‘Citizen Ashe’ Directors Explain Why Tennis Great Arthur Ashe Did Activism ‘His Way’ (Video)

Vudu surveyed thousands of film fans across the United States to find out their favorite holiday films set in their home states. And while states like New York or California offered plenty of choice, others had a bit more slim-pickens and resulted in some lesser-known titles being chosen.

BIBI has dropped a seductive new music video for her English-language single ‘The Weekend’.Earlier today (December 6), the musician unveiled the tantalising new video via the YouTube channel of Asian-American label 88rising.

Shocking new footage shows Arthur Labinjo-Hughes' evil stepmum and dad scoffing ice cream and McDonald's as the six-year-old starved in the hall.

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Arthur Ashe is an icon in the tennis world, breaking barriers to become the first Black male champion of three Grand Slams: the Australian Open; the U.S. Open; and, most famously, beating Jimmy Conners in 1975 to win Wimbledon. But on the other side of the net is Ashe’s work as an activist, which becomes the focus of CNN Films’ documentary Citizen Ashe.

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