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"Attack The Block" Coming Out On Blu-ray/DVD On Oct. 25

By Sergio
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September 14, 2011 1:23 AM
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Let me be the first one to say that Sony Pictures/Screen Gems did NOT do right by Attack The Block, a film I still firmly hold as one of the best films I've seen this year. (and perhaps the best film of the summer). Despite great reviews and great audience response, the film never got the kind of solid and wide spread theatrical release it so rightly deserved.

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Richard Ayoade Lands Role Over Chris Tucker In Comedy "Neighborhood Watch"

By Tambay A. Obenson
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September 14, 2011 1:22 AM
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Well... maybe Chris Tucker will have to put off that big screen comeback a little longer...

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"A Man's Story" Suits Up For The Montreal International Black Film Festival This Month

By Tambay A. Obenson
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September 14, 2011 1:01 AM
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There hasn't been much news on this film since our last post on this several months ago. The last correspondence I received from the sales team behind it stated that they continue to negotiate release deals and dates, so it really hasn't screened very much since its worldwide debut at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival last October, traveling the film festival circuit over that time period, and continuing to do so through the present.

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Preview Twin Cities Black Film Festival Selection "Men Ain’t Boys" On Black Manhood

By Cynthia Reid
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September 13, 2011 12:13 PM
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The Twin Cities Black Film Festival takes place this month (September 15-17) in Minnesota. While the opening film selection is a familiar flick with the S&A readership, Moozlum, the black manhood documentary Men Ain't Boys will also be screening.

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IFP, Film Society Announce Emerging Visions Selections (Alrick Brown, Lanre Olabisi Make The Cut)

By Tambay A. Obenson
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September 13, 2011 11:43 AM
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Congrats to Alrick brown and Lanre Olabisi who both have projects selected for a collaborative program between The Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), called Emerging Visions.

Watch Trailer For Acclaimed Thriller "96 Minutes" (Evan Ross & David Oyelowo Co-Star)

By Tambay A. Obenson
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September 13, 2011 9:45 AM
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We completely missed this trailer for 96 Minutes, a film we profiled back in March, soon after its debut at the SXSW Film Festival. Nothing more about it has crossed my virtual desk since then, and I obviously missed the posting of this trailer on the film's Facebook page, even though I'm a Facebook *fan.*

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Gordon Parks' "The Super Cops" Now Available On Warner Archive DVD

By Sergio
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September 13, 2011 9:02 AM
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Back during the early 1970's, after Shaft and Shaft's Big Score, aside from Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks just might have been the biggest black film director working at the time. As a result, he branched out into doing other types of films and his 1974 MGM action/comedy cop movie The Super Cops is a prime example.

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Interesting Details From The 9/11 Commemorative Screening Of Spike Lee's "25th Hour"

By Vanessa Martinez
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September 13, 2011 8:57 AM
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Recall our post this past Sunday 9/11 about the commemorative screening of Spike Lee's 25th Hour, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers and actors. Well, as reported by The Playlist today, Spike Lee, producer Jon Kilik and actors Edward Norton and Philip Seymour Hoffman attended the festivities, where Spike Lee uncovered a few interesting details from 10 years ago.

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Kickstarter Campaign: A Film Produced by Arthur Jafa About Love and Transitions "In The Morning"

By Vanessa Martinez
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September 13, 2011 8:01 AM
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A narrative film by Nefertite Nguvu, In The Morning, is produced by Arthur Jafa, who will also serve as the Director of Photography. Jafa is known best for his cinematography work in Julie Dash's critically acclaimed Daughters of the Dust and Spike Lee's Crooklyn.

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Chinua Achebe Forced Title Name Change For 50 Cent's "All Things Fall Apart" (Was Offered $1 Mill)

By Tambay A. Obenson
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September 13, 2011 6:50 AM
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In my last post on this a few days ago, I speculated that the reason why the film's title had been changed from Things Fall Apart (what it's been called from the start), to All Things Fall Apart, was that the company distributing the film (Image Entertainment) may have been influenced by the fact that the original title is also the name of a seminal, well-known piece of literature by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, and wanted to avoid further confusion or hassle.

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"Attack The Block" Coming Out On Blu-ray/DVD On Oct. 25

Richard Ayoade Lands Role Over Chris Tucker In Comedy "Neighborhood Watch"

"A Man's Story" Suits Up For The Montreal International Black Film Festival This Month

Preview Twin Cities Black Film Festival Selection "Men Ain’t Boys" On Black Manhood

IFP, Film Society Announce Emerging Visions Selections (Alrick Brown, Lanre Olabisi Make The Cut)

Watch Trailer For Acclaimed Thriller "96 Minutes" (Evan Ross & David Oyelowo Co-Star)

Gordon Parks' "The Super Cops" Now Available On Warner Archive DVD

Interesting Details From The 9/11 Commemorative Screening Of Spike Lee's "25th Hour"

Kickstarter Campaign: A Film Produced by Arthur Jafa About Love and Transitions "In The Morning"

Chinua Achebe Forced Title Name Change For 50 Cent's "All Things Fall Apart" (Was Offered $1 Mill)

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