NEWS & REVIEWS
Rel Gets RealRel Dowdell is a gifted screenwriter and director. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he received his bachelor's degree in English with magna cum laude honors from Fisk University and a master's degree in film with highest distinction from Boston University. More » |
Crew Love: Statik Selektah, Termanology and REKSWhen your heroes are classic hip hop duos like Gang Starr and your sound is more DJ Premier than DJ Khaled, the major record labels aren't going to knock down your door. A sad truth, but for Statik Selektah, Termanology and REKS, it's just a fact of the independent life. More » |
in the MixThe film "Beasts of the Southern Wild"-- winner of the Camera D'Or for Best First Film at the Cannes Film Festival and Grand Jury Prize Winner at this year's Sundance Film Festival -- is about a 6-year-old girl name Hushpuppy who lives with her father, Wink, in the "Bathtub," a southern Delta community at the edge of the world in Louisiana. When Wink contracts a mysterious illness, nature flies out of whack. More » |
Black theater talent wins multiple awardsPorgy sings "I Got Plenty O Nuttin'" in the famous Gershwin opera, but black talent won plenty at this year's recent local theater and Tony Awards. "Porgy and Bess" won both a Norton Best Musical and a Broadway Best Revival of a Musical award. Audra McDonald, electrifying as Bess, was cited as best actress in a musical by the Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE). She also won a Tony and a Norton. More » |
