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    Rod Gailes' "Earl's Post-Prison Playdate" Highlights HIV/AIDS Risk Behaviors (NSFW)

    This post comes a tad late, as the following film has been causing a stir since earlier this week. Earl's Post-Prison Playdate, directed by Rod Gailes (winner of the last Shadow & Act Filmmaker Challenge), is a 12-minute short that takes a provocative look at HIV/AIDS through the risky sexua...

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    1978 Musical Drama "Stony Island" Comes to DVD for the First Time Ever

    34 years after its original release, Stony Island, the debut feature by Andrew Davis (The Fugitive, Under Seige, Collateral Damage), will be available for the first time on DVD and digital download platforms on April 24.

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    Watch Now: Trailer for Noel Clarke's Sports Drama "Fast Girls"

    Written by and co-starring Noel Clarke (Kidulthood, 4.3.2.1), the forthcoming drama Fast Girls stars a multiracial cast and centers on a street-smart runner who forms a rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy athlete.

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    Watch Now: New Clip from Mario Van Peebles' "We the Party"

    In anticipation of the film's April 6th theater opening, a new clip has been released from We the Party, the new teen comedy by Mario Van Peebles.

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    SFIFF '12 Preview: Poor Family Struggles While Country Hosts World Cup in Doc "Meanwhile in Mamelodi"

    The 55th San Francisco International Film Festival unveiled its lineup earlier today to reveal the following films profiled in S&A: 2011 SXSW Jury Award winner Gimme The Loot, the French comedy The Untouchables, The Double Steps (which I reviewed HERE), the Sheldon Candis drama LUV, the Fre...

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    Watch Reagan Gomez, Vanessa Simmons, Essence Atkins & More in 2 New Clips from "Dysfunctional Friends"

    In anticipation of the film's April 3 DVD release, the team from the new film Dysfunctional Friends has released two new video clips. Directed by Corey Grant and produced by Datari Turner, the dramedy is being billed as a black version of The Big Chill.

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    Watch Trailer For Adventure Drama "On The Road" (Terrence Howard Co-Stars)

    Here's the trailer for the highly anticipated ensemble-cast drama On The Road, penned by Jose Rivera based on the seminal novel of the same name written by Jack Kerousac.

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    Watch Samuel L. Jackson in Trailer For Suspense Thriller "Meeting Evil" (On VOD May 4th)

    This is the first time hearing of this project. Meeting Evil, directed by Chris Fisher and adapted from the Thomas Berger noir-thriller novel by the same name. The film stars Samuel L. Jackson as a mysterious stranger named Richie, who takes a family man, played by Luke Wilson, on a "murder-fue...

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    SXSW '12 Preview: Doc "Wildness" Portrait of Historic L.A. Bar of Latin/LGBT Immigrant Communities

    Directed by L.A. performer and filmmaker Wu Tsang, the documentary Wildness will premiere this weekend at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin. Wildness revolves around the nightly performers and entertainment of Silver Bar in L.A., patronized by the Latin/LGBT communities since 1963. The 75-min doc scr...

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    Watch Part 1 Of Philippe Niang's "Toussaint L'Ouverture" Film Starring Jimmy Jean-Louis Now!

    It's the non-subtitled version though, so only our French speakers will be able to fully appreciate it.

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