It is a tricky thing, recreating a beloved classic. Since the 1992 premiere of Penny Marshall’s “A League of Their Own” audiences have fallen in love again and again with Dottie Henson, Kit Keller, Marla Hooch, and the rest of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. But these characters were based on real people, and there was only so much that could fill 90 minutes in a ’90s movie. Now, Abbi Jacobson and Will Graham are filling in the stories the movie left out — namely those of Black and queer players — as seen through the eyes of Carson Shaw (Jacobson) and Max Chapman (Chanté Adams), the central characters of Prime Video’s take on “A League of Their Own.”
“The impetus behind this whole endeavor is our love for Penny Marshall’s movie,” executive producer Hailey Wierengo told IndieWire. “We don’t think it needs to be improved upon. We don...
“The impetus behind this whole endeavor is our love for Penny Marshall’s movie,” executive producer Hailey Wierengo told IndieWire. “We don’t think it needs to be improved upon. We don...
- 8/23/2022
- by Valentina Valentini
- Indiewire
A Columbia U. doctoral student grapples with cultural expectations, demands and pressures while carving out her own path in “Queen of Glory,” writer-director-star Nana Mensah’s inviting and understated indie about immigrant identity anxieties. With a lived-in feel for the Bronx community in which her story takes place, the filmmaker generates endearing pathos from a story whose familiarity is offset by its humor and authenticity. Its small scale will likely constrain its box-office fortunes, but
Though thriving in the Ivy League, Sarah (Mensah) intends to relocate to Ohio to be with her colleague/boyfriend Lyle (Adam Leon). That plan is complicated first by the fact that Lyle is married with children, and subsequently by the unexpected death of her beloved Ghanaian-American mother. Sarah is thus tasked with handling her mom’s funeral and estate, the former necessitating a week-long event involving two gatherings, and the latter requiring her to do...
Though thriving in the Ivy League, Sarah (Mensah) intends to relocate to Ohio to be with her colleague/boyfriend Lyle (Adam Leon). That plan is complicated first by the fact that Lyle is married with children, and subsequently by the unexpected death of her beloved Ghanaian-American mother. Sarah is thus tasked with handling her mom’s funeral and estate, the former necessitating a week-long event involving two gatherings, and the latter requiring her to do...
- 6/16/2021
- by Nick Schager
- Variety Film + TV
I watched Beyonce’s “Lemonade” late Saturday. After spending a day with one of my favorite Black Gurl buddies: Cybel Martin (@CybelDP). Over an amazing Cuban dinner she and I spoke about the music of Rihanna and Beyonce. I feel that their music is full of an energy and strength that is empowering. They aren’t singing about despair, hurt and pain. Although, at times, they are too preoccupied with limited themes, they have a fierceness, a playfulness and artistic courage. Cybel was surprised to learn that I have Rihanna, aplenty, in my music stash and that I love "Formation" (mainly the visuals). Cut to: #Lemonade. First, I do believe that some of the music in #Lemonade is...
- 4/25/2016
- by Tanya Steele
- ShadowAndAct
Courtesy of our sister site, Women and Hollywood, congratulations are in order for S&A contributor Cybel Martin, who is one of five women DPs to be selected as recipients of the first Digital Bolex Grant for Women Cinematographers. Per Digital Bolex, Women cinematographers are one of the most underrepresented groups of technicians working in the film industry today, with a 2% employment rate, when considering the top 250 grossing films of 2013; compare that figure to 6% for directors - both certainly dismal! And, in brief, the Digital Bolex Grant for Women Cinematographers is an initiative to help foster a film industry environment that's inclusive of and embraces the...
- 2/18/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
A reminder for those who may have missed my initial announcement a month ago... submit your questions to Cybel now... or later. Just do it! Read the details below. Her much-anticipated monthly columns on all things cinematography, have contributed much to this blog's success in a myriad of ways, since she started penning them in 2012, much to the appreciation and education of the many who read each and everyone - the two most popular likely being "The Art of Lighting Dark Skin for Film and HD" and "A Cinematographer’s Plea to the Budding Film Auteur: Move Your Camera." Cybel Martin's pieces have been so widely-read, so much that even the late Roger Ebert,...
- 7/23/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Cybel Martin - whose instructive and entertaining words of wisdom on all things cinematography, that many of you have read and appreciate on this blog - will be making her directorial with "Black As Night," described as an urban vampire story centered around a 15 year old girl living in the South Bronx. Penned by screenwriter Sherman Payne, whose thriller script "Furlough" was sold to David Linde’s Lava Bear Films and producer Brian Witten ("Chernobyl Diaries"), last year, the story's synopsis reads: "Girls from the South Bronx never obsessed over 'Twilight.' If they did, maybe 15 year-old Shawna would have a better idea how to defend her...
- 7/11/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
A reminder for those who may have missed my initial announcement a month ago... submit your questions to Cybel now... or later. Just do it! Read the details below. Her much-anticipated monthly columns on all things cinematography, have contributed much to this blog's success in a myriad of ways, since she started penning them in 2012, much to the appreciation and education of the many who read each and everyone - the two most popular likely being "The Art of Lighting Dark Skin for Film and HD" and "A Cinematographer’s Plea to the Budding Film Auteur: Move Your Camera." Cybel Martin's pieces have been so widely-read, so much that even the late Roger Ebert,...
- 6/30/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Editor's Note: Before you dive in, here's a reminder of my initial announcement 2 weeks ago, to remind you what this new series is about... Her much-anticipated monthly columns on all things cinematography, have contributed much to this blog's success in a myriad of ways, since she started penning them in 2012, much to the appreciation and education of the many who read each and everyone - the two most popular likely being "The Art of Lighting Dark Skin for Film and HD" and "A Cinematographer’s Plea to the Budding Film Auteur: Move Your Camera." Cybel Martin's pieces have been so widely-read, so much that even the late Roger Ebert, before his death last year, shared one...
- 6/5/2014
- by Cybel Martin
- ShadowAndAct
A reminder for those who may have missed my initial announcement 2 weeks ago... submit your questions to Cybel now... or later. Just do it! Read the details below. Her much-anticipated monthly columns on all things cinematography, have contributed much to this blog's success in a myriad of ways, since she started penning them in 2012, much to the appreciation and education of the many who read each and everyone - the two most popular likely being "The Art of Lighting Dark Skin for Film and HD" and "A Cinematographer’s Plea to the Budding Film Auteur: Move Your Camera." Cybel Martin's pieces have been so widely-read, so much that even the late Roger Ebert, before his death last...
- 6/5/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Recapping what I said about this series a couple of days ago when I started it... I'll begin counting down the top 10 S&A posts of 2012, considering a number of factors, like number of comments, Facebook "likes," Facebook "shares," Twitter retweets, page views, and more. The countdowan will continue through next week Wednesday, as we enter the new year, when the top post/item will be revealed. Number 10 on the list, posted on Monday, was Cybel Martin's A Cinematographer’s Plea to the Budding Film Auteur : Move Your Camera. If you missed it, click Here to read (or re-read). The #9 top post on S&A during the year, 2012...
- 12/26/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
We tend to focus heavily on filmmakers (directors), neglecting the fact that there are other crucial roles in the filmmaking process that deserve to be given their own platform; and I'm working to do just that. For example, recently Dp extraodinaire Cybel Martin began contributing a monthly cinematographer's column for S&A, which many of you seem to really appreciate. And now I'd like to start doing the same thing for actors, screenwriters, editors and producers. So consider this a call for those of you out there who fall under anyone of those 4 labels who'd like to share their working experiences with the rest of the world. What...
- 7/19/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
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