Jonita Davis

Jonita Davis is a writer, mother, a certified nerd, and writer of Black Girl Nerds. Davis is a critic and journalist. She has been writing for 13 years about the way pop culture and politics affect our lives as parents, women, black women, nerds, and people of this planet.

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Planned Parenthood Uplifts Black Women and Educates at The Macro Lodge at Sundance 2019

Planned Parenthood Uplifts Black Women and Educates at The Macro Lodge at Sundance 2019

If some of your favorite shows, including Broad City, Jane the Virgin, Shameless, Insecure, and others seem to be…

Sundance 2019 Review: ‘The Last Tree’

The Last Tree by director Shola Amoo, could be described as a dark-skinned Black boy’s “coming…

Sundance 2019 Review: ‘The Mustang’

The “prison movie” has become a predictable means for showcasing the evils of men of…

Sundance 2019 Review: ‘Troop Zero’

Troop Zero is Troop Beverly Hills but with a chain-smoking auntie Viola Davis instead of sweet, shallow…

Sundance 2019 Review: ‘Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am’

I am a millennial Black woman who was heavily influenced by a grandmother who was…

Sundance 2019 Review: ‘The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind’

Before the premiere of this film, I had never actually seen an audience, “on the…

Sundance 2019 Review: ‘Native Son’

“So, that happened,” was all anyone could say after the premiere of the new HBO…

10 ‘Shazam’ Suit Surprises from Costume Designer Leah Butler

Let’s face it, there has been a lot of drama surrounding the Shazam suit since…

BGN Interviews David Sandberg on the Set of ‘Shazam’

BGN got a chance to visit the set of Shazam while the film was in…

Recap: ‘The Passage’ Episode 2 is One Revelation After Another

Last week, we talked about the Black girlhood at the center of the show. It…