That frustration fueled Townsend’s directorial debut, the furious 1987 satire Hollywood Shuffle, which ruthlessly lampooned the industry’s treatment of Black actors and Black stories.

William Okuwah Garrett, film editor on Hollywood Shuffle and director of music videos during the “Black Pack” era of the early ’90s, has died. He was 73. His wife, producer-director Marlene ...

The “Kaleidoscope” creator counted himself a fan of Townsend’s since the director’s 1987 feature debut, “Hollywood Shuffle.” The idea of having Townsend helm episodes of his Netflix ...

The comedy “Hollywood Shuffle” (Amazon, iTunes, YouTube, and Google Play), from 1987, is a freewheeling sketch satire that Robert Townsend directed, produced, and co-wrote with Keenen Ivory ...

“Hollywood Shuffle,” Townsend’s 1987 debut feature film as director, producer, co-writer and star, has just been released on disc by the Criterion Collection, in a newly restored 4K transfer ...

David McKnight, whose film resume included starring as the lead in the blaxploitation horror movie J.D.’s Revenge, as well as Robert Townsend’s Hollywood Shuffle and The Five Heartbeats ...

"In that moment, I, this little young actor in the middle of 700 people, had affected the scene," the "Hollywood Shuffle" filmmaker told IndieWire. After years of paying the bills with commercial ...

In March, the 62-year-old filmmaker celebrated a string of release date anniversaries on Twitter for his films "Hollywood Shuffle," "The Five Heartbeats" and "B*A*P*S." He said the online response ...