Photos: On the Red Carpet at Opening Night of CULLUD WATTAH
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 18, 2021
Written by Erika Dickerson-Despenza and directed by Candis C. Jones, Cullud Wattah follows three generations of Black women living through the Flint Water Crisis. The world premiere began preview performances in The Public's Martinson Hall on Tuesday, November 2 and officially opened last night, Wednesday, November 17.
The Films in Competition Announced For The 2019 American Black Film Festival
by Tori Hartshorn - May 10, 2019
The 23rd Annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) is excited to announce their distinctive 2019 lineup of narrative features, documentaries and short films in competition. Films are set to screen in Miami from June 13-15 at the Regal Cinemas South Beach and the New World Center.
Terence Nance Stars in New HBO Late Night Series, RANDOM ACTS OF FLYNESS, Available on Digital Download 10/8
by Tori Hartshorn - Sep 24, 2018
From filmmaker, artist and musician Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty), comes RANDOM ACTS OF FLYNESS, a fresh subversive look at contemporary American life. Available for Digital Download October 8, the six-episode series weaves together a number of themes, including family, history, death, tech, relationships and more.
Late-Night Series RANDOM ACTS OF FLYNESS Debuts on HBO August 3
by Macon Prickett - Jul 2, 2018
RANDOM ACTS OF FLYNESS, a new late-night series from artist Terence Nance (“An Oversimplification of Her Beauty”), kicks off its six-episode season FRIDAY, AUG. 3 (midnight-12:30 a.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO, followed by other episodes subsequent Fridays at the same time. The show explores evergreen cultural idioms such as patriarchy, white supremacy and sensuality from a new, thought-provoking perspective.
HAMILTON's Anthony Ramos and KINKY BOOTS' Billy Porter to Headline Opening Act's 12th Annual Play Reading Benefit
by Stephi Wild - Mar 9, 2018
Opening Act, an innovative nonprofit providing free after-school theater programming to New York City's most under-served public high schools, announced today the cast of its 12th Annual Benefit Play Reading, HEAR ME HERE, directed by Tony Award-Winner Kenny Leon (A Raisin in the Sun), on Tuesday March 13 at New World Stages in New York. Written by Christopher Oscar Peña (Insecure) and Dominique Fishback (The Deuce), HEAR ME HERE will star Anthony Ramos (Hamilton; She's Gotta Have It), Billy Porter (Kinky Boots), Dominique Fishback (The Deuce), Willow McCarthy (Matilda), Priscilla Lopez (A Chorus Line, In the Heights), Natalie Paul (The Deuce) and more.
THE DEUCE, Starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal, Debuts on HBO 9/10
by Caryn Robbins - Jul 26, 2017
THE DEUCE chronicles that moment in time when sex went from being a back-alley, brown-paper-bag commodity to a billion-dollar universal in American life, a moment when ground zero for the earliest pioneers in the flesh trade was the midtown heart of the nation's largest city, New York's Times Square.
2017 Sundance Film Festival Awards Celebrate Global Independent Creative
by Julie Musbach - Jan 29, 2017
After 10 days, 119 feature films and three feet of snow, an evening of humor and humanity marked the 2017 Sundance Film Festival's Awards Ceremony, with host Jessica Williams emceeing and jurors presenting 27 prizes for feature filmmaking in Park City, Utah. Honorees, named in total below, range from sharp comedies to provocative and timely documentaries and represent new achievements in global independent storytelling. Human stories prevailed across categories, with Grand Jury Prizes awarded to Dina (U.S. Documentary), Last Men in Aleppo (World Documentary), I don't feel at home in this world anymore. (U.S. Dramatic) and The Nile Hilton Incident (World Dramatic). Chasing Coral, showcased in the Festival's environmental program The New Climate, won an Audience Award in the U.S. Documentary category.
Paul Haggis Discusses Show Me a Hero, Debuting Sunday on HBO
by Caryn Robbins - Aug 14, 2015
From David Simon (HBO's “Treme” and “The Wire”) and Paul Haggis (“Crash”), the HBO Miniseries presentation SHOW ME A HERO debuts its first two parts back-to-back SUNDAY, AUG. 16 (8:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), followed by two parts on both of the subsequent Sundays – Aug. 23 and 30 – at the same time.
Classical Theatre of Harlem's ROMEO N JULIET Enters Final Week
by BWW News Desk - Jul 21, 2014
William Shakespeare's famed star-crossed lovers bare their passion Uptown this summer as The Classical Theatre of Harlem (Ty Jones, producing artistic director; David Roberts, managing director) presents Romeo n Juliet at the Richard Rodgers Amphitheater in Marcus Garvey Park. Justin Emeka, who edited and adapted the tragedy to bring the colorful characters of Harlem to life, returns for the second year in a row as director. Performances, which are free and open to the public, run through this Sunday, July 27.
Classical Theatre of Harlem Returns with Free Summer Production of ROMEO N JULIET, 7/5-27
by BWW
News Desk - Jul 5, 2014
William Shakespeare's famed star-crossed lovers bare their passion Uptown this summer as The Classical Theatre of Harlem (Ty Jones, producing artistic director; David Roberts, managing director) presents Romeo n Juliet at the Richard Rodgers Amphitheater in Marcus Garvey Park. Justin Emeka, who edited and adapted the tragedy to bring the colorful characters of Harlem to life, returns for the second year in a row as director. Performances, which are free and open to the public, run from July 5 through 27.