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Blush Poster For Ya'Ke Smith's SXSW 2012 Drama "Wolf"

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • March 1, 2012 8:05 PM
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Check out the poster below for Ya'Ke Smith's Wolf, his feature film debut and SXSW 2012 official selection, which stars Irma P. Hall, Mikala Gibson, Jordan Cooper, Shelton Jolivette, and Eugene Lee in a story about a family...

Watch The Brooding Trailer For Ya'Ke Smith's SXSW 2012 Drama "Wolf"

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • February 6, 2012 2:07 PM
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Check out the first official trailer for Ya'Ke Smith's Wolf, his feature film debut and SXSW 2012 official selection, which stars Irma P. Hall, Mikala Gibson, Jordan Cooper, Shelton Jolivette, and Eugene Lee in a story about a family...

SXSW 2012 Trailer: Doc "Bad Brains: Band in DC" (Influential & Significant American Punk/Reggae Band)

  • By Vanessa Martinez
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  • February 3, 2012 5:33 PM
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Making its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival next month, the documentary Bad Brains: Bands in DC, about an underrated and influential American band that has played an ecclectic blend of punk and reggae for 30 years, is directed by Mandy Stein and Benjamen Logan.

SXSW 2012 Preview: Doc "Uprising: Hip Hop & The LA Riots" Explores Hip Hop's Connection To Riots

  • By Vanessa Martinez
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  • February 2, 2012 7:00 PM
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The documentary feature Uprising: Hip Hop & The LA Riots, directed by Mark Ford and produced by Wesley Jones, is making its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival next month. The film explores the influence of Hip Hop in the 80's and early 90's, which may have served as a catalyst, to the L.A. riots 20 years ago.

SXSW 2012 Trailer: "Charles Bradley: Soul of America" (Soul Singer Achieves Success at 62 Yrs Old)

  • By Vanessa Martinez
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  • February 2, 2012 6:24 PM
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Also screening at the SXSW Film Festival next month, the documentary feature Charles Bradley: Soul of America, directed by Poull Brien and produced by Alexander Brough, revolves around the peculiar and remarkable rise to stardom of aspiring Soul singer Charles Bradley at the age of 62, whose album became Rolling Stone Magazine's Top 50 in 2011.

SXSW 2012: Watch Trailer For Doc "Bay of All Saints" (Poor Brazilians Living in Water Slums Over The Bay)

  • By Vanessa Martinez
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  • February 2, 2012 6:00 PM
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In the documentary competition this March at the SXSW Film Festival, Bay of All Saints, about impoverished Brazilians living in water slums and struggling to keep their homes against government efforts to reclaim the bay, is directed and phographed by Annie Eastman and produced by Davis Coombe and Diane Markrow.

SXSW 2012 Preview - "Tchoupitoulas" (A Story Of The New Orleans Night)

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • February 2, 2012 11:24 AM
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Directed by the Ross Brothers (Bill & Turner), Tchoupitoulas is...

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