white lies black sheep

Afro-Punk is now availalble on DVD for your home veiwing pleasure, but if you would like to have a public screening you must first get permission from the producers. Luckily we are the producers so we make it very simple for you. Tons of people just like you have brought Afro-Punk to their communities. Just follow the steps below to make it happen.

1. These are your options.
a). Rent the movie for a one off screening
a). Buy educational copy for unlimited screenings in educational forum only.
c). Submit Hosting form to receive prices for the above options.

2. Fill in the "Afro-Punk Screening Form" word DOC and email it back to us.(screenings@afropunk.com)

If you would like the director, James Spooner to attend please contact him to discuss rates. James@afropunk.com

3. We'll send you an agreement to finalize it. We also add your screening to our screenings page.

4. Enjoy the film.

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A.J.'s real name is Ajamu Talib. His dislike for his African name is the least of his problems, still it says a lot about him.Brooklyn born and bred yet outcast by his peers, his only escape was music. A.J. found freedom in rock n roll.

Tight clothes, straightened hair, popular with girls and partying every night, he is fully entrenched, in the debaucherous New York rock n roll scene. For once he feels like everyone else. Well almost.

He begins to find that his chosen community, the white rock world, only seems to run smoothly for white rockers. A series of events force him to recognize hisfriends both exotify him and are in denial of his blackness. Black, but not "really" black. What's a young black rocker to do?

"White Lies, Black Sheep" is one of those films where the locations and the city itself are as important as the story. Much like Taxi Driver, Wild Style, Downtown 81, or Kids, "White Lies" is sure to be used as a reference point, establishing for future generations just what New York was like, back in early second millennium.

James Spooner, a native New Yorker, is a recent transplant to Los Angeles. His previous film, the award-winning feature documentary Afro-Punk, has screened at over 50 festivals in the U.S. and abroad. The development and execution of Afro-Punk and subsequently White Lies Black Sheep is all the film education he has. ... click to download full bio

Executive Producer Matthew Morgan
Producer James Spooner
Producer Matthew Morgan
Producer Sam Harman
Director James Spooner
Screenplay James Spooner
Director Of Photography Brad Young
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