VH1 has announced that Wood Harris, Mack (Tristan) Wilds, Afton Williamson, David Call and Antoine Harris have joined the cast of its newest original movie, "The Breaks." Written and directed by Seith Mann and based on the book "The Big Payback" by journalist Dan Charnas, the film is a narrative history of the hip-hop business. Legendary New York music producer DJ Premier will compose the score and serve as executive music producer for “The Breaks,” which will begin production this week and premiere late Fall 2015. More from the press release below: “The Breaks” will chronicle the journey of Nikki, David and DeeVee,...
- 6/1/2015
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
VH1 has tapped legendary producer DJ Premier (aka Preemo) to compose a score and serve as executive music producer of the new original movie "The Breaks,' which Seith Mann is attached to write, direct and executive produce. Inspired by journalist Dan Charnas’ book "The Big Payback," the telepic will tell a narrative history of the hip-hop business, with principal photography set to begin in June, and a premiere date set for late Fall 2015. Specifically, "The Breaks”" will chronicle the journey of Nikki, David and Deevee, three friends united by their love of hip-hop, as they work to make their big mark in the music industry. The film will travel...
- 4/23/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
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Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave will get its U.S. premiere at the New York Film Festival, it was announced Friday. The director and cast members Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Lupita Nyong’o, Adepero Oduye, Paul Dano and Alfre Woodard will be on hand to present the film. The movie tells the true story of free black man Solomon Northup from upstate New York, played by Ejiofor, who's sold into slavery and has to fight for his freedom. Fassbender plays a malevolent slave owner. Brad Pitt also stars as a Canadian abolitionist. Photos: 25 of Fall's Most Anticipated Movies The
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- 8/30/2013
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Originally published in the Fall 2011 issue. Pariah is nominated for Breakthrough Director.
With Pariah, a buoyant tale of a young, middle-class New York lesbian’s tough coming-of-age amid the class and cultural proxy battles that simmer within black America, lauded newcomer Dee Rees has made one of the year’s most unforgettable directorial debuts. Rees, a 33-year-old Nashville, Tennessee, native who graduated from Nyu’s Graduate Film Program around the same time she both wrote the feature screenplay that would become Pariah and came out to her own parents, directed a 30-minute version of the story that became one of the most celebrated short films of 2007. She doesn’t think of her debut as autobiographical, but it clearly tells a story with much at stake for her, one that feels informed by the disappointments of a youth spent in alienation from those you hope, but don’t expect, to come to terms with your identity.
With Pariah, a buoyant tale of a young, middle-class New York lesbian’s tough coming-of-age amid the class and cultural proxy battles that simmer within black America, lauded newcomer Dee Rees has made one of the year’s most unforgettable directorial debuts. Rees, a 33-year-old Nashville, Tennessee, native who graduated from Nyu’s Graduate Film Program around the same time she both wrote the feature screenplay that would become Pariah and came out to her own parents, directed a 30-minute version of the story that became one of the most celebrated short films of 2007. She doesn’t think of her debut as autobiographical, but it clearly tells a story with much at stake for her, one that feels informed by the disappointments of a youth spent in alienation from those you hope, but don’t expect, to come to terms with your identity.
- 11/18/2011
- by Brandon Harris
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
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