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Watch Anthony Mackie and Rosario Dawson in First Clip for "Ten Year"

  • By Vanessa Martinez
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  • September 8, 2011 5:12 AM
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Ten Year, screening at the Toronto International Film Festival next Monday, also stars Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan, Kate Ma Oscar Isaac, Chris Pratt, Ari Graynor and Max Minghella.

50 Cent's "Things Fall Apart" Gets A Title Change + Has Been Added To Urbanworld's 2011 Lineup

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • September 8, 2011 3:57 AM
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Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s Mario Van Peebles-directed sports drama, Things Fall Apart, has received quite a bit of ink on S&A, so I won't rehash.

M. Night Shyamalan/Will Smith/Jaden Smith Sci-Fi Adventure Movie Likely A Go; Gets Release Date

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • September 8, 2011 3:25 AM
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Per BoxOfficeMojo, Sony/Columbia Pictures has set an official release date for the M. Night Shyamalan/Will and Jaden Smith sci-fi project, titled 1000 A.E. .

Watch “The Misadventures of AWKWARD Black Girl” Episode 8 (Web Series)

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • September 8, 2011 3:00 AM
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Continuing on with Issa Rae’s immensely popular Awkward Black Girl web series; She just dropped episode 8, which I embedded below, which was directed by Dennis Dortch (A Good Day To Be Black & Sexy):
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Watch Brand New Clip From "Black Power Mixtape" + Director Considering Sequel (B-Side)

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • September 8, 2011 1:48 AM
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As already noted, Goran Hugo Olsson’s acclaimed documentary, The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival (where I first saw it), and was later acquired for distribution by Sundance Selects, opens this Friday, September 9, but only in 2 theaters; and both of them are in New York... at least for now.

Three Major Studios Rumored To Be On Bidding Battle Over Steve McQueen's "Shame"

  • By Vanessa Martinez
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  • September 8, 2011 1:43 AM
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A follow-up to Tambay's story posted today about the "distributor trials" caused by the film's uncompromising sexual content.

Teaser Trailer For "The Last Fall" Debuts (Matthew Cherry, Lance Gross, Nicole Beharie)

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • September 8, 2011 1:11 AM
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I doubt this needs an intro at this point, given how much we've talked about it on S&A... but if you're only now just joining us, feel free to search the site for all our previous The Last Fall/Matthew Cherry posts; There's a lot to catch up on!
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Watch Preview for "No Greater Pain" Documentary, Featured at The Harlem Int'l Film Festival

  • By Vanessa Martinez
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  • September 8, 2011 1:09 AM
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Screening this Saturday, September 10th at the Harlem International Film Festival, the 33-minute documentary film No Greater Pain, is written by Chris Fletcher and directed by Desiree Holm and Matthew Marenick.

Watch Trailer For Short Film "Abidjan"

  • By Cynthia Reid
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  • September 7, 2011 12:51 PM
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Last week, Tambay previewed director Alexander Etseyatse's boxing drama Mikel's Faith which screened at the Hell's Kitchen Film Festival this week. Well, Etseyatse's previous award-winning short film Abidjan has been on the festival circuit since last year and is now available to view on Amazon.com.
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South African Noir "How To Steal 2 Million" Making International/US Debut At Austin's Fantastic Fest

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • September 7, 2011 11:44 AM
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South African neo-noir thriller How To Steal 2 Million, which I first profiled about 2 months ago, and was intrigued by, based on what I read about it, and saw from its trailer and recently-released clip, will make its official international premiere at the upcoming 2011 installment of Fantastic Fest, which takes place in Austin, TX, during the last week of September.

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