Scheduled to take place during Oscar weekend (on February 24th) a special spotlight event in Hollywood called Eye on Black, which will see a group of black directors feted, including Ava DuVernay, Bill Duke, Haile gerima, Chris Robinson, and Debbie Allen.
Read More »So just how long and massive has the production on Peter Jackson's two-part, 3D "The Hobbit" been? Well, we're nearly at a year since it first went in front of cameras, it's still shooting and yes, still casting.
Read More »Indomina Entertainment is reportedly close to a deal to acquire Sheldon Candis' Sundance Film Festival 2012 drama LUV (starring Common) - the one film that was on my short list of films to see at the festival that I wasn't able to (hence no review of it from me).
Read More »Of all the media coverage given to the Red Tails film within the last couple of weeks, one surprising belief that surfaced often was the idea that supporting the film at the box office would "send Hollywood a message" and somehow force studio executives to finally consider greenlighting more black film projects. Now, I can understand the average Joe saying this but a number of industry folks repeated this same mantra which, quite frankly, seemed idiotic. Why are we still trying to court Hollywood? Am I the only one who got the "we don't do black films anymore" Hollywood memo?
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Agreed! Ah if only I had time to see movies during the #Berlinale RT @indiewire: Berlinale 2012: The 10 Films We Want to See
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Sundance 2012 Review - "Detropia" (A Moving, Painterly Mourning Of A Once Economically Vibrant City) http://t.co/eISy6NIx via @indiewire
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It's Time To Stop Drinking Hollywood's Kool-Aid http://t.co/y246mKRC via @indiewire
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Berlinale 2012: The 10 Films We Want to See http://t.co/QKZeIHJm via @indiewire
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