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BFM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL CANCELLED
Words: Menelik Shabazz
This year’s 2010 BFM International Festival has been cancelled and its future is in doubt due to lack of financial resources.
The Festival now in its twelfth year is the largest and longest running black world cinema festival in the UK.
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Film Reviews
Get Him to the Greek
Words: Kam Williams
bfm rating: Excellent
.5
Intern Escorts Rock Star in Intercontinental Road Romp
Slacker Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) is interning in Los Angeles at Pinnacle Records, a once-formidable company now struggling to stay afloat in an industry with bleak prospects.
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Interview
Jada Pinkett Smith The “HawthoRNe: Season 2” Interview
Words: Kam Williams
The Many Shades of Jada, from TV Nurse to Karate Kid’s Mom
Besides playing the title character on the TNT series HawthoRNe, which is starting its second season, Jada Pinkett Smith executive-produces the show through her production company, 100% Womon.
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CommonThe “Just Wright” Interview
Words: Kam Williams
On “Common” Ground
Common, talks about his new movie, Just Wright, a romantic comedy directed by Sanaa Hamri where he stars opposite Queen Latifah.
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DVD Review
The Black List, Volume 2Words: Kam Williams
bfm rating:
DVD Sequel Features Profiles of Prominent African-Americans
Film critic Elvis Mitchell and director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders collaborated on another series of fascinating interviews with a mix of African-American artists, activists, academics and athletes.
Many are instantly-recognizable icons who need no introduction, such as Tyler Perry, Laurence Fishburne, Melvin Van Peebles, Bishop T.D. Jakes and Angela Davis.
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DVD review: Green Zone
Words: Kam Williams
bfm rating:
DVD Features Damon in Iraq War Drama
President Bush’s pretext for declaring War on Iraq in 2003 was that Saddam Hussein was supposedly in possession of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) which posed an imminent threat to the United States. Ultimately, however, neither the military nor the CIA was able to find any evidence of biological, chemical or nuclear stockpiles.
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Screenings
The Story Of Lovers Rock plus Q & A with film director Menelik Shabazz, plus BMC video shorts When: 2 July,
Time: 6.30pm -9.30pm
Flash Musicals, Edgware, Middlesex HA8 6EZ (8 minutes from Edgware station)
Info: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it / 020 8450 5987
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09 / 10 / 18 July
Motherland UK premiere
Motherland is the most powerful documentary on Africa.
From the acclaimed producers of the multi-award winning 500 Years Later, the film is directed by Owen ‘Alik Shahadah and produced by M.K. Asante, Jr.
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Book Review
Losing My Cool: How a Father’s Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-Hop Culture
By Thomas Chatterton Williams
Words: Kam Williams
From its title, Losing My Cool sounds like it might be about by a guy with a short temper. But that’s not the case.
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News
bfm Networking and Exchange Project -Makes an impression on Festival De Cannes 2010
16 June 2010
The 63rd FESTIVAL DE CANNES took place from 12- 23 May 2010 in France.
bfm through its Filmmakers Networking and Exchange project had an active presence at the Festival this year, supported by the ACP Group of States through the ACP Film programme.
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2010 Summer Movie Preview
Words: Kam Williams
‘Tis the Season of Sequels, Adaptations and Remakes
Once again, the Hollywood studio execs, ever conscious of the bottom-line, have adopted a cautious approach to this summer’s fare, investing primarily in blockbusters with a proven pedigree.
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Opportunities
Focus Features Africa First ProgrammeBuilding on the success of the program’s first two years, Focus Features are accepting entries for a third year of its Africa First Program until July 17.
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Mediatech Africa 2011 Exhibition
When: 20 - 22 July, 2011Where: The Coca-Cola Dome, Northgate - Johannesburg (South Africa)
South Africa's only all-inclusive broadcast, media, entertainment and AV trade fair comes at a crucial time, as the industry prepares to capitalise on the multitude of opportunities the World Cup presents.
Mediatech Africa 2010 showcases cutting edge technologies and services from industry leaders in television and broadcast, sound and audio, lighting and staging, animation, communication and related fields.
Info: www.rai.co.za/mediatech
30 Nov. - 9 Dec. 2010
Festival Panafricain du Cineìma et de la Teìleìvision de Ouagadougou (FESPACO)
Founded in 1969 in Ouagadougou to promote African audiovisual productions, the festival was founded by film fans and became an institution by governmental decree on January 7th, 1972.
It is a large bi-annual event starting the last Saturday of February every odd year and gathering about 12 000 attendees.
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Events
London premiere of the new ground-breaking Nollywood film The Fake Prophet
Date: 24 July
Where: Amnesty International Action Centre
Stepping Stones Nigeria (SSN) has collaborated with the renowned film director, Teco Benson, to produce a new and innovative Nollywood film: The Fake Prophet.
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Global View
Wah Do Dem
Words: Kam Williams
bfm rating:
.5 stars
High Seas Saga Sends Slacker from Brooklyn to Jamaica Max (Sean Bones) is a slacker from Brooklyn who’s been squandering most of his time between skateboarding and playing soccer.
The only positive things in the struggling musician’s life are his beautiful girlfriend, Willow (Norah Jones), and the trip they plan to take together with the pair of tickets he won for a Caribbean cruise to Jamaica.
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Bailey & Anderson Brothers blog
bfm's 2010 bloggers: Daniel Anderson and Joshua Bailey AKA B.A.B (Bailey & Anderson Brothers), Umbrella Studios
They are Birmingham entrepreneurs, creative artists and current Master students at the University of Plymouth, studying Contemporary Film Practice.
Read their second blog: It Ain't Easy, April 2010
