Hello, and welcome to the Scene 2 Seen Podcast! I am Valerie Complex, an associate editor and film writer at Deadline. Today I’m chatting with award-winning filmmaker and advertising agency veteran Deborah Riley Draper.
Draper is getting set to premiere her newest project, James Brown: Say It Loud, on Monday on A&e Network. She directed and co-wrote the four-part docuseries, which examines Brown’s legacy through exclusive interviews, never-before-seen footage and his beloved music catalog. It is executive produced by Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and Oscar winner Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson.
Draper previously directed the two-part series The Legacy of Black Wall Street for OWN/Discovery+, which received an NAACP Image Awards nomination for Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Television). In 2017, she received an NAACP Image Award nomination for her documentary Olympic Pride, American Prejudice, which she also directed, produced and wrote, telling the untold story of the 18 African Americans who defied Hitler...
Draper is getting set to premiere her newest project, James Brown: Say It Loud, on Monday on A&e Network. She directed and co-wrote the four-part docuseries, which examines Brown’s legacy through exclusive interviews, never-before-seen footage and his beloved music catalog. It is executive produced by Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and Oscar winner Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson.
Draper previously directed the two-part series The Legacy of Black Wall Street for OWN/Discovery+, which received an NAACP Image Awards nomination for Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Television). In 2017, she received an NAACP Image Award nomination for her documentary Olympic Pride, American Prejudice, which she also directed, produced and wrote, telling the untold story of the 18 African Americans who defied Hitler...
- 2/16/2024
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Photograph courtesy of A&e Networks A&e will premiere the two-night documentary event “James Brown: Say It Loud” delving into the immeasurable musical and cultural impact of the entertainment icon. Directed by Deborah Riley Draper (The Legacy of Black Wall Street, Versailles ’73: American Runway Revolution) and executive produced by legendary artist Mick Jagger, Academy Award® winner Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson, Tariq ‘Black Thought’ Trotter, Peter Afterman, David Blackman, Victoria Pearman, Bruce Resnikoff, Shawn Gee, Zarah Zohlman, Charlie Cohen, and Mari Keiko Gonzalez, the documentary examines Brown’s incredible life that was as innovative as it was influential. The special examines Brown’s legacy through exclusive interviews, never-before-seen archival footage and his beloved music catalog. “James Brown: Say it Loud” premieres Monday, February 19 and Tuesday, February 20 at 8Pm Et/Pt on A&e. Across four hours, “James Brown: Say it Loud” traces the incredible trajectory of Brown’s life and career from...
- 1/20/2024
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Exclusive: Fisk University made history earlier this year by becoming the first Hbcu gymnastics team to compete at an NCAA event.
The Nashville school and its team will now be the subject of a docuseries from filmmaker Deborah Riley Draper and wiip.
Flipped (w/t) will follow college gymnastics’ only all Bipoc team as they navigate the pressures of their first season while challenging the stereotypes and norms in women’s athletics. With no university gym of their own, Coach Corrinne Tarver and her gymnastics team at Fisk University, consisting primarily of first-year college students, aim to take on the best in NCAA gymnastics without mitigating or changing who they are as women of color.
The series features access to the coaches, student athletes, parents, and administrators at Fisk University and the trials and triumphs of Hbcu sports.
The team, which included several Division-i athletes who de-committed from high-profile programs,...
The Nashville school and its team will now be the subject of a docuseries from filmmaker Deborah Riley Draper and wiip.
Flipped (w/t) will follow college gymnastics’ only all Bipoc team as they navigate the pressures of their first season while challenging the stereotypes and norms in women’s athletics. With no university gym of their own, Coach Corrinne Tarver and her gymnastics team at Fisk University, consisting primarily of first-year college students, aim to take on the best in NCAA gymnastics without mitigating or changing who they are as women of color.
The series features access to the coaches, student athletes, parents, and administrators at Fisk University and the trials and triumphs of Hbcu sports.
The team, which included several Division-i athletes who de-committed from high-profile programs,...
- 1/30/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Bwa Studios has hired Fatimah Abdullah as head of the animation house. Bwa is the only Black female-owned and operated studio in North America and builds equity in the animation industry by consciously hiring Black women, women of color, and nonbinary people of color.
Abdullah is an award-winning executive producer with more than 15 years of experience in the advertising and entertainment industry. Specializing in animation and VFX, she has spearheaded production across all platforms for globally renowned brands including Delta Air Lines, HBO, CNN, Sesame Street, PBS Kids, Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon — from immersive VR to TV & games. Before joining Bwa Studios, she led creative production as a Series Producer at 9 Story Media. She has also served as Executive Producer for Primal Screen, a design and animation studio, and Trick 3D an immersive content studio.
Bwa Studios is set to begin work on the upcoming Kamau Bell documentary at HBO Docs,...
Abdullah is an award-winning executive producer with more than 15 years of experience in the advertising and entertainment industry. Specializing in animation and VFX, she has spearheaded production across all platforms for globally renowned brands including Delta Air Lines, HBO, CNN, Sesame Street, PBS Kids, Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon — from immersive VR to TV & games. Before joining Bwa Studios, she led creative production as a Series Producer at 9 Story Media. She has also served as Executive Producer for Primal Screen, a design and animation studio, and Trick 3D an immersive content studio.
Bwa Studios is set to begin work on the upcoming Kamau Bell documentary at HBO Docs,...
- 10/25/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Next month’s Micheaux Film Festival in LA will honor Bron co-founder and President Brenda Gilbert with the Oscar Micheaux Trailblazer of Excellence Award and filmmaker and Spike Lee collaborator Ernest Dickerson with the Michael Ajakwe Pioneer of Influence Award.
The festival, which spotlights Bipoc creators, will run July 11-17 at the Regal Cinemas Live LA, Downtown.
This year’s festival will include Ernest Dickerson’s Double Play and a career Q&a with the filmmaker; Birdwatching, starring Amanda Seyfried; Artistic, starring former NFL star Marshawn Lynch; Ghost Girl with Jamie Neuman; Run Nixon starring Lil Fizz; and Launch at Paradise starring Catherine Curtin. As we previously revealed, the event’s actor ambassadors will be Sharon Lawrence and Anthony Anderson.
Gilbert is the co-founder and president of Vancouver-based film powerhouse Bron Studios, which has executive-produced and co-financed 30 Oscar nominated movies. Titles include The Green Knight, starring Dev Patel, Judas and the Black Messiah,...
The festival, which spotlights Bipoc creators, will run July 11-17 at the Regal Cinemas Live LA, Downtown.
This year’s festival will include Ernest Dickerson’s Double Play and a career Q&a with the filmmaker; Birdwatching, starring Amanda Seyfried; Artistic, starring former NFL star Marshawn Lynch; Ghost Girl with Jamie Neuman; Run Nixon starring Lil Fizz; and Launch at Paradise starring Catherine Curtin. As we previously revealed, the event’s actor ambassadors will be Sharon Lawrence and Anthony Anderson.
Gilbert is the co-founder and president of Vancouver-based film powerhouse Bron Studios, which has executive-produced and co-financed 30 Oscar nominated movies. Titles include The Green Knight, starring Dev Patel, Judas and the Black Messiah,...
- 6/21/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Mick Jagger and Questlove are exec producing a four-part docuseries about “I Got You (I Feel Good)” star James Brown for A&e.
The cable network has ordered James Brown: Say It Loud (w/t), directed by The Legacy of Black Wall Street helmer Deborah Riley Draper.
It is the latest doc on the Godfather of Soul after Alex Gibney directed Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown for HBO in 2014. Jagger was a producer on that project.
James Brown: Say It Loud is set for a 2023 release, marking what would have been Brown’s 90th birthday. It will explore Brown’s legacy with interviews with friends, family, collaborators and proteges as well as his beloved music catalog and includes never-been-seen-before archival footage.
It will trace his life from a seventh-grade dropout arrested for armed robbery in the Jim Crow-era South to an entertainment legend.
It is produced by Inaudible Films,...
The cable network has ordered James Brown: Say It Loud (w/t), directed by The Legacy of Black Wall Street helmer Deborah Riley Draper.
It is the latest doc on the Godfather of Soul after Alex Gibney directed Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown for HBO in 2014. Jagger was a producer on that project.
James Brown: Say It Loud is set for a 2023 release, marking what would have been Brown’s 90th birthday. It will explore Brown’s legacy with interviews with friends, family, collaborators and proteges as well as his beloved music catalog and includes never-been-seen-before archival footage.
It will trace his life from a seventh-grade dropout arrested for armed robbery in the Jim Crow-era South to an entertainment legend.
It is produced by Inaudible Films,...
- 2/25/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network will explore the rise and fall of Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma with a two-part special event OWN Spotlight: The Legacy of Black Wall Street.
The Legacy Of Black Wall Street follows the rise of the 36-block economic hub in Oklahoma’s Greenwood district up until its tragic destruction at the hands of racist mobs. Instead of focusing solely on the historic moment, The Legacy Of Black Wall will amplify the voices of those Black pioneers then who went West to build their American dream, weaving their stories with the inspiring modern-day Black pioneers now who continue the path to healing and rebuilding the rise of the Black community who presently occupy Greenwood.
The special will premiere on OWN and Discovery+ on June 1, the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre, and will be followed by the second episode on June 8.
The stories of...
The Legacy Of Black Wall Street follows the rise of the 36-block economic hub in Oklahoma’s Greenwood district up until its tragic destruction at the hands of racist mobs. Instead of focusing solely on the historic moment, The Legacy Of Black Wall will amplify the voices of those Black pioneers then who went West to build their American dream, weaving their stories with the inspiring modern-day Black pioneers now who continue the path to healing and rebuilding the rise of the Black community who presently occupy Greenwood.
The special will premiere on OWN and Discovery+ on June 1, the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre, and will be followed by the second episode on June 8.
The stories of...
- 5/12/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The third annual Micheaux Film Festival, which spotlights Bipoc creators and diversity, is set to be the first film festival back in LA theaters since the start of the pandemic.
The hybrid event, supported by The Oprah Winfrey Network, Sony Pictures Entertainment and IMDb, will run virtually between April 26-29 and then as a physical festival between April 30 – May 2 at the AMC 15 Century City.
More than 180 films are slated to play at the event, which this year will honor veteran actor and filmmaker Robert Townsend, known for features Hollywood Shuffle and Meteor Man as well as series The Parent ‘Hood, with The Oscar Micheaux Trailblazer of Excellence Award, which will be presented by descendants of the pioneering Black filmmaker Micheaux.
There will be a physical red carpet and the awards ceremony will take place in-person. Panavision will be awarding $75K in grant funds to winners of certain categories.
The hybrid event, supported by The Oprah Winfrey Network, Sony Pictures Entertainment and IMDb, will run virtually between April 26-29 and then as a physical festival between April 30 – May 2 at the AMC 15 Century City.
More than 180 films are slated to play at the event, which this year will honor veteran actor and filmmaker Robert Townsend, known for features Hollywood Shuffle and Meteor Man as well as series The Parent ‘Hood, with The Oscar Micheaux Trailblazer of Excellence Award, which will be presented by descendants of the pioneering Black filmmaker Micheaux.
There will be a physical red carpet and the awards ceremony will take place in-person. Panavision will be awarding $75K in grant funds to winners of certain categories.
- 4/15/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Vice President Kamala Harris is saluting her Alpha Kappa Alpha sisters in a new documentary film titled “Twenty Pearls: The Story of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.”
The documentary — which debuts March 26 on Comcast’s Black Experience on Xfinity channel and will be available nationwide on demand starting March 30 — is narrated by Phylicia Rashād. Both Rashād and Harris pledged the sorority during their time as students at Howard University.
“Twenty Pearls” examines the sorority’s history beginning with its founding by nine Black women enrolled at Howard in 1908 and traces the sorority’s direct influence and involvement in watershed moments throughout history including Civil and Women’s Rights, World War II, NASA, Hbcu Endowments and mobilized support for Harris to become America’s first Black and South Asian woman vice president.
As the documentary notes, observers have called the members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority Harris’ “secret weapon.” But Harris...
The documentary — which debuts March 26 on Comcast’s Black Experience on Xfinity channel and will be available nationwide on demand starting March 30 — is narrated by Phylicia Rashād. Both Rashād and Harris pledged the sorority during their time as students at Howard University.
“Twenty Pearls” examines the sorority’s history beginning with its founding by nine Black women enrolled at Howard in 1908 and traces the sorority’s direct influence and involvement in watershed moments throughout history including Civil and Women’s Rights, World War II, NASA, Hbcu Endowments and mobilized support for Harris to become America’s first Black and South Asian woman vice president.
As the documentary notes, observers have called the members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority Harris’ “secret weapon.” But Harris...
- 3/23/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Twenty women of color from the film and TV sectors have formed The Reel Divas, a group that aims to promote black writers, producers and directors and increase awareness of Atlanta as a production hub.
Among the women spearheading the group are actresses Jasmine Guy (A Different World) and Terri J. Vaughn (The Steve Harvey Show), writer-producer Cas Sigers-Beedles (Hamlet & Hutch), producers Tamra Simmons (Surviving R. Kelly) and Wanda Shelley (Being Bobby Brown), and writer-director Rhonda Baraka (Pride & Prejudice: Atlanta). (See the full list of members below.)
“With our brother-in-film, Tyler Perry, getting so much acclaim for opening his 330-acre lot here in Atlanta, we feel that the time is now,” said Sigers-Beedles, co-creator of the group. “Atlanta has already served as the home base and mecca for a lot of TV and film projects, so we are doing our part to continue pushing this narrative to the masses.
Among the women spearheading the group are actresses Jasmine Guy (A Different World) and Terri J. Vaughn (The Steve Harvey Show), writer-producer Cas Sigers-Beedles (Hamlet & Hutch), producers Tamra Simmons (Surviving R. Kelly) and Wanda Shelley (Being Bobby Brown), and writer-director Rhonda Baraka (Pride & Prejudice: Atlanta). (See the full list of members below.)
“With our brother-in-film, Tyler Perry, getting so much acclaim for opening his 330-acre lot here in Atlanta, we feel that the time is now,” said Sigers-Beedles, co-creator of the group. “Atlanta has already served as the home base and mecca for a lot of TV and film projects, so we are doing our part to continue pushing this narrative to the masses.
- 10/16/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Truman Capote, Martha Graham, Betty Ford, Halston, and Elizabeth Taylor on the scene at Steve Rubell's Studio 54 Photo: Dustin Pittman
Halston, by Dior And I director Frédéric Tcheng, shines light on the designer's crowning achievements and attempts to come to grips with his eventual fall. The first thought of Halston might be of Studio 54 with Andy Warhol or of Jackie Kennedy's pillbox hat and cloth coat for JFK's inauguration at a time when wives in the public eye wrapped themselves in furs.
There is footage from the Nineties of a tipsy interview with Elsa Peretti, recent interviews including Liza Minnelli, Marisa Berenson, Pat Cleveland, Bob Colacello, and Joel Schumacher, and glimpses of the infamous Battle of Versailles Fashion Show that put American fashion on the map, and is documented on film in Deborah Riley Draper's Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution.
Frédéric Tcheng on Liza Minnelli in...
Halston, by Dior And I director Frédéric Tcheng, shines light on the designer's crowning achievements and attempts to come to grips with his eventual fall. The first thought of Halston might be of Studio 54 with Andy Warhol or of Jackie Kennedy's pillbox hat and cloth coat for JFK's inauguration at a time when wives in the public eye wrapped themselves in furs.
There is footage from the Nineties of a tipsy interview with Elsa Peretti, recent interviews including Liza Minnelli, Marisa Berenson, Pat Cleveland, Bob Colacello, and Joel Schumacher, and glimpses of the infamous Battle of Versailles Fashion Show that put American fashion on the map, and is documented on film in Deborah Riley Draper's Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution.
Frédéric Tcheng on Liza Minnelli in...
- 5/26/2019
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Exclusive: Gabrielle Union’s I’ll Have Another Productions has teamed with 5 More Minutes Productions to acquire rights to Tallulah the Tooth Fairy CEO, the self-published children’s book by Dr. Tamara Pizzoli. Black-ish and Boondocks writer-producer Yamara Taylor has come aboard to adapt the story into a live-action modern family comedy.
The book — originally published by Pizzoli’s The English Schoolhouse but since acquired by Macmillan, which is rereleasing it — centers on Tallulah, the founder and CEO of the largest teeth-collection organization on the planet. She’s a clever, diverse and wildly successful businesswoman. The story explores the themes of racial identity, equal pay and the struggle of being a working woman and having it all.
“Yamara was the perfect choice for us when choosing a writer to bring Tallulah and her story to life,” said Union and 5 More Minutes’ John Sacchi, who are producing. “She is a working...
The book — originally published by Pizzoli’s The English Schoolhouse but since acquired by Macmillan, which is rereleasing it — centers on Tallulah, the founder and CEO of the largest teeth-collection organization on the planet. She’s a clever, diverse and wildly successful businesswoman. The story explores the themes of racial identity, equal pay and the struggle of being a working woman and having it all.
“Yamara was the perfect choice for us when choosing a writer to bring Tallulah and her story to life,” said Union and 5 More Minutes’ John Sacchi, who are producing. “She is a working...
- 3/8/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Gabrielle Union will star in and produce through her I’ll Have Another production banner an adaptation of the April Sinclair novel Coffee Will Make You Black. Octavia Spencer will produce the film through her Orit banner with Union and Wyolah Films’ Tate Taylor and John Norris. The film was scripted and will be directed by Deborah Riley Draper, whose credits include Versailles ’73 and Olympic Pride, American Prejudice.
Union starred in and produced last year’s box office hit Breaking In and is currently filming her Bad Boys TV spin-off La’s Finest, on which she is an exec producer.
Coffee Will Make You Black follows a smart, funny and naive African American teenage girl finding her voice as she navigates conflicting relationships with her mother, her best friends, and her crushes amid racism, sexism and color-ism in 1960s Chicago.
Said Spencer, whose last collaboration with Taylor brought her...
Union starred in and produced last year’s box office hit Breaking In and is currently filming her Bad Boys TV spin-off La’s Finest, on which she is an exec producer.
Coffee Will Make You Black follows a smart, funny and naive African American teenage girl finding her voice as she navigates conflicting relationships with her mother, her best friends, and her crushes amid racism, sexism and color-ism in 1960s Chicago.
Said Spencer, whose last collaboration with Taylor brought her...
- 2/15/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
The African-American Film Critics Association (Aafca) has partnered with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in For the Academy’s Careers in Film Summit in Atlanta. The summit will take place November 3 at SCADshow.
This marks AMPAS’ first educational outreach in the Atlanta area, which has quickly become an epicenter for film production. The event will feature three moderated panel discussions with working Academy members and film professionals intended to introduce high school and college students and their educators to the plethora of careers in the motion picture industry. The discussions focus on film careers above and below the line as well as the importance of representation. The Atlanta edition of the Summit is an extension of similar programs the Academy produces in Los Angeles, London and New York.
Confirmed panelists at the event include producer/director Roger Bobb, Deborah Riley Draper and Deborah Moore; casting agent, Winsome Sinclair; art director,...
This marks AMPAS’ first educational outreach in the Atlanta area, which has quickly become an epicenter for film production. The event will feature three moderated panel discussions with working Academy members and film professionals intended to introduce high school and college students and their educators to the plethora of careers in the motion picture industry. The discussions focus on film careers above and below the line as well as the importance of representation. The Atlanta edition of the Summit is an extension of similar programs the Academy produces in Los Angeles, London and New York.
Confirmed panelists at the event include producer/director Roger Bobb, Deborah Riley Draper and Deborah Moore; casting agent, Winsome Sinclair; art director,...
- 10/31/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
This year’s programme will focus on Brexit and Inclusion Riders.
The UK Film Centre has announced its full line-up of events and talks for the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
This year’s programme includes Brexit briefing, a discussion on the UK film sector’s European partnerships; How to Budget the Inclusion Rider with speakers including Carol producer Elizabeth Karlsen; and a series of Talent Talks with filmakers whose work is screening at the festival.
UK Film Centre partners include the British Film Institute (BFI), British Council, British Film Commission (Bfc), Creative Scotland, Creative Skillset, Film Export UK, Film London and Northern Ireland Screen.
The UK Film Centre has announced its full line-up of events and talks for the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
This year’s programme includes Brexit briefing, a discussion on the UK film sector’s European partnerships; How to Budget the Inclusion Rider with speakers including Carol producer Elizabeth Karlsen; and a series of Talent Talks with filmakers whose work is screening at the festival.
UK Film Centre partners include the British Film Institute (BFI), British Council, British Film Commission (Bfc), Creative Scotland, Creative Skillset, Film Export UK, Film London and Northern Ireland Screen.
- 5/15/2018
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Leading global conference producer will also present Brett Ratner as Keynote Speaker for the 8th Annual International Film Finance Forum on May 19th
In its 8th year at Cannes, Winston Baker is proud to announce a new partnership and conference as part of the Croisette lineup. In partnership with Marché du Film, Winston Baker will present its first ever technology conference, the “Immersive Summit” to be hosted on May 19, 2017 to bring together leading minds in technology and film for discussions on monetizing innovation and breaking into the Vr/Ar world.
Winston Baker will also host its yearly high-level film finance program, geared towards global strategies for financing films, aligning interests with global partners, and identifying new distribution avenues. During the forum, topics will focus on preserving cinema culture, China’s pivot to Europe, and the next wave of film finance royalty.
“When we first launched our Cannes Forum in 2010, we...
In its 8th year at Cannes, Winston Baker is proud to announce a new partnership and conference as part of the Croisette lineup. In partnership with Marché du Film, Winston Baker will present its first ever technology conference, the “Immersive Summit” to be hosted on May 19, 2017 to bring together leading minds in technology and film for discussions on monetizing innovation and breaking into the Vr/Ar world.
Winston Baker will also host its yearly high-level film finance program, geared towards global strategies for financing films, aligning interests with global partners, and identifying new distribution avenues. During the forum, topics will focus on preserving cinema culture, China’s pivot to Europe, and the next wave of film finance royalty.
“When we first launched our Cannes Forum in 2010, we...
- 5/8/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Deborah Riley Draper’s “Olympic Pride, American Prejudice” opens in New York City (Cinema Village) and Los Angeles (Laemmle Monica Film Center) today, August 5. Corruption, propaganda, deceptive cunning, sly villains and marginalized superheros. Disrupted and distorted legacies. The untold stories… Continue Reading →...
- 8/5/2016
- by Nella Fitzgerald
- ShadowAndAct
The world may be familiar with the story of Olympic athlete Jesse Owens, the African-American track and field star who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games, possibly because of the recent feature film about his triumph entitled “Race,” starring Stephan James. However, the world might not know about the 17 other African American athletes who also competed in 1936. The new documentary “Olympic Pride, American Prejudice” tells the story of those forgotten 17 athletes and how they defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler by demonstrating the myth of white supremacy. Though their stories might not be well known, they are heroes in their own right, and their presence on the world stage was an important precursor to the American Civil Rights Movement.
Read More: ‘Olympic Pride, American Prejudice’ will Trace Trials & Triumphs of Black Athletes at 1936 Olympics (Fundraising)
Narrated by actor Blair Underwood (“L.A. Law”), “Olympic Pride, American Prejudice” weaves rarely...
Read More: ‘Olympic Pride, American Prejudice’ will Trace Trials & Triumphs of Black Athletes at 1936 Olympics (Fundraising)
Narrated by actor Blair Underwood (“L.A. Law”), “Olympic Pride, American Prejudice” weaves rarely...
- 7/28/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Film Independent has announced the names of the 10 filmmakers and six projects selected for the 2016 Documentary Lab - a 5 week intensive program designed to support filmmakers who are currently in post-production on their feature-length documentaries. Netflix is returning for the second year to support the program, bringing with it a $25,000 finishing fund for projects being developed in the Lab. Of note, with respect to this blog's interests, are: - "Olympic Pride, American Prejudice" from Deborah Riley Draper (director/producer): In 1936, 18 African-American athletes won hearts and medals the Berlin Olympic Games, defying Aryan theories. History...
- 4/13/2016
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
In 2011, 2012 and 2013, we covered part of the evolution of a feature documentary from Coffee Bluff Pictures titled "Versailles ‘73: American Runway Revolution," about the legendary 1973 fashion showdown between the French and Americans, fittingly nicknamed the “Battle of Versailles." Directed by Deborah Riley Draper, the feature documentary follows the events leading up to the iconic fashion effrontery at the Chateau de Versailles on November 28, 1973, between American and French designers. The film recounts the event’s beginnings as a fundraiser to restore the Palace of Versailles, to the competition that emerged between the lions of haute couture, to...
- 3/21/2016
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Blair Underwood will lend his voice to “Olympic Pride, American Prejudice,” a feature length documentary directed by Deborah Riley Draper, which explores the trials and triumphs of 18 African American Olympians in 1936. Set against the turbulent atmosphere of a racially divided America, and torn between boycotting Hitler’s Olympics or participating in the Third Reich’s grandest affair, the film follows 16 men and two women before, during and after their heroic turn at the Summer Olympic Games in Berlin. They represented a country that considered them second-class citizens and competed in a country that rolled out the red carpet in spite of an undercurrent of Aryan...
- 12/2/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Logo will premiere Deborah Riley Draper’s documentary “Versailles ’73: American Runway Revolution” on Monday, Sept. 14. Featuring interviews with fashion industry vets including supermodel Pat Cleveland, designer Stephen Burrow and Mikki Taylor, the film tells the story of the famous 1973 fashion show that pit American designers against the French fashion establishment. “This film tells the unforgettable story of a night that would shatter runway status quo, put American designers on par with French couture and move the fashion industry towards greater diversity,” said Taj Paxton, Executive Producer of Logo Documentary Films. Also read: Logo TV Launches Lgbt Documentary Division; Initial...
- 9/9/2015
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Logo today announced the launch of Logo Documentary Films, a new division created to share stories that capture Lgbt life and culture in all its diversity. Beginning in June with Lgbt Pride Month, Logo will premiere a new film each month, including 2 covered on this blog: "Out in the Night" from director: blair dorosh-walther; and "Versailles '73: An American Revolution," directed by Deborah Riley Draper. The creation of Logo Documentary Films follows the network's Emmy win for "Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word," a film on transgender youth that premiered on Logo and MTV last fall. The documentary was recognized with a Daytime Emmy Award in...
- 6/10/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
It's been announced that the documentary from Coffee Bluff Pictures titled Versailles ‘73: American Runway Revolution, about the legendary 1973 fashion showdown between the French and Americans, fittingly nicknamed the “Battle of Versailles,"will become available on almost all home video platforms (iTunes, Amazon, YouTube, VOD and DVD) on February 12. We first discovered it at the Run & Shoot Filmworks Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival last summer, and have been following since, through its limited theatrical in the fall. Directed by Deborah Riley Draper, the feature documentary follows the events leading...
- 2/8/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
A film that's also opening this weekend, that we missed in our weekly compilation of noteworthy new films you should see in theaters... An intriguing documentary from Coffee Bluff Pictures titled Versailles ‘73: American Runway Revolution, about the legendary 1973 fashion showdown between the French and Americans, fittingly nicknamed the “Battle of Versailles." We first discovered it at the Run & Shoot Filmworks Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival last month. Directed by Deborah Riley Draper, the feature documentary follows the events leading up to the iconic fashion effrontery at the Chateau de Versailles on...
- 9/8/2012
- by Courtney
- ShadowAndAct
An intriguing documentary from Coffee Bluff Pictures titled Versailles ‘73: American Runway Revolution, about the legendary 1973 fashion showdown between the French and Americans, fittingly nicknamed the “Battle of Versailles." Scheduled to next screen at the Run & Shoot Filmworks Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival next month, which runs from August 7 to August 11, and directed by Deborah Riley Draper, the feature documentary follows the events leading up to the iconic fashion effrontery at the Chateau de Versailles on November 28, 1973, between American and French designers. The film recounts the event’s...
- 7/17/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
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