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Alex Stapleton's "Corman's World" Coming Out On DVD and Blu-Ray March 27

By Sergio
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January 17, 2012 6:50 PM
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Last month Cynthia profiled African-American female director Alex Stapleton, who directed the documentary Corman's World: Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel, about the life and career of B movie king and genuine filmmaking legend Roger Corman.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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January 12, 2012 3:53 PM
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Here's a film we first profiled waaay back in late 2009/early 2010. Mark Harris' Black Butterfly, which was scheduled to screen in Chicago at the time of that first post.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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January 12, 2012 10:21 AM
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As previously noted, Harvey Weinstein and his Weinstein Company acquired both stateside distribution rights to the original film AND the English-language remake rights. There's still no word on when/if they plan to release the original film in the USA, or if they purchased stateside distribution rights just so that no one else would release it in the USA, and instead go ahead with their American remake and release that instead as an original movie.

By Emmanuel Akitobi
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December 16, 2011 11:54 AM
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Earlier this year, we told you about the DVD release of domestic-slavery drama I Am Slave, starring versatile British actress Wunmi Mosaku (Moses Jones, Vera. Body Farm). This week, the LA Times told the story of Shyima Hall, a young Egyptian woman whose own life experience mirrors the one depicted in I Am Slave, highlighting the importance and potential impact of this and similar films' subject matter.