Starz InBlack Recognizes Black History Month With Month-Long Celebration Featuring Films From a Different Decade Every Night in February

Starz InBlack Recognizes Black History Month With Month-Long Celebration Featuring Films From a Different Decade Every Night in February

Commemorates 10th Anniversary This February With the Starz Original 'Conversations'

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Starz InBlack, the first and only premium movie channel dedicated to meet the entertainment choices of African Americans, will celebrate Black History Month with a diverse array of films from the decades of the '70s, '80s, '90s up to the present each week, beginning on Monday, Feb. 5, 2007. A movie from the decade of the week will air every night at 8 p.m. (ET/PT).

"Our objective was to feature a diverse array of entertaining and enlightening programming that focuses on Black cinema from the last four decades," said Stephan Shelanski, senior vice president of programming for Starz Entertainment. "With our vast library of films we created a month-long presentation of some of the best films from the 70's, 80's, 90's and today."

In addition to celebrating Black History Month, Starz InBlack will celebrate its 10th anniversary with the premiere of "Conversations," a revealing original show featuring intimate conversations with African American celebrities and the people who influenced them, on Monday, Feb. 26 at 7:45 p.m. (ET/PT). In "Conversations" the informal interviews between the stars discuss events in the African American community during the past 10 years and what issues will be important in the next decade. The stars share their inspirations, challenges and triumphs. They discuss issues including diversity in the industry, stereotypes and provide insight about some of the issues that will be important in the years to come.

The movies featured throughout the month begin every night 8 p.m. (ET/PT) beginning Monday, Feb. 5. The line-up features:

Decade of Movies from the '70s - Week of Feb. 5
* The Landlord 2/5 - (Beau Bridges, Pearl Bailey, Diana Sands)
* A.K.A. Cassius Clay 2/6 - (Muhammad Ali, Richard Kiley, Malcolm X)
* Cotton Comes to Harlem 2/7 - (Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques,
Calvin Lockhart)
* Black Mama, White Mama 2/8 - (Pam Grier, Margaret Markov, Sid Haig)
* Black Caesar 2/9 - (Fred Williamson, Art Lund, Gloria Hendry)
* Scream Blacula Scream 2/10 - (William Marshall, Pam Grier, Don
Mitchell)
* They Call Me Mister Tibbs! 2/11 - (Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau,
Barbara McNair)

Decade of Movies from the '80s - Week of Feb. 12:
* Bustin' Loose 2/12 - (Richard Pryor, Cicely Tyson, Robert Christian)
* School Daze 2/13 - (Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Tisha
Campbell)
* Hollywood Shuffle 2/14 - (Robert Townsend, Anne-Marie Johnson,
Starletta Dupois)
* The Brother from Another Planet 2/15 - (Joe Morton, Darryl Edwards,
Steve James)
* Brewster's Millions 2/16 - (Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee)
* Driving Miss Daisy 2/17 - (Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd)
* Tap 2/18 - (Gregory Hines, Sammy Davis Jr., Suzzane Douglas)

Decade of Movies from the '90s - Week of Feb. 19
* The Five Heartbeats 2/19 - (Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon)
* Beloved 2/20 - (Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton)
* Fresh 2/21 - (Sean Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito, Samuel L. Jackson)
* Crooklyn 2/22 - (Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo, David Patrick Kelly)
* The Crying Game 2/23 - (Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Forest
Whitaker)
* Enemy of the State 2/24 - (Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight)
* Eddie 2/25 - (Whoopi Goldberg, Frank Langella, Dennis Farina)

Decade of Movies from 2000 and beyond - Week of Feb. 26
* Hitch 2/26 - (Will Smith, Kevin James, Eva Mendes)
* Freedomland 2/27 - (Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Moore, Edie Falco)
* Are We There Yet? 2/28 - (Ice Cube, Nia Long, Philip Bolden)
* Mindhunters 3/1 - (Val Kilmer, LL Cool J, Christian Slater)
* Annapolis 3/2 - (James Franco, Tyrese Gibson)
* Blade: Trinity 3/3 - (Wesley Snipes, Jessica Biel)
* The Gospel 3/4 - (Yolanda Adams, Boris Kodjoe)

Starz InBlack is culturally connected. The source for the biggest, coolest movies and urban entertainment.

Starz Entertainment, LLC, is a premium movie service provider operating in the United States. It offers 16 movie channels including the flagship Starz(R) and Encore(R) brands with approximately 14.9 million and 26.6 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs more than 1,000 movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services including Starz HD, Starz On Demand and Vongo(SM). Starz Entertainment (www.starz.com) is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation that is attributed to Liberty Capital Group.

Contacts: Chelsye J. Burrows Michelle Ellis
Starz Entertainment Starz Entertainment
720.852.5838 720.852.6269
chelsye.burrows@starz.commichelle.ellis@starz.com

Jennifer Garnick
The Lippin Group
323.965.1990
Jennifer.garnick@lippingroup.com

Source: Starz Entertainment, LLC

CONTACT: Chelsye J. Burrows, +1-720-852-5838, chelsye.burrows@starz.com,
or Michelle Ellis, +1-720.852.6269, michelle.ellis@starz.com, both of Starz
Entertainment, LLC; or Jennifer Garnick of The Lippin Group, +1-323-965-1990,
Jennifer.garnick@lippingroup.com, for Starz Entertainment, LLC

Web site: http://www.starz.com/

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