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Kickstarter Campaign: A Film Produced by Arthur Jafa About Love and Transitions "In The Morning"

  • By Vanessa Martinez
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  • September 13, 2011 8:01 AM
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A narrative film by Nefertite Nguvu, In The Morning, is produced by Arthur Jafa, who will also serve as the Director of Photography. Jafa is known best for his cinematography work in Julie Dash's critically acclaimed Daughters of the Dust and Spike Lee's Crooklyn.

Preview/Trailer Jamaican "Against-The-Odds" Boxing Drama "Ghett’a Life"

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • September 12, 2011 1:43 AM
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In a recent post about Warrior I think it was, I made a remark about being over seeing inspirational dramas about white fighters (whether boxers, wrestlers, MMA, etc) that seem to have become fashionable again in Hollywood in the last 4 or 5 years - 2 of them have been Oscar contenders, one is likely going to be given the buzz, and another was recently announced with Eminem starring and Antoine Fuqua directing.

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.

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.

First Look Footage From Steve McQueen's "Shame" + Venice Press Conference

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • September 5, 2011 1:16 AM
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Well, whadaya know... another Shame post. Get used to it, those who apparently are troubled by our coverage of it, 'cause, I'll be honest with ya, there'll be a lot more I'm sure.

Watch Preview Of "Surprising Europe, the Life and Times of Ssuuna Golooba" (An African In Europe)

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • August 29, 2011 2:48 AM
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Ahh yes... a familiar struggle. I appreciate the first-person POV here.

Preview "Oscar's Comeback" (An All-White Town. It's Black Native Son. Worlds Collide)

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • August 26, 2011 3:48 AM
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A Producers' Lab participant selected for the IFP's 2011 Project Forum program... a documentary called Oscar's Comeback, directed by Lisa Collins.
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Preview & Trailer For Dutch Immigrant Dramedy "Swooni"

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • August 24, 2011 2:22 AM
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On the heels of my entry yesterday on another refugee drama set in an European country (Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre, which I'll be seeing in about a month)... Cineuropa describes Swooni as follows:

Kickstarter Campaign: "Pariah" Producer Nekisa Cooper's "Five Nights in Maine"

  • By Vanessa Martinez
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  • August 23, 2011 5:43 AM
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Nekisa Cooper's critically acclaimed Pariah will be released in theaters this fall and will also screen at the Toronto Film Festival next month. However, Cooper has another project she's currently concentrating on along with cinematographer Bradford Young (Mississippi Damned, Restless City, Pariah, Middle of Nowhere) called Five Nights in Maine.

Nicole Beharie Joins CBS Legal Drama "The Good Wife"

  • By Vanessa Martinez
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  • August 23, 2011 1:30 AM
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About an hour ago, beautiful and talented Nicole Beharie (@nikkibeharie), who just completed shooting Mathew Cherry's The Last Fall and T.D. Jakes' On the Seventh Day, tweeted: "On the set of "The Good Wife"... And ACTION! Working with some terrific actors..."

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