film festival circuit

First, in limited release, Matthew Cherry’s family/sports drama, The Last Fall, which stars Lance Gross and Nicole Beharie. After 7 months on the film festival circuit, starting with its SXSW debut, the film begins its theatrical run today, Friday, October 26th, in Los Angeles, at the Rave Cinemas in the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw plaza.  Showtimes are as follows: 10:10am,12:30pm, 3:00pm, 5:30pm, 8:10pm and 10:50pm, in a 200 seat theater.  Once again, its synopsis reads: [...]

Continue Reading New In USA Theaters This Weekend: Family Drama ‘The Last Fall,’ Sci-Fi Drama ‘Cloud Atlas’

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First, a note from the filmmaker (Ng’endo Mukii) in her own words: I am interested in the concept of skin and race, and what they imply; in the ideas and theories sown into our flesh that change with the arc of time. I believe skin and the body, are often distorted into a topographical division [...]

Continue Reading Watch Trailer For ‘Yellow Fever’ (Mixed-Media Film Exploring ‘Globalized’ Beauty & African Self-Image)

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First, a note from the filmmaker (Ng’endo Mukii) in her own words: I am interested in the concept of skin and race, and what they imply; in the ideas and theories sown into our flesh that change with the arc of time. I believe skin and the body, are often distorted into a topographical division [...]

Continue Reading Watch Trailer For ‘Yellow Fever’ (Mixed-Media Film Exploring ‘Globalized’ Beauty & African Self-Image)

Tags: computer animation, Fever, film festival circuit, Mukii, pixilation, royal college of art, thesis film, Watch, yellow fever

Narrated and executive produced by Forest Whitaker, Rising from Ashes is a feature length documentary from director/producer T.C. Johnstone’s. 6 years in the making, the film’s synopsis reads as follows: Two worlds colliding when cycling legend Jock Boyer moves to Rwanda to help a group of struggling genocide survivors pursue their dream of a national team. As they [...]

Continue Reading Preview Forest Whitaker-Narrated, Exec Produced Rwandan Feature Doc ‘Rising From Ashes’

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Described as… A gritty, firsthand look at a reality most would rather turn away from, The Throwaways is a feature length documentary that tells the story of filmmaker and activist, Ira McKinley, who channels the experience of living on the streets through the lens of a video camera. By using his unique perspective to shed light [...]

Continue Reading Preview Feature Doc ‘The Throwaways’ (Story Of Homeless Filmmaker & Activist Ira McKinley)

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In the spirit of the Buena Vista Social Club, comes Legends of Ska from director General Moses. Calling itself a documentary film focusing on the sights sounds of Jamaica during the early 1960s, Legends of Ska will intersperse old and new concert footage, interviews with characters who played a significant role in the early ska days of the 1960s, [...]

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Nelsan Ellis is also a director for those who didn’t know; last year, we featured an ambitious short film he directed titled Page 36, which screened on the film festival circuit.  He’s also currently working on a feature documentary called Damn Wonderful, which follows the lives of 6 young LGBT poets, from diverse backgrounds and experiences, offering an honest look into [...]

Continue Reading Nelsan Ellis (‘True Blood’) To Direct Katori Hall’s ‘HooDoo Love’

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I got excited when I saw this trailer the first time, because it’s put together well, stars Michael K Williams, and was directed by Rik Cordero (SA readers might remember that he directed an acclaimed feature film called Inside A Change 3 years ago, which starred Ephraim Benton). But when I found it was a [...]

Continue Reading Watch Michael K. Williams In Brooding Trailer For Drama ‘W8′

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Ya’Ke Smith’s feature film directorial debut Wolf is probably one of the best-reviewed films on SA so far this year; it continues to travel the film festival circuit, garnering acclaim along the way, as audiences continue to be introduced to the drama. Up next it’ll screen at the New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF) this weekend, Saturday, the 18th [...]

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As Tambay mentioned in a post yesterday announcing her signing up to co-star with Paula Patton and Derek Luke in David E. Talbert’s upcoming rom-com Baggage Claim, Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer has quite a full slate of films scheduled to be released in the next 12 months (whether on the film festival circuit, or traditional commercial [...]

Continue Reading Octavia Spencer’s Next: Film Adaptation Of Award-Winning Play ‘Trials & Tribulations Of A Trailer Trash Housewife’

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