Talk about timely. When Stephen King’s 1978 novel “The Stand”, a story of a world brought to its knees by a lethal pandemic nicknamed “Captain Trips”, first hit the bestseller lists, no one could have ...
January 28, 2021
Set in 1964, One Night In Miami… is a fictional imagining of the historic night that brought together four legends of black sports, entertainment and activism. On February 25th of that year, Cassius C ...
February 8, 2021
Poignant, chilling and more relevant than ever today, the award-winning documentary The Social Dilemma turned a global spotlight on the addictiveness of social media and its role in radicalizing users ...
February 4, 2021
The opening moments of George C. Wolfe’s new adaptation of the August Wilson play “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” take place in the deep South. Crickets and barking dogs overtake the soundtrack as a pair o ...
February 3, 2021
In August of 1968, thousands of protestors gathered in Chicago’s Grant Park to demonstrate against the Vietnam War. Concerned that the protests would disturb the Democratic National Convention going o ...
February 19, 2021
HBO’s The Flight Attendant is a dark, comedic thriller based on the novel of the same name by Chris Bohjalian. The series stars Kaley Cuoco as flight attendant Cassie Bowden, who wakes up in her Bangk ...
January 29, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO — Windup is an animated short by Chinese filmmaker Yibing Jiang that showcases how music can provide healing powers. The project centers on a father, who tries to communicate with his un ...
Virginia Kilbertus is an award-winning composer working in the film and television industries. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Composition from McGill University, where she graduated with a citation ...
March 1, 2021
LOS ANGELES – Technicolor’s Andrew Francis handled the color grade for the 2020 Sundance hit Uncle Frank, from filmmaker Alan Ball. The feature, which recently premiered on Amazon, is set in the late ...
February 9, 2021
For Latinos to succeed in Hollywood, they face a catch-22. Imagine you're a young Latino and for your entire life, you have loved film and dreamed of being in it in some capacity: either behind the ca ...
February 2, 2021
When the world remembers 2020, it’s unlikely that the Academy Awards will spring to mind. They’d barely finished rolling up the (soggy) red carpet when COVID-19 commanded our attention, and we thought ...
March 2, 2021
Anthony Nti’s Da Yie shares a story of two African children who, unknowingly, are on their way to being abducted. The African film has been accepted into more than 140 film festivals and is now shortl ...
February 23, 2021
Eliza Schroeder’s new film Love Sarah makes its US debut on January 15th. The film marks Schroeder’s feature directorial debut, following a string of successful shorts and commercials.
January 14, 2021
Director Tomer Shushan's White Eye has been shortlisted for the 2021 Academy Awards in the Live Action Short Film category. The 20-minute Israeli production shows the harsh realities of undocumented i ...
February 22, 2021
NEW YORK CITY — Now streaming on Netflix, writer/director Radha Blank’s debut feature The Forty-Year-Old Version is the semi-autobiographical tale of a struggling black playwright who, pressured by he ...
February 10, 2021
The Newman Scoring Stage on the Fox Studio premises in Los Angeles is one of the oldest large-scale scoring facilities in Los Angeles - and the world. Built in the early 20th century, it is named afte ...
March 8, 2021
Atlanta-based production company Pryor Entertainment (pryorentertaiment.com) specializes in creating films that inspire, empower and educate. The company is run by Scott Pryor, a trial lawyer, and his ...
February 26, 2021
Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland follows Fern (Frances McDormand), a woman who packs her van and sets off on the road following the economic collapse of her rural Nevada town. Fern’s journey explores life outsi ...
March 3, 2021
Netflix’s Shawn Mendes — In Wonder is a new documentary about the musician in which he opens up about his stardom, relationships and musical future, all while on a world tour. The feature runs one hou ...
January 12, 2021