EXCLUSIVE: When the activist, actor and singer Harry Belafonte died a little over a year ago at 96, the world lost a tireless champion for civil and human rights. In the 1960s, he stood shoulder to ...

Tribeca Enterprises Chief Content Officer Paula Weinstein surprised a packed house tonight at Tribeca Festival’s annual Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award presentation with a special, ...

Tribeca Enterprise’s Chief Content Officer Paula Weinstein surprised the festival audience tonight with an extended sneak peek at the upcoming documentary Following Harry, featuring powerful words ...

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PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) - The Sundance Film Festival opened on Thursday night with a new look -- four feature films instead of only one, including a documentary about calypso singer Harry Belafonte ...

NEW YORK — Harry Belafonte made history in early 1968. But it was lost to history. While the Vietnam War was raging and civil unrest was convulsing American cities, TV talk show host Johnny Carson did ...

When I heard Harry Belafonte had died, my brain didn’t conjure up his most famous calypso hit, “The Banana Boat Song (Day-O).” Instead, I thought of his appearance at Jim Henson’s 1990 memorial ...

Harry Belafonte, the famed Black entertainer and activist whose voice adorns several of the mid-20th century's most famous recordings, died of heart failure on April 25 in New York. He turned 96 in ...

THR's arts and culture critic reflects on the star's career, which was defined in equal parts by his work on and off the stage — and shaped by his experiences as a Black boy in both America and ...

Harry Belafonte, a transformational figure in American entertainment and activism, died at the age of 96 at home in Manhattan on April 25. The figurehead in popularizing calypso in America in the mid- ...