Director: Kasi Lemmons Writer(s): Maaza Mengiste (novel) Starring: Unknown Synopsis: The Ethiopian women soldiers, left out of the historical record, who went to battle against Mussolini’s invading army in 1935 Ethiopia. The novel follows, Aster, the wife of a...
by Kasi Lemmons | Variety My influences were literary initially. I was a big reader of books so my influences were Toni Morrison, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and southern novelists. In terms of film, I liked Bergman a lot and Hitchcock, but there were a lot of different...
by Pete Hammond | Deadline Hollywood Eddie Murphy will receive the Career Achievement Award, and Nia Long, Chiwetel Ejiofor and director Kasi Lemmons will also be honored December 2 at the Celebration of Black Cinema presented by the Critics Choice Association...
Director: Kasi Lemmons Writer(s): Gregory Allen Howard, Kasi Lemmons Starring: Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn, Clarke Peters, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Omar J. Dorsey, Henry Hunter Hall, Tim Guinee, Nick Basta, Joseph Lee Anderson, Antonio J Bell, CJ McBath,...
By Antonia Blyth | Deadline Hollywood When Kasi Lemmons saw that Cynthia Erivo was attached in the titular role of Harriet, Lemmons knew she wanted to direct the film. Then together, the pair worked hard to present an authentic picture of legendary abolitionist...
Director: Simon Frederick Writer(s): Simon Frederick Starring: Simon Frederick, Nelson George, Lil Rel Howery, Kasi Lemmons, David Oyelowo, Jesse Williams, Debbie Allen, John Boyega, Reggie Rock Bythewood, Ruth E. Carter, Ashley Clark, Ernest R. Dickerson, Carmen...
by Monique Jones | Shadow and Act Set production on the Kasi Lemmons-directed Harriet has started, prompting new criticisms of Cynthia Erivo, who has been cast as Harriet Tubman. According to Deadline, the film will focus on Tubman’s life, including her time as...
By Aramide A Tinubu | Shadow and Act Meagan Good has been working in the entertainment industry for well over twenty years. She first burst onto the scene as the troubled and secretive tween, Cicely Batiste in Kasi Lemmons’ 1960’s era “Eve’s Bayou” alongside Samuel L....
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...
Director: Henry Alex Rubin Writer(s): Andrew Stern Starring: Jason Bateman, Hope Davis, Frank Grillo, Michael Nyqvist, Paula Patton, Andrea Riseborough, Alexander Skarsgård, Max Thieriot, Colin Ford, Jonah Bobo, Haley Ramm, Norbert Leo Butz, Kasi Lemmons, John...
Director: Kasi Lemmons Writer(s): Michael Genet, Rick Famuyiwa Starring: Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Bruce McFee, Mike Epps, Peter MacNeill, Adam Gaudreau, Taraji P. Henson, Cedric the Entertainer, Martin Sheen, J. Miles Dale, Sean MacMahon, Richard Chevolleau,...
Director: Jeffrey Schwarz Writer(s): N/A Starring: Alan Poul, Bernard Rose, Virginia Madsen, Clive Barker, Tony Todd, Kasi Lemmons Synopsis: In 1992 author Clive Barker, director Bernard Rose (Paperhouse, Immortal Beloved) and composer Phillip Glass would join forces...
Director: Dave Snyder Writer(s): Dave Snyder Starring: John Douglas, Jodie Foster, Peter Gallagher, Scott Glenn, Gene Hackman, Anthony Heald, David Hibbard, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, Kasi Lemmons, Richard Mareck, Tom McCormack, Mike Medavoy, Maggie Phillips, Edward...
Director: Kasi Lemmons Writer(s): George Dawes Green (novel & screenplay) Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Colm Feore, Ann Magnuson, Damir Andrei, Aunjanue Ellis, Tamara Tunie, Peter MacNeill, Jay Rodan, Rodney Eastman, Anthony Michael Hall, Kate McNeil, Leonard L....
Director: Kasi Lemmons Writer(s): Kasi Lemmons Starring: Vondie Curtis-Hall, Michael Beach, Victoria Rowell, Kelli Wheeler, Stacye P. Branche, Sonya Hensley, Monique Edwards Synopsis: Set in a Savannah-esque environment, Dr. Hugo makes very personal house calls to...
Director: David C. Johnson Writer(s): David Taylor, David C. Johnson, Butch Robinson tarring: Eriq La Salle, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Ving Rhames, Kasi Lemmons, Leonard L. Thomas, Nicole Powell, Eric Payne, Crystal R. Fox, Vanessa Williams, Michael Ralph, Billy ‘Sly’...
Director: Bernard Rose Writer(s): Bernard Rose, Clive Barker Starring: Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley, Kasi Lemmons, Vanessa Williams, DeJuan Guy, Marianna Elliott, Ted Raimi, Ria Pavia, Mark Daniels, Lisa Ann Poggi, Adam Philipson, Eric Edwards, Carolyn...
Director: Robert Townsend Writer(s): Robert Townsend, Keenen Ivory Wayans Starring: Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon, Harry Lennix, Tico Wells, Diahann Carroll, Harold Nicholas, Tressa Thomas, John Canada Terrell, Chuck Patterson, Hawthorne James, Roy Fegan, Troy...
Director: Larry Elikan Writer(s): William Bast, Paul Huson, Michael Petryni Starring: Joanna Kerns, Dan Lauria, Bonnie Bartlett, Lindsay Frost, Alan Autry, Joe Spano, Holly Fields, Brock Peters, Stephen Elliott, Robert Ginty, Clarence Gilyard Jr., Silvana Gallardo,...
Director: Spike Lee Writer(s): Spike Lee Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Kyme, Joe Seneca, Ellen Holly, Art Evans, Ossie Davis, Bill Nunn, James Bond III, Branford Marsalis, Kadeem Hardison, Eric Payne, Spike Lee, Anthony...
