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• Rex Barnett, Sr. Producer | May 25, 2012 11:03 AMReply

  You should feature my documentary work for my series "WE NEVER STOPPED WINNING" featuring first documentary on the founder of the Blood Bank, Dr. Charles Drew. Go to my facebook page for me Rex Barnett and see the 60 documentaries I have produced.

• venus vs mars | April 24, 2012 3:23 PMReply

  Thank you Indie wire for supporting venus vs mars here is episode 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulB3j1nnCJQ

• Nadine | April 23, 2012 9:33 PMReply

  FYI - "Cuban Actors Disappear En Route to New York Film Festival Premiere" - Yahoo! - "In a case of life imitating art, a pair of young Cuban actors who were expected at the New York premiere of their film about defecting to the U.S. have disappeared after landing in Miami. The film "Una Noche" is about three young Cubans who decide to flee the country on a raft after one of them is accused of assault. The film follows the day they attempt to make it 90 miles across the ocean to Florida. All three of the film's stars—Anailin de la Rua de la Torre, Javier Nunez Florian and Dariel Arrechaga—were expected to appear at New York's Tribeca Film Festival for the premiere. But Torre and Florian, both 19, were nowhere to be found the night of the event. " for more information ... http://news.yahoo.com/cuban-actors-disappear-en-route-york-film-festival-191831700--abc-news-topstories.html also http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2012/04/cuba-actors-defect-tribeca-festival.html

• Person1 | April 13, 2012 5:43 PMReply

  Hi I really need you guys to write within the context of the 'diaspora' as in people are reading this from all over the world and not simply the USA. Commenting on a film release and making reference to it showing "all over the country" is not helpful for anyone other than those who continue to read internet stories with a north American hat on. Please please realise that people watch, read and listen all over the world and the lack of appreciation for this is noteable particularly in the article regarding "Think like a man." Best wishes and keep up the great efforts.

• Monique A. Williams | April 13, 2012 10:12 AMReply

  Thanks for the love Tambay. Proud to be apart of a great network. And, for more of my writing, please check out my blog, www.momowilly.com, where you can also purchase any of my three books. xoxo

• La'Montez Moses Morrison | April 11, 2012 11:33 PMReply

  i am an artist i draw kinda sing rap resite poems act film and i am a photographer i just need help and support money is a problem i do great work i just need funds i also am an model and more heres my tunblr with most of my work on it www.ngsycc.tumblr.com and i would love to hear from some one i also have a clothing line i am trying to get running i just need the funds please respond thant u p.s. Moses aka Lyric

• Nadine | April 10, 2012 5:08 PMReply

  Got this off of facebook today. I wonder if this is a question S&A could pose while staying true to its industry info roots (I was trying to find the right angle). "Should ACTORS who have political and social agendas that vilify a specific group within their core market expect/demand the vilified groups support?" See Kevin Hart and Clutch Magazine Online. http://www.clutchmagonline.com/2012/04/kevin-hart-has-an-interesting-message-for-black-women/

• Margaret R. Jamison | April 9, 2012 11:11 PMReply

  You can pretty much take the forestated Sam Cooke project off the list. The Cooke family has never endorsed this particular version of Sam's life and times, and actually finds it very offensive. Another more truth-based screen play is being considered.

• joy lawrence | April 3, 2012 3:37 PMReply

  i need opportunities,there not so many for young screenplay writers here in nigeria

• Abraham | March 27, 2012 5:54 PMReply

  FANS ANGERED AT HUNGER GAMES BLACK CAST MEMBERS http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hunger-games-lenny-kravitz-amandla-stenberg-304685

• Nadine | March 23, 2012 1:22 PMReply

  "October Baby" New York Times Review - for some reason giving Jasmine Guy top billing... "http://movies.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/movies/october-baby-with-jasmine-guy-and-john-schneider.html?partner=rss&emc=rss"

• tyrone tackett | March 20, 2012 3:50 PMReply

  Katy Perry Covers "Niggaz In Paris" http://illblog.ning.com/video/video/show?id=2950173%3AVideo%3A100377

• Neema Barnette | March 19, 2012 11:43 PMReply

  I LOVE your magazine it is such an important voice!

• Reeda | March 15, 2012 4:03 PMReply

  hi my name is Reeda. I am Africian-Canadian and i am 17 years and i currently in high school and when i am older i want to produce television and film and i want to know how. From, Reeda Nuur

• Nadine | March 15, 2012 12:21 AMReply

  Does anyone here at S&A (or on the boards) know what happened to that documentary "25 Years to Life"? http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/watch-preview-trailer-for-documentary-25-to-life-hiv-as-a-weapon-contrition

• Erich Hicks | March 7, 2012 4:09 PMReply

  Keep history alive by telling that history: Read the greatest 'historical novel', Rescue at Pine Ridge, the first generation of Buffalo Soldiers. The website is: http://www.rescueatpineridge.com This is the greatest story of Black Military History...5 stars Amazon Internationally, and Barnes & Noble. Youtube commercials are: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD66NUKmZPs and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVslyHmDy9A&feature=related Rescue at Pine Ridge is the story of the rescue of the famed 7th Cavalry by the 9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers. The 7th Cavalry was entrapped again after the Little Big Horn Massacre, fourteen years later, the day after the Wounded Knee Massacre. If it wasn't for the 9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers, there would of been a second massacre of the 7th Cavalry. This story is about, brutality, compassion, reprisal, bravery, heroism, redemption and gallantry. You’ll enjoy the novel that embodies the Native Americans, Outlaws and African-American/Black soldiers, from the south to the north, in the days of the Native American Wars with the approaching United States of America. The novel was taken from my mini-series movie with the same title, “RaPR” to keep the story alive. The movie so far has the interest of, Mr. Bill Duke, Hill Harper, Glynn Turman, James Whitmore Jr., Reginald T. Dorsey and a host of other major actors in which we are in talks with, in starring in this epic American story. When you get a chance, also please visit our Alpha Wolf Production website at; http://www.alphawolfprods.com and see our other productions, like Stagecoach Mary, the first Black Woman to deliver mail for the US Postal System in Montana, in the 1890's, “spread the word”. Peace.

• Erich Hicks | March 7, 2012 4:08 PMReply

  The real ‘Stagecoach Mary’ story: Mary Fields, Black Mary, and ‘Stagecoach Mary’ are all one of the same person. Mary was born in 1832, a slave in Arkansas and was owned by a Catholic family; the plantation owner had a single girl child the same age as Mary. Mary’s mother was the House Slave Servant and the plantation owners’ favorite cook; therefore Mary was always in the main house, in the kitchen and not in the fields, as a Field Slave. Mary’s father was a Field Slave, and Field Slaves were not allowed in the Main House, much less, to court a House Slave. Mary’s mother became pregnant by Mary’s father and he was beaten and sold to another plantation for getting Mary’s mother pregnant. After Mary’s birth, Mary’s mother and her were allowed to stay in the main house, and Mary became the plantation owner daughters’ playmate, therefore being the owners daughter’s playmate, Mary was allowed to read and write, a rarity for that time. After the emancipation and coming into adulthood, Mary was 6 feet tall and weighed over 200 pounds. Mary became her own woman and traveled solely from Arkansas, up and down the Mississippi River, to Ohio, then finally to Montana where she got her nickname at the turn of the 20th Century. She earned this nickname by working for the “United States Postal System” delivering the United States Mail through adverse conditions that would have discouraged the most hardened frontiersmen of her time. All by herself, she never missed a day for 8 years, carrying the U. S. Mail and other important documents that helped settle the wild open territory of central west Montana. Mary had no fear of man, nor beast, and this sometimes got her into trouble. She delivered the mail regardless of the heat of the day, cold of night, wind, rain, sleet, snow, blizzards, Indians and Outlaws. Mary was a cigar smoking, shotgun and pistol toting Negro Woman, who even frequented saloons drinking whiskey with the men, a privilege only given to her, as a woman. However, not even this fact, sealed Mary's credentials given to her, her credentials boasted that, “She would knockout any man with one punch”, a claim which she proved true. Her fame was so acclaimed, even the Actor, Gary Cooper, two time Academy Award Winner, told a story about her in 1959 which appeared in Ebony Magazine that same year. While, Annie Oakley and Martha Canary (Calamity Jane) were creating their history with Buffalo Bill, Stagecoach Mary was making “her Epic Journey!” Despite Mary's hardness, she had another side of her, a kindness so strong, even today, in the beginning of the 21st Century, the town of Cascade, Montana, and other surrounding communities celebrate her birthday. The Epic movie is in pre-production mode. Check out website at http://www.stagecoachmary.net

• Cory Eliason | March 6, 2012 6:08 PMReply

  I am trying to find a list of African American production companies and/or producers too partner with my group developing 2 documentaries. Where would I go to find such a list?

• Nadine | March 5, 2012 1:46 PMReply

  RED TAILS TALK - 2/23/2012: Producer Rick McCallum and actors Elijah Kelley, David Oyelowo, and Andre Royo. Filmmakers@Google series. @GOOGLE TALKS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-heu1qhxX4o&context=C3b1f744ADOEgsToPDskJfLId6rpuV2m2lvBrLrJ2a

• Leo Sacks | March 5, 2012 1:45 PMReply

  Proud and privileged to share the teaser for my developing documentary on the Gospel Genius of New Orleans. It's a great untold story of a gospel singer who was murdered, on the cusp of stardom, in the projects he couldn't leave behind. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1296003998/a-taste-of-heaven-the-heartbreak-life-of-raymond-m

• mf | March 4, 2012 8:07 PMReply

  wow, you're site is notoriously difficult to navigate! just spent over 30 mins trying to locate an article i read on here in feb 2012 about a Haitian filmmaker who won an award but her name and title of film escapes me. and i cannot find it on here at all! can you guys make this more difficult?

• Nadine | February 26, 2012 7:59 PMReply

  http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/oscars/viola-davis-skips-wig-oscars-red-carpet-235950899.html Viola Davis on the red carpet - green dress and a natural.

• Nadine | February 22, 2012 1:07 PMReply

  Lee Daniels Masterclass @ GFS. I have no other comments (although it's hard), just an FYI.

• Allison | February 16, 2012 3:56 PMReply

  I just saw the German sci-fi flick Transfer. It is very good and totally unexpected in some ways.

• prince kalu | February 13, 2012 6:22 AMReply

  hello. when ever i see some africa film. i remember my dream to be an actor and i remember my story the story i want to make a film i knew a fin story make a fin film.some time it hard to forewared those thing need someone in by side both writ and show how to do. i we like to try my lock. both writ my story and show me how to do.any person who like to be an actor have to put first step.my email emekakalu07@yahoo.com and number +24107564475. i think i can do it. so i need nan any information about it

• Abhita Austin | February 9, 2012 1:19 PMReply

  Greetings Folks, I truly enjoy all of the great content you post. I was wondering if anyone was able to catch Come Back, Africa at the Film Forum and if there will be a review on it. Cheers in film!

• Elvire Eijkman | February 2, 2012 4:58 AMReply

  Hello, could you give us some information on how to purchase a DVD from the series Jacob's Cross? We are a small academic research institute on Africa, based in Leiden, the Netherlands. The library holds a large collection of African films. Thank you for any information, Regards, Elvire Eijkman Collection development Library, Documentation and Information African Studies Centre P.O. Box 9555 2300 RB Leiden The Netherlands Tel.: (+31) 71 527 3357 Fax: (+31) 71 527 3350 Email: [mailto:eijkman@ascleiden.nl] Website: http://www.ascleiden.nl

• Hadiatu Dumbuya | January 30, 2012 10:13 PMReply

  Make sure you check out Butterfly Rising written, directed, and produced by Tanya Wright at the Oxford Film Festival. The movie was actually filmed in Mississippi too!!!!! It will be shown at the Malco Studio Theater on Feb. 9-12, 2012 and also at the Lyric Theater on Saturday, Feb. 11. You can read an interview on Tanya here: http://oxfordfilmfest.blogspot.com/2011/01/take-5-with-butterfly-rising.html.

• Ozzie Stewart | January 19, 2012 2:52 PMReply

  PLEASE check out our very promising trailer 'FINDING.....' :-) which was published 12/23 though pre-trailer video was up 1 month prior. Help support us with our 1/31 deadline!!! at http://www.indiegogo.com/FINDING-THE-SWEET-SPOT WE ALL thank you for your consideration.

• Allison | January 11, 2012 8:44 PMReply

  A Case Depart will be available to watch at the my french film festival website for $2.63. Here is the link www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com/en/movie?movie=32

• Anon | January 4, 2012 1:36 PMReply

  Shit White Girls Say to Black Girls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylPUzxpIBe0&sns=fb

• Donnell Stevens | January 2, 2012 2:16 PMReply

  I will be starring in an independent film. Please help us raise funds for the completion and marketing of the movie. Check out the link for a synopsis of the movie! I would love for S & A to consider my movie on their blog. Much thanks! http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kickstarter.com%2F&h=FAQHOFhQhAQFLuABgwpE3yhlCbQJSolv2VLzR8CQ_VSn_sw

• Bloody Valley Films | January 1, 2012 9:16 PMReply

  We need all the help we can get. Please visit our film's page. We appreciate it and whoever features us in the site: we'll make sure to mention you in the final credits of the movie. http://www.indiegogo.com/thousand-screams Thank you.

• FreshColdLife | December 29, 2011 11:23 PMReply

  Whats up everybody: I would like the S&A team to consider my webseries for their blog.THANKS http://www.indiegogo.com/Jolly-RogerA-Webseries?a=296640

• Wesley Mills | December 23, 2011 5:29 PMReply

  check out the trailer to my film project "Buyers and Suppliers". Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2y87HJS7sM

• Lamont | December 22, 2011 9:17 AMReply

  http://youtu.be/amq9mUSB-Hc This site is awesome! Plain and simple. Keep up the good work.

• Allison | December 5, 2011 5:03 PMReply

  http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B005QX8TU4/ref=s9_wishx_gw_g74_ir02?ie=UTF8&coliid=I3FZXNE6ROP0XN&colid=2PUWH7UPHQP03&pf_rd_m=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&pf_rd_s=center-4&pf_rd_r=1FD0VS9DHQHFV40WKD5P&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=463383551&pf_rd_i=915398 The German film transfer will be released in January in Canada.Keep up the great work.

• Naimah Fuller | December 5, 2011 11:33 AMReply

  Heads-up: I've launched a fund raising site on indiegogo. Take a moment and check out the trailer, and the information about the project. Make a donation, and please pass the word. Much Love ~ Naimah http://igg.me/p/46355

• Naimah Fuller | December 5, 2011 11:31 AMReply

  I really love being part of the Shadow and Act family via your daily emails. Love keeping up with all the latest info on projects related to our community. Please consider doing a feature story on my project. Much love always ~ Naimah https://sites.google.com/site/infohomethedocumentary/home

• Logic | November 30, 2011 3:56 PMReply

  Just came across this kickstarter campaign: http://kck.st/q98lDK It's for a documentary about a Brooklyn bar owned, operated, and catering to black lgbt people. I'm not associated with it in any way, but it looks like a worthy project(with a great aesthetic) and I haven't seen it profiled on the S&A blog. They need 25,000 by Dec 5 and so far they have 21,000 + and 265 backers...

• Yoga Lover | November 30, 2011 11:24 AMReply

  Stephen Adly Guirgis just posted a rant on Facebook concerning the 2 Puerto Rican characters of his play , The Motherfu**er with the Hat, being replaced by white actors in the CT production. He is angry about it, so I figured this is right up S & A's alley.

• LABlover | December 1, 2011 11:10 AM

  Here for the same reason as Yoga Lover - I'd be happy to connect you to the playwright and company should you wish to further pursue this red-hot topic. Already covered by The NY Times, Gothamist, Playbill, etc. I'm at http://gplus.to/uku if ya need me xo

• Cherish | November 30, 2011 10:35 AMReply

  Hi, It would be nice to see this as a post to get everyone's opinion on an article that appeared in the NY Times recently referring to Atlanta as the new "Black Hollywood" http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/26/us/atlanta-emerges-as-a-center-of-black-entertainment.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all%3Fsrc%3Dtp&smid=fb-share With Tyler Perry and Soul Train Awards out there, what doe this mean to Black moviemakers and actors? Is it true and a positive move. Thanks.

• Khadijah Karriem | November 28, 2011 7:18 PMReply

  When is the next filmmakers challenge? thanks.

• Helen Howard | October 9, 2011 7:33 AMReply

  Please check out the trailer to our independent feature film "Blacklands" showing at The Tricycle Cinema on Sunday 16 October at 2.30pm. See the trailers at http://vimeo.com/29248882 come and join us if you can or let us know what you think!

• Dawn McGhee | October 2, 2011 5:35 AMReply

  Revolutionary Film about The NEW YORK 21. http://kck.st/os375L

• Shernita Andrews | September 7, 2011 7:29 AMReply

  Phyllis, this looks like it is going to be an exciting episode and one for motion picture. I am setting my calendar for Oct 2. Keep it up. I'm inspired.

• katrina hutchinson | August 26, 2011 8:27 AMReply

  I think that I am the next whitney!

• Cherish | August 24, 2011 8:48 AMReply

  Hi, I found this on EW. Debbie Allen will be Grey's Anatomy this season. She will be playing one of the doctor's Mom. She has also been directing a few episodes as well. Thought you may want to feature this on the site. http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/08/24/greys-anatomy-scoop-debbie-allen-jackson/

• lyn dyson | August 15, 2011 5:30 AMReply

  would like to become a member of this group

• Candice Price | August 9, 2011 3:23 AMReply

  Love what you are doing! I have a doc that we created about the African American man who started the sport of Hockey in the country of Turkey. He was stationed there in the '80's and he was from Michigan and played hockey growing up. He got a group of Turks, taught them and they created a team. Today Hockey is a major sport there and it all started with Glen Brown. Let me know if you guys are interested in this. Thank you!

• Catherine Lee | August 8, 2011 7:57 AMReply

  Hello, I am looking for contact information to book screenings of Rejoice and Shout at Fort Wayne Cinema Center. We're a not-for-profit film society in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Any info you can provide would be welcome! Thanks, Catherine

• Tommy Lewis | August 2, 2011 4:26 AMReply

  Yes, I'm a comedy screenwriter who has... Forget all of that, I have a headache from reading these comments. All the comments read backwards like Bizaro World. I keep forgetting to scroll down to read the last post which should be the last post but the first shall be last and boom! My head just exploded. I love this site but please fix the order of the comments. The last comment posted, should be at the end of the page.

• Arlene G Thomas Whitley | August 1, 2011 11:33 AMReply

  I have been writing creatively since I was 10 years old. I made my first film entitled Seasons when I was 13-14 years old. I have sung gospel music since I was about six years old when I got saved. I can sound like Mahalia Jackson sometimes when singing "How I Got Over" I am 48 years old and believe to make a valuable contribution to any screenplay or film. You may call me at 215 888 7584 or 215 921 2195

• germaine | July 15, 2011 8:41 AMReply

  I love Mahalia Jackson and think it's a fitting tribute to produce a film in her honour. In regards to the film, was Gabourey Sidibe ever considered? She has proven she can act. I think she would be be a good candidate to play the part of Mahalia Jackson if contacted or interested, if the film is not yet written in stone, even if only to play a younger or older Mahalia. She seems to have a soft manner like that of Mahalia Jackson and similar features-small eyes. And just have Mahalia voice in the background as stated, since Fantasia is said not to be singing in the film.

• Audrey McLean Pottinger | June 24, 2011 5:18 AMReply

  I came give you a couple of reasons why we are not making movies of our history. Many of the black actors feel it is demeaning to act the part of a slave or subservient. Audiences do not want to be reminded of how horribly people were treated nor do they want a watered down version of the truth. Lastly, money. Jews have the capital to get there story told. They are willing to spend the capital to get their version of the story told. Spending money on a "slave" film is not a priority for anyone (black or white) with capital.

• Faustina | May 27, 2011 4:46 AMReply

  what's the story on DARK GIRLS It's hot. Getting a lot of buzz on Facebook. Have you covered it and I missed it. What is your take on the preview...think he's looking for investors? peace

• AccidentalVisitor | May 10, 2011 9:51 AMReply

  Hello, tambay, Sorry to ask again but did you get my email? I sent it to obensont@gmail.com but I haven't seen a response. Is that your correct e-mail address?

• barbara javitz | May 1, 2011 12:58 PMReply

  HI- do you post regularly about new films in the VOD or only certain genres

• Gene Graham | April 28, 2011 7:10 AMReply

  Hey Tambay, I've been loving your site for a while now. I've noticed your coverage of Viola Davis' The Help and I can't help but wonder why we - as people of all colors - should embrace a movie that is at the very least self-congradulatory? Especially given the fact that the president of the united states has produced a birth certificate to prove that he's a citizen of the united states. We are far from a victory lap over race in this country. I love Viola Davis and many other black actors and actresses. I'm sure she knocks this role out of the ballpark. But isn't there another, non-maid starring role for a black actress? Isn't there a worthy (of studio dollars) story that doesn't drag us back to the 60s, when there's plenty of race issues to tackle today? And can we stop congratulating ourselves for overcoming the race problem? That's a myth - good for ticket sales, lousy for the reality we all have to live. I'm just sayin'....

• tambay | April 22, 2011 5:54 AMReply

  Email me with the details... tao@tambayobenson.com

• Wes Barnard | April 21, 2011 2:44 AMReply

  My wife has produced a new documentary film entitled, "An African-American Quest for Authenticity". Is it possible to have the film reviewed and critiqued by S&A? If so, please advise what steps need to be taken by us to make this happen. We look forward to your response. Peace.