two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) will have to confront the darkness they carry in themselves, and dig into the haunted truths that lie buried under the eternal ice. Night Country  is the most watched season of  True Detective , as well as the best-reviewed, with a 92% rating on  Rotten Tomatoes .  The critics’ consensus there says, “Frighteningly atmospheric and anchored by Jodie Foster and Kali Reis' superb performances,  Night Country  is a fresh and frosty variation on  True Detective 's existential themes,” while  The Guardian ’s 5/5-star review says, “a blazing Jodie Foster makes this show better than ever before.” Similar