Almost three months after the Oscars, Will Smith’s on-stage slap of Chris Rock continues to spark a discussion.
Asked what the Oscar smack means for the future safety of comedians during a panel Thursday at Tribeca Festival, Alonzo Bodden said he isn’t worried.
“I’m not going to get slapped on stage,” he said. “That (Will Smith slap) is the ultimate outlier situation. At the comedy clubs, we are still talking and still doing comedy, so nobody is going to a club and worried about that happening.”
Meanwhile, comedian-host-director W. Kamau Bell claimed a Black Carrot Top could never exist.
“You can be a white comedian and never talk about what’s going on in the world,” Bell told the audience. “But it’s pretty hard to be a Black comedian and never talk about what’s going on in the world without the crowd being like ‘Where’s this dude from?...
Asked what the Oscar smack means for the future safety of comedians during a panel Thursday at Tribeca Festival, Alonzo Bodden said he isn’t worried.
“I’m not going to get slapped on stage,” he said. “That (Will Smith slap) is the ultimate outlier situation. At the comedy clubs, we are still talking and still doing comedy, so nobody is going to a club and worried about that happening.”
Meanwhile, comedian-host-director W. Kamau Bell claimed a Black Carrot Top could never exist.
“You can be a white comedian and never talk about what’s going on in the world,” Bell told the audience. “But it’s pretty hard to be a Black comedian and never talk about what’s going on in the world without the crowd being like ‘Where’s this dude from?...
- 6/17/2022
- by Addie Morfoot
- Deadline Film + TV
Kevin Hart is behind the two-part documentary event “Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution,” set to premiere on the A&e Network on Wednesday, June 29 at 9 p.m.
The documentary, produced by Hart’s Hartbeat and Time Studios, explores the progression of Black comedy across time, tracing how comedians have used pointed humor to articulate the Black experience in America and expose, challenge and ridicule society’s injustices. From Redd Foxx and Moms Mabley of the civil rights movement to modern-day comedians and creators like Key & Peele, Issa Rae, Amber Ruffin and Tiffany Haddish, the four-hour documentary celebrates the history and under-appreciated legacy that Black comedians had in driving social change across the 20th and 21st centuries.
Featuring interviews with some of the greatest comedy minds of all time as well as an extensive collection of archival material, the two-part event reveals the personal stories and tribulations faced by...
The documentary, produced by Hart’s Hartbeat and Time Studios, explores the progression of Black comedy across time, tracing how comedians have used pointed humor to articulate the Black experience in America and expose, challenge and ridicule society’s injustices. From Redd Foxx and Moms Mabley of the civil rights movement to modern-day comedians and creators like Key & Peele, Issa Rae, Amber Ruffin and Tiffany Haddish, the four-hour documentary celebrates the history and under-appreciated legacy that Black comedians had in driving social change across the 20th and 21st centuries.
Featuring interviews with some of the greatest comedy minds of all time as well as an extensive collection of archival material, the two-part event reveals the personal stories and tribulations faced by...
- 5/24/2022
- by Wilson Chapman and Carson Burton
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: OUTtv Media Group (Omg) is partnering with Producer Entertainment Group (Peg), to launch OUTtv USA, an SVOD service dedicated to premium LGBTQ+ content. OUTtv marks the first LGBTQ+ Apple TV channel and is now available on the Apple TV app.
OUTtv debuts today and is available for a seven-day trial on the Apple TV app. Subscriptions will be $2.99 per month. OUTtv is expected to launch across other marquee SVOD platforms later this year.
“We are delighted to deepen and evolve our relationship with Peg further by bringing OUTtv to America”, said Brad Danks, CEO, OUTtv Media Group. The real potential and impact will come from the groundbreaking LGBTQ+ content that we will develop, produce and distribute together.”
“Demand for premium, authentic queer content is at an all time high, said Jacob Slane, Partner, Producer Entertainment Group. “We’re proud to join Omg to bring their long standing history of...
OUTtv debuts today and is available for a seven-day trial on the Apple TV app. Subscriptions will be $2.99 per month. OUTtv is expected to launch across other marquee SVOD platforms later this year.
“We are delighted to deepen and evolve our relationship with Peg further by bringing OUTtv to America”, said Brad Danks, CEO, OUTtv Media Group. The real potential and impact will come from the groundbreaking LGBTQ+ content that we will develop, produce and distribute together.”
“Demand for premium, authentic queer content is at an all time high, said Jacob Slane, Partner, Producer Entertainment Group. “We’re proud to join Omg to bring their long standing history of...
- 3/29/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
A+E Networks announced a trio of new documentary projects on Wednesday, led by its second collaboration with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The NBA legend and racial justice advocate will executive produce a documentary film for History Channel about protests.
“Fight the Power: The Protests That Changed America” will look at the impact key protests have had on the evolution of the U.S. and will explore the question: Does the arc of the moral universe bend toward justice when pressure is applied? Abdul-Jabbar will executive produce with Deborah Morales of Iconomy Multi-Media & Entertainment and the Six West Media Group.
“The history of protest in America is also the history of social progress,” Abdul-Jabbar said. Last year, he received an Emmy nomination for narrating the documentary “Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution.”
Steve Ascher, Kristy Sabat, Jessica Conway, Kai Bowe and Stephen Mintz are executive producers for the Six West Media group. Eli Lehrer...
“Fight the Power: The Protests That Changed America” will look at the impact key protests have had on the evolution of the U.S. and will explore the question: Does the arc of the moral universe bend toward justice when pressure is applied? Abdul-Jabbar will executive produce with Deborah Morales of Iconomy Multi-Media & Entertainment and the Six West Media Group.
“The history of protest in America is also the history of social progress,” Abdul-Jabbar said. Last year, he received an Emmy nomination for narrating the documentary “Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution.”
Steve Ascher, Kristy Sabat, Jessica Conway, Kai Bowe and Stephen Mintz are executive producers for the Six West Media group. Eli Lehrer...
- 3/3/2021
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Lifetime and A&e are heading into the Rhythm Nation with a four-hour documentary about the life and music of Janet Jackson.
The A+E Networks brands will simulcast Janet across two nights in 2022.
It comes as Lifetime has struck a two-picture deal with Reba McEntire and A&e is launching documentary series Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution and Secret Origins of Hip Hop.
Janet (w/t), coming on the back of the 40th anniversary of Janet Jackson’s debut album, will follow take a look at her musical success as well as her tumultuous private life. Workerbee, the British production company owned by Banijay, has been filming with Jackson over three years and has been granted exclusive access to archival footage and Janet’s never before seen home videos.
It comes as her dad, Joe Jackson, a pivotal figure in the Jackson dynasty, died in 2018, and will detail her...
The A+E Networks brands will simulcast Janet across two nights in 2022.
It comes as Lifetime has struck a two-picture deal with Reba McEntire and A&e is launching documentary series Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution and Secret Origins of Hip Hop.
Janet (w/t), coming on the back of the 40th anniversary of Janet Jackson’s debut album, will follow take a look at her musical success as well as her tumultuous private life. Workerbee, the British production company owned by Banijay, has been filming with Jackson over three years and has been granted exclusive access to archival footage and Janet’s never before seen home videos.
It comes as her dad, Joe Jackson, a pivotal figure in the Jackson dynasty, died in 2018, and will detail her...
- 3/3/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
A&e Network has ordered a second season of Kids Behind Bars: Life or Parole, a docuseries which tells the stories of convicted juvenile offenders who received mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole. The new season is set to premiere this fall.
Due to a recent United States Supreme Court ruling that such mandatory life sentences for minors are unconstitutional, these inmates can now petition the court for a new sentencing hearing. The second season will chronicle eight convicted offenders fighting for a second chance while also giving voice to the families of their victims who must grapple with the possibility that they could soon be released. The series posits the question, can juveniles who committed murder ever truly be rehabilitated? In each episode, viewers will hear testimony from leading psychologists, law enforcement, and legal experts as well as first-person interviews with the inmates themselves and the loved...
Due to a recent United States Supreme Court ruling that such mandatory life sentences for minors are unconstitutional, these inmates can now petition the court for a new sentencing hearing. The second season will chronicle eight convicted offenders fighting for a second chance while also giving voice to the families of their victims who must grapple with the possibility that they could soon be released. The series posits the question, can juveniles who committed murder ever truly be rehabilitated? In each episode, viewers will hear testimony from leading psychologists, law enforcement, and legal experts as well as first-person interviews with the inmates themselves and the loved...
- 2/20/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
New York — Jay-z is defending his recent trip to Cuba in a new song.
The rapper released "Open Letter" Thursday after two Florida Republican lawmakers critical of the trip questioned if the rapper's visit to Havana with wife Beyonce, which coincided with their fifth wedding anniversary, was officially licensed.
On the song, Jay-z talks about his distaste for politicians and repeats the refrain, "Y'all gon' learn today."
Jay-z raps: "Want to give me jail time and a fine? Fine, let me commit a real crime."
U.S. Treasury officials said Tuesday the couple's trip was licensed as an educational exchange after Cuban-American U.S. Reps Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart expressed concerns about the trip and wanted to know if it was licensed.
Jay-z and Beyonce are avid supporters of President Barack Obama. Jay-z raps in his song, "Obama said, `Chill, you gon' get me impeached, you don't need this (expletive) anyway,...
The rapper released "Open Letter" Thursday after two Florida Republican lawmakers critical of the trip questioned if the rapper's visit to Havana with wife Beyonce, which coincided with their fifth wedding anniversary, was officially licensed.
On the song, Jay-z talks about his distaste for politicians and repeats the refrain, "Y'all gon' learn today."
Jay-z raps: "Want to give me jail time and a fine? Fine, let me commit a real crime."
U.S. Treasury officials said Tuesday the couple's trip was licensed as an educational exchange after Cuban-American U.S. Reps Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart expressed concerns about the trip and wanted to know if it was licensed.
Jay-z and Beyonce are avid supporters of President Barack Obama. Jay-z raps in his song, "Obama said, `Chill, you gon' get me impeached, you don't need this (expletive) anyway,...
- 4/11/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Washington, April 10 (Ians/Efe) The Us Treasury Department is investigating the trip music icons Jay-z and Beyonce made to Cuba last week.
Republican lawmakers have requested an explanation about the type of travel authorization they were issued and whether their trip violated the conditions of Washington's economic embargo against the island, The New York Times said.
The rap star and pop diva travelled to Cuba to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary.
After learning of the trip, Florida Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen sent a request to the Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control (Ofac), which is responsible.
Republican lawmakers have requested an explanation about the type of travel authorization they were issued and whether their trip violated the conditions of Washington's economic embargo against the island, The New York Times said.
The rap star and pop diva travelled to Cuba to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary.
After learning of the trip, Florida Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen sent a request to the Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control (Ofac), which is responsible.
- 4/10/2013
- by Abhijeet Sen
- RealBollywood.com
Beyoncé and Jay-z's trip to Cuba raised some eyebrows and prompted more than a few questions. And, it turns out, there's an answer! The U.S. Department of the Treasury responded today to an inquiry from Florida lawmakers who wanted to know just how the A-list couple scored permission to visit the Communist-ruled island nation, which remains off-limits when it comes to just-for-the-heck-of-it American tourism. In a letter obtained by E! News, Alastair M. Fitzpayne, the Treasury Department's assistant secretary for legislative affairs, writes to Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida that it was his agency's "understanding that the travelers in question...
- 4/10/2013
- E! Online
Beyonce and Jay-z don't seem to be in any trouble for taking their fifth wedding anniversary trip to Cuba. Though U.S. House of Representatives members Illeana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart have called for an investigation into the couple's recent visit, sources say that Bey and Z's trip didn't break any laws.
According to a Reuters source, the vacation was planned as a "people-to-people" cultural visit. That means Beyonce and Jay-z didn't go to any tourist-type locations like beaches and they didn't meet with any Cuban officials. Instead, they reportedly visited a children's theater, when to some live music clubs and visited artists at Cuba's top art school -- all places that show off Cuba's culture. The source says that the U.S. Government and Treasury Department endorsed this trip.
In a letter written to the U.S. Treasury Department, Ros-Lehtinen and Diaz-Balart claimed that Beyonce and Jay-z's...
According to a Reuters source, the vacation was planned as a "people-to-people" cultural visit. That means Beyonce and Jay-z didn't go to any tourist-type locations like beaches and they didn't meet with any Cuban officials. Instead, they reportedly visited a children's theater, when to some live music clubs and visited artists at Cuba's top art school -- all places that show off Cuba's culture. The source says that the U.S. Government and Treasury Department endorsed this trip.
In a letter written to the U.S. Treasury Department, Ros-Lehtinen and Diaz-Balart claimed that Beyonce and Jay-z's...
- 4/9/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Miami -- Beyonce and Jay-z's trip to Cuba has angered two Cuban-American politicians who are demanding information on whether the couple's visit to the communist island was licensed.
U.S. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida have written to the U.S. Department of Treasury expressing concern about the trip. In the letter, both said they represent a community that has been "deeply and personally harmed by the Castro regime's atrocities."
"The restrictions on tourism travel are commonsense measures meant to prevent U.S. dollars from supporting a murderous regime that opposes U.S. security interests at every turn and which ruthlessly suppresses the most basic liberties of speech, assembly and belief," the Gop lawmakers wrote.
John Sullivan, a Treasury spokesman in Washington, said he could not comment on specific licenses. He said the agency was working on a response to the letter from Ros-Lehtinen and Diaz-Balart.
U.S. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida have written to the U.S. Department of Treasury expressing concern about the trip. In the letter, both said they represent a community that has been "deeply and personally harmed by the Castro regime's atrocities."
"The restrictions on tourism travel are commonsense measures meant to prevent U.S. dollars from supporting a murderous regime that opposes U.S. security interests at every turn and which ruthlessly suppresses the most basic liberties of speech, assembly and belief," the Gop lawmakers wrote.
John Sullivan, a Treasury spokesman in Washington, said he could not comment on specific licenses. He said the agency was working on a response to the letter from Ros-Lehtinen and Diaz-Balart.
- 4/8/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Miami (AP) — Beyonce and Jay-z's trip to Cuba has angered two Cuban-American politicians who are demanding information on whether the couple's visit to the communist island was licensed. U.S. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida have written to the U.S. Department of Treasury expressing concern about the trip. In the letter, both said they represent a community that has been "deeply and personally harmed by the Castro regime's atrocities." "The restrictions on tourism travel are commonsense measures meant to prevent U.S. dollars from supporting a murderous regime that opposes U.S. security interests at every turn and which ruthlessly...
- 4/8/2013
- by Christine Armario (AP)
- Hitfix
Jay-z and Beyonce's island tour has them in hot water. The most famous celebrity couple in America visited the nation's longtime rival, the impoverished island state of Cuba, to celebrate their fifth anniversary last week. The trip included sightseeing around the capital of Havana and enjoying the country's famous cigars, as well as a performance by several of the nation's most famous musicians. It was by all accounts a fun time, but two members of Congress are less than pleased. Video: Beyonce Opens up to Oprah About Jay-z Florida Republicans Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Rep. Mario Diaz-
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- 4/8/2013
- by Jordan Zakarin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Last week, musical superstar couple Beyonce and Jay-z celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary by taking a trip to Cuba, a country the U.S. has had an embargo against since 1960.
U.S. House of Representatives members Illeana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart, who are from Florida districts that have a high Cuban-American population, have written to the U.S. Treasury Department asking for an investigation into whether the couple had the proper government permits to travel to the island nation, reports Reuters.
"Despite the clear prohibition against tourism in Cuba, numerous press reports described the couple's trip as tourism, and the Castro regime touted it as such in its propaganda. We represent a community of many who have been deeply and personally harmed by the Castro regime's atrocities, including former political prisoners and the families of murdered innocents," the representatives write in their letter.
The prohibition the letter references is...
U.S. House of Representatives members Illeana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart, who are from Florida districts that have a high Cuban-American population, have written to the U.S. Treasury Department asking for an investigation into whether the couple had the proper government permits to travel to the island nation, reports Reuters.
"Despite the clear prohibition against tourism in Cuba, numerous press reports described the couple's trip as tourism, and the Castro regime touted it as such in its propaganda. We represent a community of many who have been deeply and personally harmed by the Castro regime's atrocities, including former political prisoners and the families of murdered innocents," the representatives write in their letter.
The prohibition the letter references is...
- 4/8/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
April 6 (Reuters) - Two Republican members of Congress have asked the U.S. Treasury Department for information on what type of license American pop star Beyonce and rapper husband Jay Z obtained for a high-profile trip to Cuba to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
Beyonce and Jay Z celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary this week in Havana, where big crowds greeted them as they strolled hand in hand through the Cuban capital.
They ate at some of the city's best restaurants, danced to Cuban music, walked through historic Old Havana and posed for pictures with admiring Cubans, who recognized them despite the past half-century of ideological conflict that separates the United States and Cuba.
In a letter dated on Friday, U.S. Representatives Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart, asked Adam Szubin, director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, for "information regarding the type of license that Beyonce and Jay-z received,...
Beyonce and Jay Z celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary this week in Havana, where big crowds greeted them as they strolled hand in hand through the Cuban capital.
They ate at some of the city's best restaurants, danced to Cuban music, walked through historic Old Havana and posed for pictures with admiring Cubans, who recognized them despite the past half-century of ideological conflict that separates the United States and Cuba.
In a letter dated on Friday, U.S. Representatives Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart, asked Adam Szubin, director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, for "information regarding the type of license that Beyonce and Jay-z received,...
- 4/7/2013
- by Reuters
- Huffington Post
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- 3/10/2013
- by Vanessa Martinez
- ShadowAndAct
Espn has yet to announce the next round of documentaries to premiere in its "30 for 30" series, but here's guessing "The Clemente Effect," the trailer for which was just released, will be one of them. Directed by Mario Diaz, the film looks at the life of Puerto Rican baseball legend Roberto Clemente, a right fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates player until his tragic death in a 1972 aviation accident at age 38, while on his way to deliver air to Nicaraguan earthquake victims. "He stuck his neck out for us and the Hispanic world is better for it," muses one interviewee, while another speaks of the prejudice Clemente faced: "I'm surprised, I didn't know they named a park after him. He wasn't even allowed to stay in the hotels with us." Espn has not yet announced a premiere date for the doc.
- 1/25/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
The Clemente Effect, a new Espn documentary on the life of the late Puerto Rican baseball right fielder, is slated to debut in the sports network soon. In the documentary, directed by Mario Diaz, Roberto Clemente’s “powerful life is examined.” In 1960, Clemente became the first Hispanic player to win a World Series in a starter position. He also received the Mvp award in 1966, along with the World Series Mvp Award in 1971. Hailed as a hero in his hometown of Puerto Rico, Clemente became a sports icon at the international level. Clemente is also known for his charity work in Latin America; he died in a plane crash while attempting to deliver aid to...
- 1/25/2013
- by Vanessa Martinez
- ShadowAndAct
The New York International Latino Film Festival ended its festivities by honoring various films at an Awards Ceremony last week. Prizes were handed out for Best Domestic Feature, Best International Feature, Best Director, Best Documentary, and Best Short. Venezuelan Alejandro Bellame Palacios won big, taking the prize for Best Director as well as Best International Feature for his film, El Rumor de Las Piedras (The Rumble of the Stones). A Swedish-Cuban co-production, El Médico: The Cubatón Story, took home the prize for Best Documentary.
Charged with picking the winners, the jury was made up of distinguished filmmakers, journalists and industry professionals. The Domestic and International Features jury was comprised of Sheila Walcott, Director of Development at HBO Films; Tamir Muhammad, Director of Feature Programming at the Tribeca Film Institute; and Mario Diaz, an award-winning filmmaker and editor. The Documentary jury included Cristina Ibarra, documentary filmmaker; Raphaela Neihausen, Executive Director of Doc NYC (New York's Documentary Film Festival); and Araceli Cruz, Senior Associate Editor at the Village Voice. And the Short Films jury was Renata Florio, Chief Creative Officer at Wing; Ernesto Quiñonez, novelist and Associate Professor at Cornell University's Mfa program; and Alberto Ferreras, Creative Director at Latino Media Works.
And the winners are...
Best Domestic Feature
Presented by HBO. Winner receives $5,000 cash award.
Under My Nails
Director: Arí Maniel Cruz
Writer: Kisha Tikina Burgos
Cast: Marilú Acosta, Maite Bonilla, Kisha Tikina Burgos, Iván Camilo, Dolores Pedro
Puerto Rico, USA | 100 Min
Solimar, a Puerto Rican woman who works in a nail salon, becomes intrigued by the violent sexual practices of her new neighbors, Roberto and Perpetuel. When Perpetuel returns home to the Dr, Solimar goes from voyeur to participant in Roberto's games of sex and power.
Best International Feature
Presented by El Diario-La Prensa. Winner receives $1,000 cash award.
El Rumor De Las Piedras (The Rumble of the Stones)
Director/Producer: Alejandro Bellame Palacios
Writers: Alejandro Bellame Palacios & Valentina Saa
Cast: Alberto Alifa, Veronica Arellano, Aminta de Lara, Rossana Fernandez, Ariette Torres
Venezuela | 100 Min
Single mother Delia struggles to raise her sons, William and Santiago, in a shanty town of Caracas, but it seems that everyday they slip farther away from her and closer to a life of crime and delinquency.
Best Director
Presented by Tribeca Film Institute and Heineken Voces. Winner receives $1,000 cash award.
Alejandro Bellame Palacios for El Rumor De Las Piedras
Best Documentary
Presented by HBO. Winner receives $1,000 cash award.
El MÉDico: The CubatÓN Story
Director: Daniel Fridell
Cuba, Sweden | 85 Min
High up in the Sierra Maestra mountains, where Castro's revolution began, "El Médico," a doctor and musician, serves the cause. When a Swedish music producer sees "El Médico" as the next big thing, Communist ideals collide with capitalist dreams, with the magic and beauty of Cuba and her music as backdrop.
Best Short
Presented by Avid. Winner receives a Media Composer 6.
Pescadora
Directors: Daniel Enrique García and Ahna Terpstra
Peru, USA | 20 Min
Dora has always dreamed of becoming a fisherman like her father. However, everyone in her Peruvian fishing village wants her to marry instead.
Written by Juan Caceres and Vanessa Erazo, LatinoBuzz is a weekly feature on SydneysBuzz that highlights emerging and established Latino indie talent and upcoming trends in Latino film with the specific objective of presenting a broad range of Latino voices. Follow @LatinoBuzz on twitter.
Charged with picking the winners, the jury was made up of distinguished filmmakers, journalists and industry professionals. The Domestic and International Features jury was comprised of Sheila Walcott, Director of Development at HBO Films; Tamir Muhammad, Director of Feature Programming at the Tribeca Film Institute; and Mario Diaz, an award-winning filmmaker and editor. The Documentary jury included Cristina Ibarra, documentary filmmaker; Raphaela Neihausen, Executive Director of Doc NYC (New York's Documentary Film Festival); and Araceli Cruz, Senior Associate Editor at the Village Voice. And the Short Films jury was Renata Florio, Chief Creative Officer at Wing; Ernesto Quiñonez, novelist and Associate Professor at Cornell University's Mfa program; and Alberto Ferreras, Creative Director at Latino Media Works.
And the winners are...
Best Domestic Feature
Presented by HBO. Winner receives $5,000 cash award.
Under My Nails
Director: Arí Maniel Cruz
Writer: Kisha Tikina Burgos
Cast: Marilú Acosta, Maite Bonilla, Kisha Tikina Burgos, Iván Camilo, Dolores Pedro
Puerto Rico, USA | 100 Min
Solimar, a Puerto Rican woman who works in a nail salon, becomes intrigued by the violent sexual practices of her new neighbors, Roberto and Perpetuel. When Perpetuel returns home to the Dr, Solimar goes from voyeur to participant in Roberto's games of sex and power.
Best International Feature
Presented by El Diario-La Prensa. Winner receives $1,000 cash award.
El Rumor De Las Piedras (The Rumble of the Stones)
Director/Producer: Alejandro Bellame Palacios
Writers: Alejandro Bellame Palacios & Valentina Saa
Cast: Alberto Alifa, Veronica Arellano, Aminta de Lara, Rossana Fernandez, Ariette Torres
Venezuela | 100 Min
Single mother Delia struggles to raise her sons, William and Santiago, in a shanty town of Caracas, but it seems that everyday they slip farther away from her and closer to a life of crime and delinquency.
Best Director
Presented by Tribeca Film Institute and Heineken Voces. Winner receives $1,000 cash award.
Alejandro Bellame Palacios for El Rumor De Las Piedras
Best Documentary
Presented by HBO. Winner receives $1,000 cash award.
El MÉDico: The CubatÓN Story
Director: Daniel Fridell
Cuba, Sweden | 85 Min
High up in the Sierra Maestra mountains, where Castro's revolution began, "El Médico," a doctor and musician, serves the cause. When a Swedish music producer sees "El Médico" as the next big thing, Communist ideals collide with capitalist dreams, with the magic and beauty of Cuba and her music as backdrop.
Best Short
Presented by Avid. Winner receives a Media Composer 6.
Pescadora
Directors: Daniel Enrique García and Ahna Terpstra
Peru, USA | 20 Min
Dora has always dreamed of becoming a fisherman like her father. However, everyone in her Peruvian fishing village wants her to marry instead.
Written by Juan Caceres and Vanessa Erazo, LatinoBuzz is a weekly feature on SydneysBuzz that highlights emerging and established Latino indie talent and upcoming trends in Latino film with the specific objective of presenting a broad range of Latino voices. Follow @LatinoBuzz on twitter.
- 8/30/2012
- by Vanessa Erazo
- Sydney's Buzz
Cinema Tropical, the purveyor of Latin American cinema in the U.S., has released their list of the Top Ten Latin American films of the last decade. The survey was spearheaded by filmmaker and blogger Mario Diaz who took the tally from distinguished film critics, scholars and industry professionals. In all, 121 films from 14 Latin American countries were selected for the distinction. Argentina came up as the country with the most ...
- 2/18/2010
- Indiewire
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