Clayton Davis | Variety The celebration of Black cinema should be year-round and the focus on embracing Black creatives in the awards community is ongoing. While the Oscars often receive the brunt of criticism for their lack of diversity among its nominees, they are...
By Clayton Davis | Variety Dawn Porter didn’t set out to become a documentary filmmaker. She was as an attorney before she hit the scene with her directorial debut, “Gideon’s Army,” in 2013. In fact, Porter wouldn’t even call herself a “director” until that film...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L4ktHbelhc Director: Dawn Porter Writer(s): N/A Starring: Doris Kearns Goodwin, Samantha Power, Pete Souza, Ben Rhodes, Ferial Govashiri, Alice Gabriner Synopsis: Images matter. That’s what Pete Souza learned in his job as a White...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_oEkOdIXdo Director: Dawn Porter Writer(s): N/A Starring: John Lewis, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Martin Luther King, Hillary Clinton, Cory Booker, Nancy Pelosi, Ilhan Omar, Julian Bond, Elijah Cummings Synopsis: The film explores...
...Sundance/Kickstarter Panel on Strategies for Reaching & Engaging Black Audiences from Shadow & Act | Tambay Obenson Taped earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, Kickstarter hosted a panel that included speakers I’m sure many of you are familiar...
https://youtu.be/hY5k6ZLxsQ4 Director: Dawn Porter Writer(s): Matthew Hamachek, Dawn Porter Starring: Brandy Alexander, Travis Williams, June Hardwick, Jonathan Rapping Synopsis: Follows three young, committed Public Defenders who are dedicated to working for the...