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News to me…
This 11-minute short, titled If I Was Like You, by first time filmmaker Wesley Du, screened at the DCAPA (DC Asian Pacific American) Film Festival earlier this month, and generated a lot of discussion on the multi-culti Racialicious blog, and I thought I’d share it here to see if it inspires any useful conversation.
Heaven help us… Uwe Bol, the self-described (if not delusional) f*cking genius director of films like Bloodrayne 1, 2 & 3, has gone and made a film on the Darfur atrocities that shook Sudan during the earlier part of this century. The film, simply called Darfur, centers on two American journalists (naturally) played by Edward [...]
I previously reported that Viola Davis was attached to this project, and now, The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Zoe Kravitz – daughter of rocker Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet – has also joined the ensemble cast.
Premiering TONIGHT on HBO – By the People: The Election of Barack Obama which tracks Obama’s progress from long-odds candidate, to front-runner, in the 2008 presidential race. It’s a roller-coaster ride that includes all the victories and upsets, seen from within the Obama campaign; from thrilling wins and disappointing losses, to controversies stemming from his [...]
Out on DVD today, 11/3 - Hardwired. After losing his wife in a horrific car accident, Luke Gibson (Cuba Gooding Jr) wakes up in the hospital to find his once idyllic life on the brink of destruction. Implanted with a lethal microchip and monitored closely by a Hope Industries executive (Val Kilmer), Gibson is plagued by [...]
Rio Breaks tells the story of two best friends, Fabio and Naama, as they navigate their way between life in the favela slums and surfing on their favorite beach. Thirteen-year-old Fabio and twelve-year-old Naama live in a huge favela near Arpoador Beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. What will happen to these best friends? Will [...]
How about that… the highest paid college/university President is a black woman – Shirley Ann Jackson at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., whose total compensation is pegged at nearly $1.6 million. She was followed by David Sargent at Suffolk University in Boston, who made $1.5 million.
I still haven’t seen this -1968’s The Split, starring Jim Brown, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Sutherland (all 3 were in The Dirty Dozen a year prior) Gene Hackman, Diahann Carroll and others.
And here’s another trailer for a horror flick called In The Closet. Here’s a film that’s currently playing in theatres, but very few actually know about it. According to its website, it opened last weekend (appropriately Halloween weekend) in 17 theatres, in California and Hawaii, of all places. And this month, it’s booked in 8 [...]
Slow news day today, so I finally have a moment to go through my email inbox and post anything sent to me that I haven’t already… like this one… it’s a trailer for a film called Raising Boys, which, according to the email, will have its theatrical premiere at the Angelika Theater, in Houston, TX, [...]
Not bad… for a comedian h/t THELIFEFILES
I had no idea that Spike Lee was his personal mentor. I didn’t even know that they had anything to do with each other.
Thanks to MsWOO’s efforts, Shadow And Act was recently profiled in a UK culture ezine called Catch A Vibe. Catch a Vibe is the only online magazine that covers all that’s new and essential in black arts and entertainment in London. Showcasing everything from theatre and independent movies to comedy and spoken word, this definitive [...]
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