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Netflix Picks: Visually Striking 'Dreams of Dust' Is An Understated Tale of Grief & Hope
- By Vanessa Martinez
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- June 19, 2012 8:19 PM
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The minimalist, beautifully photographed, Canadian-French production Dreams of Dust (Reves De Poussiere) was a Grand Jury nominee at 2007’s Sundance film festival. The film, directed by French filmmaker Laurent Salgues – his impressive feature debut - won prizes at Spain’s 2007’s Tarifa, France’s 2006’s Amiens and Belgium’s Namur film festivals.
Exclusive: Poster For Ava DuVernay's Award-Winning "Middle Of Nowhere" + LAFF Gala & NABJ Info
- By Tambay A. Obenson
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- June 19, 2012 5:58 PM
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To be presented as 1 of only 4 gala screening events at the Los Angeles Film Festival this year (headed by Stephanie Allain), Ava DuVernay's lauded sophomore feature film effort, Middle Of Nowhere, will screen tomorrow night at LA Live's Regal Cinemas 800-seat auditorium!
Alice Walker Denies Israeli Publisher Permission To Translate 'The Color Purple' (Cite's Spielberg's Film)
- By Tambay A. Obenson
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- June 19, 2012 5:42 PM
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News you can use on an otherwise slow day here at Shadow & Act HQ...
Aasha Davis Stars In The Hilarious Workplace Web Series 'the Unwritten Rules'
- By Emmanuel Akitobi
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- June 19, 2012 5:10 PM
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I'm a little late to the party on this, but . . . if you've ever been "one of the few" in your office/workplace, then you must watch Aasha Davis (Pariah) in the first three episodes of the web series, the Unwritten Rules, based on series creator Kim Williams' book 40 Hours and an Unwritten Rule: The Diary of a Nigger, Negro, Colored, Black, African-American Woman.
Ciné Institute - A Film School Grows In Haiti And Is Seeking Faculty For 2012-13 Year
- By Tambay A. Obenson
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- June 19, 2012 4:48 PM
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Ciné Institute provides Haitian youth with film education, training and production support that began as a film festival in Jacmel.
From Book To Film: A Look At Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s 'Half Of A Yellow Sun'
- By Natasha Greeves
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- June 19, 2012 4:17 PM
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Ice-T's "Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap" Gets UK Theatrical Release
- By Tambay A. Obenson
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- June 19, 2012 2:34 PM
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They say black films don't sell overseas (if you actually believe that), but black music certainly does - especially rap music.
Antoine Fuqua Is Directing Don Cheadle's Miles Davis Project Apparently...
- By Tambay A. Obenson
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- June 19, 2012 2:07 PM
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Things that make you go hmmm...
LAFF 2012 Review: 'The Iran Job' Gives a Surprisingly Lighthearted Look at a Baller's Life in Iran
- By Jasmin Tiggett
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- June 19, 2012 1:05 PM
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From husband and wife filmmakers Till Schauder and Sara Nodjoumi, The Iran Job documents life overseas for a young point guard from the U.S. Virgin Islands. Kevin Sheppard, a one-time NBA hopeful who now plays basketball internationally, is called to leave his family, his girlfriend, and his home of St. Croix to join Iranian Super League team A.S.Shiraz. His journey is filmed from 2008-2009 in the shadow of a political uprising and talk from the U.S. of annihilating the nation altogether, making it dangerous and thus, twice as profitable to play there.
New On DVD - John Akomfrah's 'Nine Muses' & Damon Russell's 'Snow On Tha Bluff'
- By Tambay A. Obenson
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- June 19, 2012 12:39 PM
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In Wendy's (MsWOO's) review of John Akomrah's The Nine Muses for S&A (HERE), she compared it to "attending an opera or perhaps classical music performance," calling it both an intellectual and a visceral experience, as both images and sound "flow over you" and "seep into you," and that "you should find this a deeply moving experience."
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