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

  ALLEN V. FARROW  | First on Showmax | Binge now Co-directed by Oscar nominees Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering ( The Invisible War ),  Allen v. Farrow  goes behind the years of sensational headlines to reveal the private story of one of Hollywood's most notorious and public scandals: the accusation of sexual abuse against four-time Oscar winner Woody Allen ( Midnight in Paris ,  Hannah and her Sisters ,  Annie Hall ) involving Dylan, his then seven-year-old daughter with Golden Globe winner Mia Farrow ( Rosemary’s Baby, Hannah and Her Sisters) ; their subsequent custody trial; the revelation of Allen’s relationship with Farrow’s daughter, Soon-Yi; and the controversial aftermath in the years that followed. Along with new investigative work — pieced together via intimate home movie footage, court documents, police evidence, revelatory videotapes, and never-before-heard audio tapes — HBO’s  four-part documentary series includes exclusive interviews on the subject with Mia, Dylan and Rona