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Cutter Hodierne has made his award-winning short film, Fishing Without Nets (a film we’ve covered a lot of this site), available for viewing online; the film won the Grand Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and is on its way to becoming a feature length film (most recently, we announced that it was one of 15 projects selected [...]

Continue Reading Watch Sundance Grand Jury Prize-Winning Somali Pirate Short ‘Fishing Without Nets’ (Short Shout!)

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The 16th Annual American Black Film Festival announced its Grand Jury winners in last night’s ceremony. Russ Parr’s The Undershepherd won Best Director and Best Narrative. Matthew Cherry‘s The Last Fall was awarded Best Screenplay. The Best Documentary award went to Byron Hurt‘s Soul Food Junkies. See the full list of winners below. Congratulations to [...]

Continue Reading 2012 ABFF Winners: Russ Parr’s ‘The Undershephard,’ Byron Hurt’s ‘Soul Food Junkies’ & Matthew Cherry’s ‘Last Fall’

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This is one film that I’ve been really curious about since we first profiled it last fall; I’ve been tracking it, hoping that it might eventually screen somewhere in my neck of the woods (NYC), but that hasn’t happened yet.  Soon I’m sure. You guys were mostly negative on it, if the last 2 entries [...]

Continue Reading Controversial Belgian Immigrant Parable ‘The Invader’ Gets First Full Trailer & Poster

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Here’s a very brief teaser for a short film titled I Am John Wayne, directed by Christina Choe. It doesn’t give you a lot of information about the film, but I’m drawn to it. Something about a melancholic young black man riding a horse in the middle of a desolate, gritty, grimy New York city street locale; throw [...]

Continue Reading Watch Teaser For "I Am John Wayne" (Young Black Cowboy Struggles w/ Death Of Best Friend)

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As the festival comes to a close, wrapping up another year, the award winners will be announced throughout the weekend, starting with SA favorite, Ben Zeitlin’s feature film debut, Beasts Of The Southern Wild, which continues its streak of accolades, picking up the FIPRESCI prize at the grandest stage in all of film-land, the Cannes Film Festival. A coup [...]

Continue Reading Cannes 2012: "Beasts Of The Southern Wild" Picks Up FIPRESCI Prize

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No, it’s not the trailer; but at least we finally get to see the poster for the Benh Zeitlin highly-anticipated Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner Beasts Of The Southern Wild. Zeitlin’s feature film debut, starring Quvenzhane Wallis and Dwight Henry, will have a limited theatrical release beginning June 29, 2012. By the way, read Tambay’s [...]

Continue Reading Take A Look At Poster For Behn Zeitlin’s "Beasts Of The Southern Wild"

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