https://youtu.be/MxCRgtdAuBo Director: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa Writer(s): Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, Tari Starring: Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Adrian Martinez, Gerald McRaney, Rodrigo Santoro, BD Wong, Brennan Brown, Robert Taylor, Dotan Bonen, Griff Furst,...
https://vimeo.com/182752600 Director: Tiffany Walton, Lizz Mullis Writer(s): N/A Starring: Alva Moore Stevenson, Daniel Cendejaz Mendez, Kemo the Blaxican Synopsis: More than one million Mexicans are of African descent, yet this heritage is often forgotten, denied,...
by Nev Pierce | Empire David Oyelowo’s faith pays off WRAPPED IN JULY AND NOW IN THE OSCAR RACE, Martin Luther King pic Selma has been a sprint and a marathon for David Oyelowo. Now, he’s a rising star who’s worked with Cruise, Spielberg and Nolan, but when he read...
https://youtu.be/dxLIz3wLDvc Director: Georgina Garcia Riedel Writer(s): Jose Nestor Marquez, Georgina Garcia Riedel Starring: Edy Ganem, Michael Steger, Juan Pablo Gamboa, Sosie Bacon, Kit Williamson, Carla Morrison, Megan Hayes, Cesar Hernandez, Peter Mendoza,...
by Natalie Abrams | Entertainment Weekly ...from her childhood. In it she’s a kindergartner wearing a red, blue, and white jumper, with a ponytail sticking out from her head. “That’s the little girl I remember,” recalls Davis, 49, who grew up in the tiny,...
Watch as Marcus Johns tries to talk, yell, and take a selfie with your favorite celebrities on the 2015 Academy Award red carpet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtkrV08ONf8 Director: Marcus Raboy Writer(s): Earthquake Starring: Earthquake Synopsis: The iconic comic, Earthquake, unleashes this no hold barred comedy special. His second solo projects depicts his unique voice, uncommon appeal and a...
by Matt Wilstein | MediaLite.com In the months leading up to the 2010 Oscars, Mo’Nique, the stand-up comedian who delivered a ferocious performance as a horrible mother in Lee Daniel’s Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire), famously refused to do the typical...
https://youtu.be/4JW1ARPXJB4 Director: Michael Johnson Writer(s): Michael Johnson Starring: Evan Ross, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Isabelle Fuhrman, Virginia Madsen, Danny DeVito, Hannah Barefoot, Pat Janowski, Brent Kublick, Chase Offerle, Gilberto Martin del Campo, Tabor...
from Total Film UK Bridesmaids director Paul Feig has cast actress, stand-up comic and, Saturday Night Live alumnus Leslie Jones, to star in the upcoming release of Ghostbusters. Though Leslie only joined cast of SNL last year, she paid her dues on the stand-up...
During the Golden Age of Hollywood when some of the greatest masterpieces in motion picture history were being produced, African filmmakers were not allowed to make films. The period which lasted from the end of the silent era in the late 1920's to the late 1950's did...
It is indeed a wonderful revelation in the history of world cinema that immensely talented women filmmakers of Africa and the African Diaspora are making it really big in innovative filmmaking. Not only are they challenging old cinematic prescriptions, they are also...