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New In Theaters: "Restless City" Expands; "A Beautiful Soul" & "Meeting Evil" Open In Limited Release
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- May 4, 2012 10:31 AM
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Walter Mosley Forms Production Company; Adapting "Man In My Basement" For Anthony Mackie To Star + Deal w/ Don Cheadle
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- May 4, 2012 9:16 AM
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Walter Mosley is on a roll apparently; his name's been in the news quite a bit in the last few months - mostly TV deals for a number of his novels.
Terry Crews Demands That You Watch The New "Expendables 2" Trailer, So Watch It Now!
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- May 4, 2012 8:32 AM
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The only person missing from this trailer is Mr Action Jackson himself, Carl Weathers.
"Under African Skies" (On The Controversy In Making Paul Simon's "Graceland") Gets Theatrical
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- May 3, 2012 6:05 PM
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The 2012 Sundance documentary Under African Skies, Joe Berlinger's Paul Simon/Graceland project, which follows all sides of the complex story behind the artistic, political and commercial divide of Simon's historic album, is getting a limited theatrical release, opening next week, May 11th, at the Los Angeles Laemmle Royal Theater.
Preview "Rollaball" - Feature Doc In Production About Ghana’s Skate Soccer Team
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- May 3, 2012 5:54 PM
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Produced by Steven Markovitz (he also produced Viva Riva!), and directed by Eddie Edwards, Rollaball is a feature-length documentary about Ghana’s skate soccer team, the Rolling Rockets, who play a skateboard-inspired version of soccer adapted to suit their disability.
Watch Clip From Doc "Usain Bolt: The Fastest Man Alive" + Screening Date
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- May 3, 2012 1:20 PM
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A doc we've been following, titled Usain Bolt: The Fastest Man Alive, the two-part 2-hour long documentary (first part is called The Fatest, second is called The Legend) centers on the track phenom whose name is in the title.
Cannes Film Festival To Host Fundraising Event For Haiti - First Of Its Kind Since 1996
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- May 3, 2012 11:45 AM
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Announced this morning... during its run this year, the Cannes Film Festival will host a fund-raising event for... Haiti.
Lionsgate Wants To Tap Further Into Urban Market; Forms Partnership w/ Jeff Clanagan/CodeBlack Enterprises
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- May 3, 2012 10:57 AM
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You'll recall my conversation with Jeff Clanagan in which I asked about his being potentially courted by Hollywood studios, given the success his company has enjoyed recently with the releases of Kevin Hart's Laugh At My Pain, and Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the Seventh Day.
American Black Film Festival Unveils 2012 Lineup ("The Undershepherd," "Ties That Bind," "Elza" Make The Cut)
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- May 3, 2012 10:32 AM
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I'm expecting a full press release on this sooner than later, but in the meantime, lifted directly from the American Black Film Festival's website, here's the lineup for the festival's 2012 narrative and documentary feature film selections; you'll notice several familiar titles covered previously on S&A, like Better Mus' Come, Elza (photo above), The Last Fall, LUV, Ties That Bind, The Undershepherd, and Soul Food Junkies (which I noted is one of the 2012 titles we're excited about here on S&A).
Bronx Week Film Festival 2012 Preview - Indie Feature "True Story" Directed By Rasheed Wilds
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- May 3, 2012 10:17 AM
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Trailer for an indie feature from writer/director Rasheed Wilds, titled True Story.
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