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Scanning through the press release announcing the 8 feature projects selected for the 2012 Film Independent 12th Annual Producing Lab… I came across this one… Titled Imperial Dreams, it’s being produced by the same filmmaker (Katherine Fairfax Wright), who co-directed, edited, and shot the acclaimed documentary Call Me Kuchu (the powerful and moving film that follows the daily [...]

Continue Reading Malik Vitthal’s Drama ‘Imperial Dreams’ One Of Eight Selected For 2012 FIND Producing Lab

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H/T to the Black Women of Brazil blog for alerting me to this… From writer Paulo Lins, who wrote the novel that the 2002 acclaimed (and everybody’s favorite) film, Cidade de Deus (City Of God), was based on, comes a new Brazilian TV series titled Subúrbia, which follows the life of Conceição, a poor young woman who leaves [...]

Continue Reading Preview Sexy New Brazilian Drama Series ‘Subúrbia’ (Debuts November 1)

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After being screened at over 30 film festivals across the country and at Cannes and the winner of 13 awards, writer and director Alexander Etseyatse’s short film Mikel’s Faith is now available for download on Amazon On Demand (which you can find HERE) The film, produced by Will Mahr and JC Mendoza, and which we [...]

Continue Reading Award Winning Short Film ‘Mikel’s Faith’ Now Available On VOD

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Noel Clarke must be the hardest working unknown in the film business. In the last 2 to 3 years the guy has been on a rabid tear either acting, writing, producing and directing films with no let up. And he has another four projects already in post-production The only problem, of course, is that he’s [...]

Continue Reading ‘Storage 24′ With Noel Clarke Coming Out On Blu-Ray In The U.K.

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George C. Wolfe is one of those black directors who’s been in the game for years, even though his name is rarely mentioned on new project short lists. That’s maybe because he’s likely best known for his stage directing work – from Jelly’s Last Jam, to Bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk, to Topdog / [...]

Continue Reading Veteran Stage Director George C. Wolfe Signs Up To Helm Hilary Swank Drama ‘You’re Not You’

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The Love You Save List Price: $14.98 List Price: $14.98 Your Price: $13.48- Alexis, (Robin Givens) is a successful single real estate mogul, with a seemingly perfect life. Having raised her two sons and daughter as a widow, she has given her family a life of privilege and opportunity. Despite Alexis’ success as a businessw [...]

Continue Reading The Love You Save

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A trailer has surfaced for the Swing-era feature documentary The Savoy King: Chick Webb The Music That Changed America, which screens at the New York Film Festival starting this month. Last month we posted some clips from the upcoming the the New Heritage Theatre Group co-production, directed/produced by Jeff Kaufman and edited by Jamal El-Amin. [...]

Continue Reading Trailer: NYFF ’12 Screening Doc ‘The Savoy King: Chick Webb & The Music That Changed America’

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In a recent interview with the Huffington Post, director Lee Daniels discussed his current projects and critical reactions to his latest film The Paperboy. “I think that you’ll find it very provocative. It’s definitely an unexpected choice after Precious. The reviews have been mixed. They’re the same as Precious, but I’m not here to please [...]

Continue Reading Lee Daniels Discusses Reactions to ‘The Paperboy,’ Tells What to Expect with ‘The Butler’

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From Sunshowah Films (Daoud Abeid Dahkil Hausif – above) and Streetwise Pictures (Kim Jackson) comes a coming of age drama “from the streets of Brooklyn to the Blue Mountains of Jamaica,“ titled The Harder They FalI, not to be confused with The Harder They Come, the 1972 Jamaican crime drama classic, which starred reggae legend Jimmy Cliff as an aspiring musician [...]

Continue Reading Preview Brooklyn & Jamaica-Set Coming Of Age Drama ‘The Harder They Fall’

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Till Death…Do Us Part List Price: $24.98 List Price: $24.98 Your Price: $24.98- Aaron Corbin, a successful businessman, finds himself enjoying life and his new bride Kelly. Married life suits Aaron and his company has hit it big, but with new found success comes bigger problems. His life begins to fall apart and to save [...]

Continue Reading Till Death…Do Us Part

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