Filmmaker Kevin MacDonald confirmed in a recent interview that his long awaited Bob Marley documentary almost completed. MacDonald told Indie Wire, “I’ve got the Bob Marley film, which I should be finishing up the edit of today. And then the plan is to take it to Toronto.” MacDonald is referring to the Toronto International Film […]
A documentary charting the travels of A Tribe Called Quest, pioneers of alternative rap in the late 80s and early 90s, was released on July 8th to enthusiastic reviews. The director, Michael Rapaport, is also known for his work as an actor on shows such as ‘Prison Break’ and ‘War at Home’, and films like […]
The upcoming documentary Dark Girls explores the deep-seated biases and attitudes about skin color that are experienced particularly by dark-skinned women, outside of and within African-American culture. While the issue certainly isn’t brand new, this approach appears to be. Colorism traditionally arises in an adversarial fashion: Someone accuses someone else (a director, a magazine editor, […]
omarbroadwayfilm.com From HipHopWired.com Getting an inside look at a maximum security prison isn’t usually something people look forward to, but one brave inmate has given us all the chance to see what really happens behind the walls. Omar Broadway, a prisoner at Northern State prison in Newark, N.J., managed to sneak a video camera into […]
