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Preview - "Omar Killed Me" (The Trials Of A Moroccan Gardner Accused Of Murdering A French Widow)

By Tambay A. Obenson
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June 22, 2011 4:56 AM
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Trailer below for the film by French/Moroccan actor/director Roschdy Zem, titled Omar m'a tuer (aka Omar Killed Me); the film is based on the real-life trial of Moroccan gardener, Omar Raddad, who was sentenced to 18 years in prison for the alleged murder of his employer, a wealthy white French widow, who was found stabbed to death in her house in June 1991 in the French Riviera. On the walls of the woman's basement, written in her blood where the words Omar m'a tuer ("Omar Killed Me"), hence the film's title.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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June 20, 2011 5:01 AM
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Here are the first 5 minutes of a feature-length documentary film co-directed by Nelson George and Diane Paragas, titled, Brooklyn Boheme.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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June 16, 2011 11:44 AM
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Intriguing docu-drama here, with an unfamiliar story, and one I'd very much like to see. Here's the story:

By Tambay A. Obenson
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June 1, 2011 12:37 PM
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I'm currently reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks; the non-fiction book by Rebecca Skloot, which Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films will adapt into a feature film for HBO, as announced about a year ago.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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May 27, 2011 10:53 AM
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Ok, seriously, is Taraji P. Henson in this thing or not? This is the second preview - this one is an extended preview, longer than the last one CBS released - and still, no Taraji. Not even a single frame. Nada. And she's supposed to be the female lead? Really? From all we've seen so far, still images, clips, previews, trailer, etc, she doesn't appear in any of them. It's like she's not even in it. And she's the female lead?

By Tambay A. Obenson
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May 27, 2011 9:39 AM
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Just discovered this 2009 British film titled Greys Inbetween. It's a 2009 film, but it hasn't been released yet for reasons unknown to me at the moment. A bit of digging lead me to the production and sales companies for it, both listing it as a "Current" title, which I can only assume means they are now (or still) trying to get it into the hands of a distributor.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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May 25, 2011 7:58 AM
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This is the first time I'm hearing about this film; titled Hip Hop: The Furious Force of Rhymes, the feature-length documentary will air next month on the Smithsonian Channel. I didn't even realize there was a Smithsonian Channel. Learn something new everyday!

By Tambay A. Obenson
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May 24, 2011 7:50 AM
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Trailer for an upcoming British documentary called The Story Of Lover's Rock, directed by Menelik Shabazz (Burning An Illusion).

By Tambay A. Obenson
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May 24, 2011 3:48 AM
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Rehashing what I said in my first post on this... about 2 weeks ago, I made several requests on the S&A Twitter and Facebook pages, asking our fans and followers to contact me directly if they are filmmakers with projects in the works, regardless of what stage - filmmakers we've never covered on the site before, and maybe should be.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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May 24, 2011 1:06 AM
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In an effort to ensure that we are covering black cinema (black filmmakers, black performers, etc) as broadly as we can, about 2 weeks ago, I made several requests on the S&A Twitter and Facebook pages, asking our fans and followers to contact me directly if they are filmmakers with projects in the works, regardless of what stage.

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Preview - "Omar Killed Me" (The Trials Of A Moroccan Gardner Accused Of Murdering A French Widow)

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