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 | Posted by eve_lora
| Tue, January 24, 2012 at 3:22 PM |
 FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK KELLY CALABRESE OF NEW YORK CASTING, CISETV AND CHAUNCITYTVMEDIA FOR COVERING ARTICLES ON MY PARTICIPATION WITH SPIKE LEE 'S RED HOOK SUMMER.
THE FILM PREMIRED 1/22/12 AT THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL.
I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU ALL TO "BE ENCOURAGED" WITH YOUR GOALS AND DREAMS ALSO GIVE YOU THE SCOOP ON WHAT ROLE I PLAY? AND HOW DID I GET THE ROLE?
ENJOY!!!
1.WHAT ROLE DO I PLAY? BOX'S LADY.
MY ROLE SUPPORTS REENFORCE THE PERSONALITY THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR NATE PARKER AS "BOX".
I AM PLEASED WITH THE DIALOG SPIKE LEE PROVIDED, AS YOU ARE ABLE TO SEE MY CHARACTOR TRANSITION FROM SOFT TO FEISTY.. ARRRG!! LOL :D
NOW!!!!
2. HOW DID I GET IT?
I WAS CALLED BACK ON JUNE OF 2011 BY WINSOME SINCLAIR & ASSOCIATES TO DO "BACKGROUND" IN JULY OF 2011.
AS AN ACTOR WITH EXPERIENCE ON HUGE SETS AND GOALS OF PRINCIPAL ROLES - WE ARE SELECTIVE IN DOING BACKGROUND WORK. STRAYING FROM BEING LABELED AS A "BACKGROUND ACTOR" UUUUH!! NO.. NO.. :D
BUT!!! ALL I HAD TO HEAR WAS "SPIKE LEE". AND I WAS IN!
WHILE ON SET, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MIKE ELLIS BUMPD ME UP TO "FEATURED" AS "THE CUTE GIRL WITH THE MAIN CHARACTOR" WHO, AGAIN, IS PLAYED BY ACTOR NATE PARKER ALSO IN RED TAIL. "CO-COUGH!! SHAMELESS PLUG" :D LOL
OK!!!
A FEW MONTHS DOWN THE LINE. I AM ON SET FOR, YET ANOTHER, SPIKE LEE
PROJECT "HBO PILOT OF -DA BRICK-".
I APPROACH MR. LEE TO GREET HIM, AND HE WAS PLEASED TO SEE ME. IMMEDIATELY HE ASKED FOR SOMEONE TO OBTAIN MY CONTACT, SO I MAY COME IN FOR LOOPING ON "RED HOOK SUMMER"
AND "TADA!!!!" I OFFICIALLY BECAME "BOX'S LADY".
SO THERE YOU HAVE IT GUYS... AND NOW I QUOTE:::
_Wesley's Notes_
(18:44 Like a man's hand - Great blessings often rise from small beginnings, and showers of plenty from a cloud of a span long. Let us therefore never despise the day of small things, but hope and wait for greater things from it) *AMEN*
MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU ALL ON YOUR JOURNEYS AND MULTIPLY YOUR DESIRES FOR MY SUCCESS.. THANK YOU - EVE LORA
P.S.
YES I DO HAVE BLONDE HAIR AND SPEAK SPANISH IN THIS NEW SPIKE LEE JOINT! :  Share on Facebook ·  Bookmark on Delicious | Posted by eve_lora
| Tue, January 24, 2012 at 3:22 PM |
 FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK KELLY CALABRESE OF NEW YORK CASTING, CISETV AND CHAUNCITYTVMEDIA FOR COVERING ARTICLES ON MY PARTICIPATION WITH SPIKE LEE 'S RED HOOK SUMMER.
THE FILM PREMIRED 1/22/12 AT THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL.
I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU ALL TO "BE ENCOURAGED" WITH YOUR GOALS AND DREAMS ALSO GIVE YOU THE SCOOP ON WHAT ROLE I PLAY? AND HOW DID I GET THE ROLE?
ENJOY!!!
1.WHAT ROLE DO I PLAY? BOX'S LADY.
MY ROLE SUPPORTS REENFORCE THE PERSONALITY THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR NATE PARKER AS "BOX".
I AM PLEASED WITH THE DIALOG SPIKE LEE PROVIDED, AS YOU ARE ABLE TO SEE MY CHARACTOR TRANSITION FROM SOFT TO FEISTY.. ARRRG!! LOL :D
NOW!!!!
2. HOW DID I GET IT?
I WAS CALLED BACK ON JUNE OF 2011 BY WINSOME SINCLAIR & ASSOCIATES TO DO "BACKGROUND" IN JULY OF 2011.
AS AN ACTOR WITH EXPERIENCE ON HUGE SETS AND GOALS OF PRINCIPAL ROLES - WE ARE SELECTIVE IN DOING BACKGROUND WORK. STRAYING FROM BEING LABELED AS A "BACKGROUND ACTOR" UUUUH!! NO.. NO.. :D
BUT!!! ALL I HAD TO HEAR WAS "SPIKE LEE". AND I WAS IN!
WHILE ON SET, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MIKE ELLIS BUMPD ME UP TO "FEATURED" AS "THE CUTE GIRL WITH THE MAIN CHARACTOR" WHO, AGAIN, IS PLAYED BY ACTOR NATE PARKER ALSO IN RED TAIL. "CO-COUGH!! SHAMELESS PLUG" :D LOL
OK!!!
A FEW MONTHS DOWN THE LINE. I AM ON SET FOR, YET ANOTHER, SPIKE LEE
PROJECT "HBO PILOT OF -DA BRICK-".
I APPROACH MR. LEE TO GREET HIM, AND HE WAS PLEASED TO SEE ME. IMMEDIATELY HE ASKED FOR SOMEONE TO OBTAIN MY CONTACT, SO I MAY COME IN FOR LOOPING ON "RED HOOK SUMMER"
AND "TADA!!!!" I OFFICIALLY BECAME "BOX'S LADY".
SO THERE YOU HAVE IT GUYS... AND NOW I QUOTE:::
_Wesley's Notes_
(18:44 Like a man's hand - Great blessings often rise from small beginnings, and showers of plenty from a cloud of a span long. Let us therefore never despise the day of small things, but hope and wait for greater things from it) *AMEN*
MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU ALL ON YOUR JOURNEYS AND MULTIPLY YOUR DESIRES FOR MY SUCCESS.. THANK YOU - EVE LORA
P.S.
YES I DO HAVE BLONDE HAIR AND SPEAK SPANISH IN THIS NEW SPIKE LEE JOINT! : PARK CITY, Utah (AFP) – They were the "Rolling Stones of hip hop" in the 1990s, before breaking up in 1998 -- but now the story of "A Tribe Called Quest" is being told, at the Sundance Film festival.
"Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest," by US actor-turned-filmmaker Michael Rapaport is in competition at the prestigious independent film festival, which closes Sunday.
The band's five albums all went either gold or platinum, and its four members -- all from the Queens borough of New York -- are credited with revolutionizing hip hop.
They notably brought jazz influences into hip hop, and broached social problems in their lyrics.
"I've always been a fan," said Rapaport, a blond-haired American who notably played Denny in Woody Allen's crime comedy "Small Time Crooks," and has been in the TV series "Prison Break."
The idea came to him in 2006, when he saw them perform -- despite their split after their last album "The Love Movement" in 1998, they have reunited for a number of gigs over the last decade.
"I saw them perform, and I had such a great time, the environment was so happy, I was just: 'I want to make a movie about those guys,'" he told AFP.
After an initial segment which focuses on the music, the documentary explores the reasons for the separation of band members Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Mohammed and Jarobi White.
Some of the interviews pull no punches. "I thought the movie was gonna be more just a sort of a concert, celebration, an exploration of just the music," said Rapaport.
"I really had no idea that we would go into personal stuff and I really didn't suspect I was gonna have access to it.
"So when I started getting access to it and I realized that it was gonna be more than just an overview of the group as musicians, it was exciting and scary at the same time, because it was much more complicated."
On more than one occasion the filmmaker found himself in the middle of rows in corridors -- including one memorable one in San Francisco -- which throw a harsh light on the bitterness and frustrations of the childhood friends.
The band members weren't always totally comfortable with the camera. "Sometimes they forgot, sometimes they were not happy with it, they were concerned, I don't think they wanted to be over the top, they were protective.
"But ultimately they gave me the trust that I needed to have the material to tell the story that had to be told."
Despite veering towards introspection, the film does not neglect the music, asking musicians including DJ Red Alert, the Jungle Brothers, Busta Rhymes, De La Soul, the Beastie Boys and Kanye West to comment on the band's influence.
"The music was fun, soulful, conscious, there was a message in it. It was never preachy. It has humor and the beat is amazing. The substance and the depth of the music is what makes it unique," said Rapaport.
"A Tribe Called Quest means the same thing to people that like hip hop as the Rolling Stones or the Doors mean to people that like rock and roll. If you grew up with this music, they're as precious as those groups are."
And even though they separated more than a decade ago, Rapaport is convinced they will never really split.
"I think they are so close. They spend so much time together and they are married to A tribe called quest. There's no way to escape that. There's no divorce in it.  | Posted by djcisco
| Wed, February 03, 2010 at 8:00 AM |
 Showtime has acquired the film "Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy," which examines the history and cultural influence of American black comedy. I will air Thursday, Feb. 4 at 8 p.m. and continue to air throughout Black History Month.
Directed by actor-producer-director Robert Townsend ("Hollywood Shuffle"), the documentary, which originally screened at Sundance in 2009 in the Premiere section, features interviews with prominent scholars, politicians, cultural critics, and a host of notable comics, including Bill Cosby, Chris Rock, Keenan Ivory Wayans, Steve Harvey, and Katt Williams.
"Why We Laugh" tracks the evolution of black comedy from the character of Stepin Fetchit and minstrels in blackface to the politically tinged humor of D. Gregory, and from the television success of Good Times and The Jeffersons to the big-screen accomplishments of stars such as Eddie Murphy and Whoopi Goldberg. The film also turns a perceptive eye on the controversial career decision of Dave Chappelle and the implications of corporate efforts to capitalize on the massive success of Russell Simmons's Def Comedy Jam and Spike Lee's The Original Kings of Comedy.
"'Why We Laugh' is a major historical contribution to American culture," said Codeblack executive vice-president Quincy Newell. "This film is a tribute to the way one courageous person with a microphone can change history."
Newell produced the documentary which he co-wrote with John Long. The film is based on the book "Black Comedians on Black Comedy: How African-Americans Taught Us to Laugh," by Darryl J. Littleton. Codeblack's Clanagan, Richard Foos, and Littleton are executive producers on the project.
Director Townsend has been at the forefront of black cinema for 30 years and received a Career Achievement Award from the American Black Film Festival in 2002.  OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network has made its first major acquisition: the Sundance documentary "Family Affair."
The feature-length doc, written and produced by Chico David Colvard, examines his family history and will be part of OWN's recently announced documentary film club showcasing films that "can inspire and entertain."
"OWN is about real life stories of self-discovery, inspiration and transformation," said CEO Christina Norman. "'Family Affair' is exactly that -- a multilayered, raw and provocative family story."
In the documentary, which premiered at Sundance this week, Colvard and his three sisters revisit their childhood, which was marked by a tragic incident in which 10-year-old Colvard shot his older sister in the leg, and by severe childhood abuse that his sisters suffered at the hands of their father.
OWN's documentary film club is being done in partnership with doc film distributor Ro*co Films International, which will supply one film a month.
OWN, a co-venture between Winfrey's...More Family Affair  | Posted by manifesto
| Wed, October 14, 2009 at 6:00 PM |
 Good Hair - Chris Rock  Halle Berry Beyonce's little sister Solange showed up at the recent MTV Video Music Awards with locks shorn very close to the grain.
Though she rocked the 'do well, it made me think that Beyonce - who is arguably somewhere near the peak of her career - couldn't get away with such a radical hair change at this point. Though she's a bit better looking than her little sis and could likely pull off a short coif, I don't think America is ready for its premier mainstream black diva to abandon the horse hair just yet.
And then I watched the Chris Rock documentary Good Hair this past weekend. After viewing the movie - which focuses primarily on black women and their obsession with weaves, perms and all manner of faux follicles - I find myself even more deep rooted in my outlook.
I am not sure how a black woman could walk away from the film, which I highly recommend for its humor first and social commentary second, without feeling a bit of social deference and a tad moral uneasiness for subjecting herself to the process of hair enhancement for a litany of reasons.
Despite the film's rousing humor, it serves as the Fast Food Nation for the weaved-out set: an indictment of an industry and the folks who pour money into it. Good Hair reveals that the multi-billion-dollar hair industry (which, despite thriving off of black folks, is owned largely by whites and Asians) has dubious characteristics that play out like a less-violent version of the blood diamond trade.
Rock shed light on an issue I've pondered since I was quite young: Black folks who grew up in or around the hood all know ladies who stayed noggin-deep in costly hairdos while simultaneously collecting welfare and living on a shoestring budget. Jacked-up weight, credit health or dental issues be damned -- the hair was on point, if nothing else!
Maybe it's a straight male, $20-for-a-haircut-and-shave thing, but I can't understand the practicality of spending upwards of thousands of dollars on something that goes on your head. A memorable vacation around the world? Okay. A colossal-ass television? Sure. Something that's ruined the moment you slide too far backwards in the bathtub? Yeah...no.
I am, and always have been, a proponent of self-expression. But there's something fundamentally wrong with the level of importance that women place into what's jumping off atop the scalp...especially considering their reasons.
Sure, I do think American men of all races tend to gravitate toward longer hair. But I'm strongly of the belief that it's not requisite for black men - the group to whom black women are most interested in appealing. If you're attractive anyway, we don't care as much how your hair is sitting as mainstream America might. Case in point: ask most black men who they think the most attractive woman in the world is, and I'll wager over 50 percent will say Send Blog · Share on Facebook · Bookmark on Delicious
LOS ANGELES - Quentin Tarantino never had to go through this.
When “The Age of Stupid,” a climate change movie, “opens” across the United States in September, it will play on some 400 screens in a one-night event, with a video performance by Thom Yorke of Radiohead, all paid for by the filmmakers themselves and their backers. In Britain, meanwhile, the film has been showing via an Internet service that lets anyone pay to license a copy, set up a screening and keep the profit.
The glory days of independent film, when hot young directors like Steven Soderbergh and Mr. Tarantino had studio executives tangled in fierce bidding wars at Sundance and other celebrity-studded festivals, are now barely a speck in the rearview mirror. And something new, something much odder, has taken their place.
Here is how it used to work: aspiring filmmakers playing the cool auteur in hopes of attracting the eye of a Hollywood power broker.
Here is the new way: filmmakers doing it themselves ��" paying for...More Quentin Tarantino SANTA FE, N.M. - Robert Redford is collaborating with the state of New Mexico to expand training for Native American and Hispanic filmmakers.
The program, "Sundance in New Mexico," will be based at Los Luceros, a state-owned historic home along the Rio Grande. It will be used for programs and workshops.
The actor and director, who puts on the yearly Sundance Film Festival, says the program grew out of his long-standing love for the state and his commitment to furthering opportunities for American Indian and Hispanic filmmakers.
The collaboration begins this weekend with a panel discussion featuring director John Sayles and others in Santa Fe PARK CITY, Utah - The Sundance Institute has named John Cooper as the new director for its annual film festival, held each January in Utah.
Cooper has been director of creative development for the institute and the film festival's director of programming. He joined the Sundance Institute, founded by Robert Redford, in 1989.
He replaces Geoffrey Gilmore, who left last month to become chief creative officer at Tribeca Enterprises, a New-York based film, television and entertainment company that...click to continue reading | |
