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New In Theaters Today - John Akomfrah's "The Nine Muses"

By Tambay A. Obenson
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October 7, 2011 3:35 AM
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The Nine Muses, the latest offering from award-winning Ghanaian-born Brit director, John Akomfrah's, opened today, beginning a 1-week theatrical run here in New York City at the theaters at the Museum Of Modern Art.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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October 7, 2011 3:04 AM
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Danny Glover & Gugu Mbatha-Raw (who you'll remember from J.J. Abrams' failed NBC series, Undercovers), co-star alongside Kiefer Sutherland and David Mazouz, in the Fox TV drama pilot titled Touch, written and produced by the creator of the once popular sci-fi TV series Heroes, Tim Kring.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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October 7, 2011 2:14 AM
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In short, to assist an upcoming screening program aimed at the under-18 crowd of African descent (black kids), I'd like some help from y'all in coming up with suggestions for feature films that would appeal to that specific audience.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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October 7, 2011 1:43 AM
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This is closer to a stream of consciousness, so let it rip... I thought about the film long after I saw it, chewed, swallowed, and then vomited this... *spoiler alert*

By Tambay A. Obenson
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October 7, 2011 1:37 AM
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Didn't have time to post this yesterday... but yesterday in history, October 6th, 1927, The Jazz Singer heralded in talking pictures to prohibition era movie-going audiences. The film starring Al Jolson, features both silent and sound synchronized scenes.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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October 7, 2011 1:31 AM
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Continuing on with Issa Rae’s immensely popular Awkward Black Girl web series; She dropped episode 9 yesterday, titled The Happy Hour which I embedded below.

By Cynthia Reid
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October 6, 2011 11:50 AM
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The winners for the 2011 Africa First short film program have just been announced and they include Ms. Oshosheni Hiveluah (from Namibia); Mr. Cedric Ido (from Burkina Faso); Mr. Mark Middlewick (from South Africa); Ms. Akosua Adoma Owusu (from Ghana); and Mr. Zelalem Woldemariam (from Ethiopia).

By Cynthia Reid
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October 6, 2011 10:24 AM
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Here's the latest episode of the new sci-fi webseries Osiris. We featured the first episode last week and you can check it out HERE.

By Vanessa Martinez
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October 6, 2011 7:25 AM
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Variety reports Tamara Tunie (Law & Order SVU) is set to co-star in the thriller Flight, which we announced stars Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle and Garcelle Beauvais. The Robert Zemeckis film, about a man going under scrutiny after evidence he may have been under the influence while heroically landing a damange plane successfully, will go into production later this month in Atlanta.

By Cynthia Reid
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October 6, 2011 6:05 AM
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