And following the trailer below comes this trailer for the indie urban (and know what that means..) comedy Cornerstore which makes its premiere this month, at the Pan African Film Festival.
Directed by Joe Doughrity, and set in Detroit, the film is clearly a mash up of those Friday movies, and Clerks, and instead of Ice Cube starring, the always whacked out Roger Guenveur Smith stars. Will you be anxiously waiting for it? Do tell us.
Directed by Joe Doughrity, and set in Detroit, the film is clearly a mash up of those Friday movies, and Clerks, and instead of Ice Cube starring, the always whacked out Roger Guenveur Smith stars. Will you be anxiously waiting for it? Do tell us.
- 2/8/2011
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
The film schedule for the 19th annual Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles, which runs from Feb 16 to the 23rd, has been announced.
With over 100 films from 29 countries, including features, documentaries, shorts and panels, the festival will screen several world premieres, including the domestic drama Cornerstone, with Roger Guenveur Smith, directed by Joe Doughrity.
If any of our La contributors or readers attend the event, please give us your feedback about the movies.
For more info about the film as well as a complete listing of the films and events go Here.
With over 100 films from 29 countries, including features, documentaries, shorts and panels, the festival will screen several world premieres, including the domestic drama Cornerstone, with Roger Guenveur Smith, directed by Joe Doughrity.
If any of our La contributors or readers attend the event, please give us your feedback about the movies.
For more info about the film as well as a complete listing of the films and events go Here.
- 2/3/2011
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
As Tambay mentioned in his Emmy post last week, it seems that webseries are the way forward when it comes to showcasing black talent. We’ve mentioned the web series Celeste Bright a few times here on the site, and finally the show is up and running. Created and written by a regular S&A reader Sonya Steele, it stars Ryan Michelle Bathe, and is co-directed by Joe Doughrity and Gregory Storm.
Hopefully the pace picks up considerably in subsequent episodes, but the mystery about our titular charcter certainly begins here in episode one, Person of Interst…...
Hopefully the pace picks up considerably in subsequent episodes, but the mystery about our titular charcter certainly begins here in episode one, Person of Interst…...
- 7/11/2010
- by MsWOO
- ShadowAndAct
Trailer for an upcoming web series created and written by Sonya Steele, co-directed by Joe Doughrity and Gregory Storm.
It’s titled Celeste Bright, and is described as a drama series that “follows investment banker Celeste (Ryan Michelle Bathe from Trauma), a woman who plays by her own rules, until an unsavory client (Brad Raider) makes her a target of FBI Special Agent Rick Taylor (Eddie Goines).”
I’m definitely intrigued by what I see in the below trailer, and I’ll be giving this a look when it debuts online in June, so stay tuned. In the meantime, check out the below trailer for Celeste Bright:
“Celeste Bright” A Web Series from Sonya Steele on Vimeo.
It’s titled Celeste Bright, and is described as a drama series that “follows investment banker Celeste (Ryan Michelle Bathe from Trauma), a woman who plays by her own rules, until an unsavory client (Brad Raider) makes her a target of FBI Special Agent Rick Taylor (Eddie Goines).”
I’m definitely intrigued by what I see in the below trailer, and I’ll be giving this a look when it debuts online in June, so stay tuned. In the meantime, check out the below trailer for Celeste Bright:
“Celeste Bright” A Web Series from Sonya Steele on Vimeo.
- 5/2/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
So… recall Bet’s Lens On Talent competition – the one that awards $100,000 to a filmmaker, with judging based on a short film each contestant submits. I believe we’ve advertised the competition on this blog at least once.
I recently learned (via Joe Doughrity) that the winner of this year’s competition, announced just over a week ago, was a white director – specifically German, for a film titled Spent.
Of course, this raised questions all over the web about Bet’s judgment (or lack thereof) for giving the award (one that, for all intents and purposes, is to salute and help cultivate African American talent) to a non-black director.
Granted, black people were at the center of the film’s story, and the script was written by a black woman; however, as I think we can all agree, the director is, in effect, the author of the film; so, the question is,...
I recently learned (via Joe Doughrity) that the winner of this year’s competition, announced just over a week ago, was a white director – specifically German, for a film titled Spent.
Of course, this raised questions all over the web about Bet’s judgment (or lack thereof) for giving the award (one that, for all intents and purposes, is to salute and help cultivate African American talent) to a non-black director.
Granted, black people were at the center of the film’s story, and the script was written by a black woman; however, as I think we can all agree, the director is, in effect, the author of the film; so, the question is,...
- 4/13/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
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