Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “The broomstick wedding, for many viewers, conveyed how African descendants shared the profound joy of romantic love in the midst ...

Jumping the Broom is a 2013 romantic comedy movie directed by Salim Akil. The film is set in the backdrop of a wedding on Martha’s Vineyard and explores class conflict and family tensions. The story ...

"Jumping the Broom" suggests what it might look like if Nancy Meyers directed a Tyler Perry movie. It's got all the glossy production values of a Meyers film like "Something's Gotta Give" or "It's ...

An interracial couple jumped the broom at their wedding and now Twitter is throwing stones. A couple named Jana and Marcus recently tied the knot and the photos from their ceremony have gone viral.

Bishop T.D. Jakes recently hosted a star-studded preview of the hotly anticipated romantic comedy, “Jumping the Broom” in Dallas. The special screening was followed by Easter service at Bishop Jakes’ ...

Comedy grosses $15.3 million, instead of $13.7 million; "Something Borrowed" also up. By Pamela McClintock Senior Film Writer Sony’s Jumping the Broom enjoyed a big boost from Mother’s Day, up 13 ...

Long ago, in the era before Tyler Perry (BTP), most religious folks in movies were wing nuts and phonies. There were and are exceptions to the rule ("Chariots of Fire"; anything to do with C.S. Lewis) ...

Jumping the broom has become synonymous with African American wedding traditions. Popularized by the Emmy award-winning miniseries Roots, the tender scene of Kunta Kinte and Belle cementing their ...

“Jumping the Broom” suggests what it might look like if Nancy Meyers directed a Tyler Perry movie. It’s got all the glossy production values of a Meyers film like “Something’s Gotta Give” or “It’s ...

There are many interesting historic and symbolic ideas connected to the ritual known as ‘Jumping the Broom.’ The story that slaves invented this ritual is common, but we now understand that it was ...

Angela Bassett and Loretta Devine star as feuding future in-laws from the opposite side of the tracks. By Kirk Honeycutt The battle lines are drawn far too quickly in the uptown-meets-downtown comedy ...

“Jumping the Broom” refers to a romantic African-American tradition dating back to slavery, when marriage was forbidden, and is understandably still a sore spot for some. This is just one of the ...