EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- With Pixar's newest feature film, "Soul," the animation studio finally has its first Black lead character. From the barbershop where he gets his fade to the design of his facial ...

Co-director Kemp Powers wrote the barbershop scene to provide an "authentic Black space," and it became the film's turning point. “Joe is a Black man in New York, and part of your time you go through ...

Disney-Pixar's "Soul," currently streaming on Disney+, taps into a rich vein of African-American culture to tell the story of a Queens music teacher who dreams of becoming a great jazz musician. This ...