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A feature documentary titled, Living/Building, that’s been buzzed about a bit this year, on the international film circuit, from 20-year-old French director Clemence Ancelin, making her feature film debut. Described as a bare-bones filmmaking effort, Ancelin shot the film solo, primarily with a handheld camera using ambient sound, and no music, letting the stark images tell the [...]

Continue Reading Preview Stark ‘Living/Building’ (A Thorough Look At Technological Change In A Remote Part Of Chad)

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Here’s your first look at a new web series directed by Clara Benice, written by Nicole Amarteifio, and starring Nana Mensah, MaameYaa Boafo, Esosa Edosomwan, Edwina Adama Lebbie, and Miriam Chemmoss. The series’ creators describe it as follows: Think ‘Sex and the City’ meets Africa! Five beautiful, successful African females return to their home continent [...]

Continue Reading Watch Episode 1 Of New Web Series ‘African City’ (‘Sex & The City’ In Africa)

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Here’s your first official look at Indie film maestro John Sayles’ Go For Sisters, which Yolonda Ross, LisaGay Hamilton, Isaiah Washington, Edward James Olmos, and Hector Elizondo are all starring in.  A description of the project from Sayles’ website read: The plot concerns two friends, Bernice and Fontayne, who grow up so close they ‘go for sisters’, but then lose [...]

Continue Reading First Look At Yolonda Ross, LisaGay Hamilton, Edward James Olmos In ‘Go For Sisters’

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A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies List Price: $40.00 List Price: $40.00 Your Price: $29.42- From one of the world’s most acclaimed directors comes an absorbing and informative look at the evolution of American film and how the medium both shaped Scorsese’s own artistic vision and influenced the whole of American culture. [...]

Continue Reading A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies

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Here’s your look at the 2011 Chicagio-made short film Don’t Bite The Apple, written and produced by Maurice Dortch, and co-directed by Dortch and Eugene Bush; it made the film festival circuit last year. The film stars Ladell Taylor and Michelle Woodruff who play “a couple who find out to their amazement that love really [...]

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Black Magic List Price: $19.95 List Price: $19.95 Your Price: $6.50- Samuel L. Jackson and jazz musician Wynton Marsalis narrate this look at America’s tumultuous civil rights movement through the lens of basketball and the lives and challenges of its African-African players, including Avery Johnson, Ben Wallace, Pee Your Price: $6.50 – african american movies

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Wonderful news for you New Yorkers (a group I happily belong to), from restorations of the old, to premieres of the new. What’chou know ’bout Jamaican cinema? If the answer is not much, an opportunity to learn a little more is on the way. Details in the lengthy press release below (of course I’ll attend [...]

Continue Reading 14-Film Series Celebrating Jamaica’s 50th Anniversary Of Nation’s Independence At BAMcinématek

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And there you have it. That’s it folks. Your first look at Vin Diesel in the yet unittled new Riddick film for Universal Pictures which is currently in post-production for release next year. According to Diesel, on his Facebook page, the film could possibly see a January 2013 release, with a trailer to be released [...]

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Here’s your look at the experimental/non-linear short film Condamne, written and directed by the Belgium based filmmaker Nganji. The title, which in the context of this film, is translated in English as Condemned, deals with, in the filmmaker’s point of view, a “story about love, misguided friendship and  how both elements mixed together can make a [...]

Continue Reading Watch The Short Film ‘Condamne’ By Nganji

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Filming for Brian Helgeland‘s Jackie Robinson‘s biopic 42 was in full swing last week in Macon, GA. Chadwick Boseman, who plays the baseball icon, filmed scenes along with Nicole Beharie, in the role of his wife Rachel Isum, and Andre Holland, in full form for his role as Wendell Smith, the sportswriter who influenced Robinson’s [...]

Continue Reading Take A Look At Behind-The-Scenes Footage & Pics Of Jackie Robinson Biopic ’42′

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