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It gives me great pleasure to introduce you to a media project that I've been working on for almost a year now. October 1, 2010 will mark 50 years of independence for Nigeria, Africa's largest country. While it's uncommon for mainstream media to share less than positive stories about Nigeria, the truth about the country of my family's origin is so much richer.
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This video pokes fun, and uncovers the truth behind the infamous grind. So get a snack, or sneak into the bathroom at work to watch this on your iPhone (we won't tell). Define Your Grind (an original *CSA by the BackList) starring Felicia Pride & Fellina Pride.
Sure, you've heard of Ice Cube, whose one of the most active Black film producers in Hollywood these days, and all the other A-list actors who've naturally spawned off their own production companies, but there are other less well-known producers out there, helping to fuel the entertainment machine called Hollywood. Here are ten (individual and teams) black film producers who toil behind the scenes so that we can sit back, relax, and be entertained.
If you don't know, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is an action-comedy film directed English filmmaker Edgar Wright. It was a bag of goodies: reality meets video game alternate universe, plus the whole geeky slacker wants girl, gets girl, must defeat girl's seven evil exes thing was cool too.
Short Film: 'Smile' by Nic Askew
Check out the BackList short film of the month: Smile by Nic Askew. Smile is part of his Soul Biographies series. Much like the series, Smile has a simple yet powerful message, and is guaranteed to make you, well...smile.
What ReNEWal means to: Tanecia Britt
ReNEWal means: to evolve; to become more than what you are...the opportunity to change the moment, situation or event; renewal is a gift
Raising a family has taught me about self-preservation! The happier and healthier I am, the better mother, wife, activist, and social entrepreneur I can be!
Because Zora is such a giant in the literary and black arts scenes, my greatest concern was doing justice to her sterling piece of fiction. The irony is that I did the adaptation purely on instinct, without any particular research on how to do an adaptation. I was in film school at the time, and the emphasis there was writing original screenplays. So I did it "flying by the seat of my pants" so to speak.
I arrived in LA about five years ago. I thought I had a strategy but it didn't go the way I wanted it to. Yet, it worked out better than I thought. I thought "Puss" was going to get made and that I'd just be in LA taking meetings. Luckily, some of the scripts that I was working on started receiving attention and somehow I started writing professionally. If I would have just came out here to direct, I would have stopped writing. I've been so successful with writing that it should have been part of the original plan.
There are several substantial film festivals in Washington, D.C., but none of them seem to have ignited the fire and excitement as the 1st annual DMVIFF (DC, MD, and VA International Film Festival). There's no doubt that the enthusiasm and passion of its creator, Tanecia Britt, is contagious. Tanecia is not only a "homegirl"-born in D.C., and raised in Maryland, she's an experienced filmmaker with a Master's in Film, Video, and New Screen from the University of East London. Yes, London. There are several substantial film festivals in Washington, D.C., but none of them seem to have ignited the fire and excitement as the 1st annual DMVIFF (DC, MD, and VA International Film Festival). There's no doubt that the enthusiasm and passion of its creator, Tanecia Britt, is contagious. Tanecia is not only a "homegirl"-born in D.C., and raised in Maryland, she's an experienced filmmaker with a Master's in Film, Video, and New Screen from the University of East London. Yes, London.
Recently, the Los Angeles Times, published a somewhat grim article suggesting that black-oriented films without Tyler Perry attached will struggle harder these days to find a studio home. Centered on the success (or lack thereof) of Fox Searchlight, an outlet known for "urban" films like Notorious and I Think I Love My Wife, the article reasons that the weak box office performance of these movies and the recently-released Just Wright is pushing the studio (with the implication that other studios have or will follow) to abandon black-themed films.
If Ashley Grayson ever gets to "Tyler Perry's level," she vows never to deal with talent again. There are the colorful personalities, the insecurities, the emerging egos, and the conflicting schedules, she explains in the conference room of cable network TV One's Silver Spring office.
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