As a teen, I was so outraged that my school refused to recognize Dr. King’s Birthday as a National Holiday that I convinced all the people of color at my school to stay home in protest. Everyone came to my house. Our protest was short-lived when the school called my Mom and told her I wasn’t there. She phoned the house, heard us all having a great time and told me and my friends tho hightail back to school. Years later, I would write, direct and produce a two-part documentary as my senior project at Howard University all about the Making of the King Holiday. It goes without saying that…
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WALT DISNEY AND PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS COME TOGETHER AT D23 EXPO 2017
THE STARS OF WALT DISNEY AND PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS COME TOGETHER AT D23 EXPO 2017 FOR THE BIGGEST ANIMATION CELEBRATION OF THE YEAR John Lasseter Joins Filmmakers and Voice Talent to Share Details and Surprises about Upcoming Film Slate ANAHEIM, Calif. (July 14, 2017) – Filmmakers from Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios convened at D23 Expo 2017 today, revealing new details about their upcoming movie slates and introducing key voice talent, including Benjamin Bratt, Anthony Gonzalez, Josh Gad, Kristen Bell, Holly Hunter, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Vowell, Samuel L. Jackson, Huck Milner and Sarah Silverman. And in an unforgettable moment, Auli‘i Cravalho, Kristen Bell, Mandy Moore, Kelly…
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LA FILM FESTIVAL: THE BOOK OF HENRY
Saw the book of Henry and my family was alarmed at my actual sobbing in the theater How many times do we watch an injustice happen to a compete stranger or even a next door neighbor and run a blind eye? Better yet, what if a loved one passes on and has a final wish they are insistent be carried out…would you do it? My Uncle had been missing for three years and one of my elder relative’s final wish was to find him. Well, when we finally did, as fate would have it he would die by very suspicious circumstances just a few months later. Did I want to…
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FLOYD NORMAN: An Animated Life
What do Soul Train, Sleeping Beauty, Fat Albert, Sesame Street, Pixar and Disney Animation have in common? Classic and Ground-Breaking Animator – Floyd Norman. There isn’t a cartoon or animation project you have seen within the last twenty years that has not had the touch of Floyd Norman added to it. Growing up in Santa Barbara, California, Norman was prepped for a life with no boundaries. Luckily for him, his teachers saw that his imagination and gift for drawing were clearly unique when he was set up with an assistant job on the Katy Keene comic book with legendary artist Bill Woggon. However, it was grabbing a gig as an in-betweener,…
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Movies to Snuggle Up With On V-Day
So, for those of you who are hitched, single or just too broke down for dinner, dancing or going out for a movie...here are some of my favorite romantic flicks to snuggle up with after a nice glass of wine and some chocol
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Jason Bourne
Baby, Matt Damon has truly made himself a modern-day James Bond by inhabiting the character or Jason Bourne. In my opinion, with many of these films, the more sequels, the more tired, familiar and uninspired they appear to be. This is NOT the case with Jason Bourne. Jason Bourne has you hooked from the very first frame and keeps you wanting more when it’s done. Being a huge fan of this franchise, I can tell you first-hand that Matt Damon is always fantastic! Julia Stiles is bestie extraordinaire! Director Paul Greengrass and cinematographer Barry Ackroyd really have out done themselves this time. What do I mean? Let’s just say…
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JUNGLE BOOK ON BLU-RAY NOVEMBER 15th
Get lost in the jungle with collectible packaging, spectacular 3D and new bonus features! Beginning Nov. 15, the collector's edition of Disney's live-action epic adventure "The Jungle Book"—Jon Favreau's stunning reimagining of Walt Disney's animated classic—will be available to own just in time for the holidays. "The Jungle Book" Collector's Edition offers more than just the bare necessities with collectible packaging and a three-disc set containing the original theatrical release on Blu-ray 3D™, Blu-ray™, Digital HD and DVD, along with originally released bonus features and five never-before-seen extras.
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NEVER FORGET: Films About 911
In 2001, I was a cast member in the Original Los Angeles production of The Lion King directed by Tony winner and Oscar Nominee Julie Taymor. At the same time, I decided to train for the Honolulu Marathon to raise money for Aids Project Los Angeles. Once a week, myself and some runners would meet in Griffith Park for one of our practice runs. On September 11th at 8:46 am, one of the girls’ phone went off. On the other end, was someone telling her a plane hit the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. A few moments later, another call saying that a…
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BLACK GIRL
In 2015, Cannes Film Festival screened and re-released a digitally restored version of Ousmane Sembene’s first feature film from 1966 – Black Girl. Black Girls single-handedly opened the way for African cinema in the West. Diounna is a girl from Senegal. Diounna is stylish, classy, sophisticated and a woman on a mission to help her family have a better life. That opportunity presents itself when she is invited by her mistress to leave Dakar and move to France. However, the “glamourous life” Diounna envisioned becomes a cruel form of modern-day slavery. Diounna’s dreams are never realized and depression becomes her daily existence. While African-Americans here in the America were fighting…
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STAR WARS DOC COMING TO DVD
ELSTREE 1976 explores the lives of the actors and extras behind one of the most celebrated Science Fiction films in cinematic history, Star Wars. From the man behind film’s most iconic villain, to the actor whose character was completely cut from the final film, the documentary delves into the eccentric community these individuals have formed and how the Star Wars franchise – which spans five decades from A New Hope to The Force Awakens – continues to impact their lives decades later. Many of the minor characters were merely part of the set design, but eventually gained recognition as the Star Wars universe expanded into books, comics, etc. Fans…
