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Teaser Premiere: 1983. South Central. A Storm Is Coming. Brace for ‘Snowfall’ This Summer on FX
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This summer, FX will premiere the first season of “Snowfall” – a drama series that hails from director John Singleton, and is inspired by the early days of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles in the early 1980s. The… Continue Reading → »
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New Documentary Explores How Mayor Daley and the City of Chicago Triggered the Creation of “Chiraq”
3 hours ago
A timely and revealing documentary that sheds light on a major event that contributed to the development of present day Chicago, Urban Movie Channel (Umc) presents the exclusive premiere of “They Don’t Give a Damn: The Story of the Failed… Continue Reading → »
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Review: Shot by Bradford Young, Moody ‘I Called Him Morgan’ Tells a Tragic Jazz Love Story (Opens Mar 24)
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There’s a telling moment in “I Called Him Morgan,” Kasper Collins’ melancholy new jazz documentary currently making the festival rounds, where one of Lee Morgan’s former friends and bandmates is holding up an old black-and-white photo of the young trumpeter.… Continue Reading → »
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Emmy Winning ‘Biography’ Franchise Returns to A+E with New Documentaries on Biggie, Tupac & Mike Tyson
7 hours ago
The iconic, genre-defining series which won countless industry awards, “Biography,” is returning to A+E Networks after five years, as a re-imagined global, linear and digital non-fiction franchise. The Emmy Award-winning “Biography,” which will focus on meaningful events or personalities and… Continue Reading → »
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Watch the Opening “Biting” Moments of Vampire Fable ‘The Transfiguration’ (In Theaters Apr 7)
8 hours ago
Strand Releasing has set USA premiere dates for Michael O’Shea’s critically-acclaimed 2016 Cannes Film Festival selection, “The Transfiguration,” the filmmaker’s feature film directorial debut which made its world premiere at the world’s most prestigious film festival last year. Following its much-anticipated North… Continue Reading → »
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Interview: Mack Wilds Talks ‘Shots Fired’ and Remembers the Impact of Philando Castile
9 hours ago
Over the years, and especially since the dawn of the Black Lives Matter movement, many TV shows have attempted to tackle race and particularly police brutality, often to their own detriment. Dramas like “The Good Wife,” “Scandal,” “Orange is the… Continue Reading → »
- Shannon M. Houston
Notes from the Screenwriting Desk – 10 Pieces of Wisdom to Help You Write Your Best Work
10 hours ago
Notes From The Screenwriting Desk (Part One) Continue Reading → »
- Tanya Steele
‘The Skyjacker’s Tale’ Gives Unprecedented Access to a Most Wanted Us Fugitive in Cuba
10 hours ago
From award-winning Canadian filmmaker Jamie Kastner comes the feature-length documentary, “The Skyjacker’s Tale,” which gives audiences unprecedented access to one of the USA’s top five most wanted fugitives – Ishmael Muslim Ali (formerly Labeet) – who lives in Cuba. Called The… Continue Reading → »
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‘Chewing Gum’ Star Michaela Coel Toplines BFI-Backed London-Set Musical Feature, ‘Been So Long’
11 hours ago
Michaela Coel – the BAFTA-winning actress and star of the hit Channel 4 (UK) comedy “Chewing Gum” (which is currently streaming on Netflix) – leads the cast of BAFTA-winning director Tinge Krishnan’s feature “Been So Long,” which is based on the… Continue Reading → »
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Idris Elba Stars in & Produces BBC Three’s ‘Five by Five’ Series of Films from New Writers
12 hours ago
Idris Elba stars in BBC Three’s “Five by Five,” a series of short films from new writers, featuring new and established on-screen talent working side by side. Set in London, the five standalone films feature chance encounters between characters which… Continue Reading → »
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Icarus Films Releases ‘Utopia’ – A Scathing Critique of the Apartheid Deep Within Australian Society
13 hours ago
Icarus Films is releasing veteran journalist and BAFTA-award-winning filmmaker, John Pilger’s feature documentary “Utopia” – a film that reveals the apartheid deep within Australia’s society. “Utopia” breaks what amounts to a national silence about Australia’s indigenous people—the oldest and most enduring human… Continue Reading → »
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Searing & Essential, Dave Chappelle Returns with New Stand-Up Specials Premiering on Netflix Today!
13 hours ago
After a lengthy hiatus, Dave Chappelle returns to a TV screen near you, starting today, March 21! Chappelle has brought his blistering brand of comedy to Netflix, with 2 all-new stand-up specials. These 2 never-before-seen specials come directly from Chappelle’s personal… Continue Reading → »
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John Ridley’s ‘Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992’ to Get Theatrical Before TV Premiere (Oscar-Qualifying Run?)
20 March 2017 6:10 PM, PDT
It was already set to premiere on ABC on April 28, but John Ridley’s “Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992” will first receive a theatrical release a week earlier, Friday April 21, it was announced today. This will mark the… Continue Reading → »
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‘Being Mary Jane’ Will Return for Another 10 Episodes This Summer After Mid-Season Break
20 March 2017 5:45 PM, PDT
The current season (its 4th) of Bet’s hit series “Being Mary Jane” kicked off on January 10, after a much publicized legal dispute over salary and production cost-cutting (star Gabrielle Union filed a $3 million lawsuit filed against Bet for… Continue Reading → »
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RuPaul’s Rise Will Be Central to a Bad Robot-Produced Period Dramedy Series Set Up at Warner Bros. TV
20 March 2017 4:59 PM, PDT
RuPaul and the production company World of Wonder (producers of his award-winning hit reality TV series “RuPaul’s Drag Race) have teamed up with J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot shingle and Warner Bros TV, to develop a scripted dramedy series based on… Continue Reading → »
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Jovan Adepo (‘Fences’) Will Fight Nazis in J.J. Abrams-Produced WWII-Set ‘Overlord’
20 March 2017 4:28 PM, PDT
On the heels of his performance in the multiple-Oscar nominated “Fences,” Jovan Adepo has booked a starring role in Paramount Picture’s and Bad Robot’s behind enemy lines project, “Overlord.” Set during D-Day – the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord… Continue Reading → »
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Firelight Launches New Fellowship for Diverse Impact Producers – Meet the Inaugural Cohort
20 March 2017 3:13 PM, PDT
Firelight has announced the Impact Producer Fellowship, the first-ever training program dedicated to mentoring and training impact producers of color. Impact Producers work alongside filmmakers to produce campaigns that maximize the reach and impact of films. Launched in February 2017, the… Continue Reading → »
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This Week’s Short Shout! Watch ‘+Juliani – The Road Trip’ (Powerful & Inspiring Doc on a Kenyan Hip-Hop Icon’s Journey)
20 March 2017 2:05 PM, PDT
Watch: '+Juliani' (Short Doc On Kenyan Hip-Hop Icon's Journey - Inspiration, Passion, Music) Continue Reading → »
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TV Pilot Season Casting News for Nia Long, Yvette Nicole Brown, Marcuis W. Harris and More…
20 March 2017 12:45 PM, PDT
TV Pilot season casting continues… Catch up on all current pilot season casting news items here, here, here, here, here, and here. This week’s roundup follows. — Nia Long has booked a starring role in ABC‘s untitled “The Goldbergs” spinoff comedy series. She joins Bryan… Continue Reading → »
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Saban & Directv Take N. American Rights to ‘Small Town Crime’ (Anthony Anderson & Octavia Spencer Co-star) + Watch Clip
20 March 2017 11:42 AM, PDT
Following the world premiere at SXSW, Saban Films and Directv have acquired the North American rights to “Small Town Crime,” financed and developed by Avva pictures, which was written and directed by Eshom and Ian Nelms. The film stars John… Continue Reading → »
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