Shadow & Act | Tambay Obenson BronzeLens Film Festival producers have announced the 5 distinguished women who will receive the coveted BronzeLens Women Superstars Award this year, in honor of their contributions to the film and television industry. The 5 women...
Feature-Length Defining Portrait of Marvin Gaye in Development with Full Support From Family Shadow & Act | Tambay Obenson Still no updates on Jesse L. Martin’s Marvin Gaye film, which stalled production in 2013. And no word on whether what was rumored to be a...
https://youtu.be/xqBPhJdzPnU Director: Volker Schaner Writer(s): Volker Schaner Starring: Ashley Beedle, Dennis Bovell, Jomo Charles, Neil Fraser, Martin Glover, Peter Harris, Ria Higgins, David Katz, Thomas Lauterbacher, Nick Manasseh, Steve Marshall, Lee ‘Scratch’...
Shadow & Act | Nijla Mumin There’s a scene in Zeresenay Berhane Mehari’s feature film debut “Difret,” where several men swoop in, riding horses and abruptly kidnap 14-year-old Hirut (Tizita Hagere) as she walks home from school. There’s something very masculine...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKUvyIDFBH4 Director: David Lowery Writer(s): David Lowery, Toby Halbrooks Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley, Oona Laurence, Wes Bentley, Karl Urban, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Marcus Henderson, Aaron Jackson, Phil...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9pVO2jgdmk Director: Jonathan Jackson Writer(s): Thomas Tah Hyde III, Jonathan Jackson Starring: Thomas Tah Hyde III, Jamal Dennis, Christopher Weaver Synopsis: This film captures an actor’s conversation about the lack of diversity in...
Shadow & Act | Sergio Mims TV One’s July movie offering is “Bad Dad Rehab” which premiered last weekend to great reviews and fantastic audience response. Directed by Carl Seaton, the film breaks stereotypes more commonly associated with black men in the media,...
https://youtu.be/t6hlkIlGFCI Director: Paul Feig Writer(s): Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis Starring: Zach Woods, Kristen Wiig, Ed Begley Jr., Charles Dance, John Milhiser, Ben Harris, Melissa McCarthy, Karan Soni, Kate McKinnon, Bess Rous, Steve Higgins, Leslie Jones, Neil...
Shadow & Act | Jean Camara Picking up on Tambay’s “Notes on Working Towards a Fanboy/FanGirl Culture in Black Independent Cinema” piece published on this blog in May, since reading that piece, I’ve been pondering how I could contribute to the idea of creating a...
Shadow & Act | Martine Jean Festival de Cannes 2013: for the first time in its history, the festival hosted a Caribbean extravaganza on the beach. Caribbean Zouk music filled the air. The band played on even as rain drops fell. Euzhan Palcy emerged from the crowd,...
https://youtu.be/VZOu59j3iT4 Director: Ivy Meeropol Writer(s): Ivy Meeropol Starring: Marilyn Elie, Gregory Jaczko, Phillip Musegaas, Brian Vangor, Roger Witherspoon Synopsis: INDIAN POINT looks at nuclear power by going inside the core activities at an aging nuclear...
https://youtu.be/KC5ycHKUfA4 Director: Chris Renaud, Yarrow Cheney Writer(s): Ken Daurio, Brian Lynch Starring: Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart, Jenny Slate, Ellie Kemper, Albert Brooks, Lake Bell, Dana Carvey, Hannibal Buress, Bobby Moynihan, Chris Renaud,...