All Blog Posts Tagged 'Hollywood' (10)

Everyone's understandably mad about satirical paper The Onion calling child actress Quvenzhané Wallis a cunt in their (now deleted) Tweet.

Which brought us to another question: Is a small child's place in ego-driven Hollywood (or any type of…

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Punk pioneers Death (from Detroit) are telling us: "We are very excited to announce the world premiere of the Death Documentary "A Band Called Death" at the prestigious LA Film Festival which will take place between the dates of June 14 and June 22. The film will be shown on Saturday June 16, and on Tuesday June 19. The viewings will be followed by a special party at The W in downtown LA featuring a special performance by Death and Rough Francis. More details will be available…

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With new film stills revealed and a trailer probably not far off either, the buzz around Quentin Tarantino’s highly anticipated ninth studio film Django Unchained is beginning to reach dizzying new heights of hyperbole. People are naturally excited because it’s Tarantino, the director responsible for such cult and mainstream hits as Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill Vols. 1 and 2, and most recently, Inglourious Basterds. But there are also some just as…

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If there’s one role that every struggling black actress has had to rely on at some point in her career, it’s the Sassy Black Friend. You know the one. She’s the character who seems to perpetually exist outside of the plot, a sort of one woman Chorus whose main purpose is to cast her eyes to the heavens in the most exaggerated of eye rolls, click her tongue, and make smarmy comments about what’s going on – while never actually being allowed to take part in what’s going on. There…

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From West Side Story to The Prince of Persia, there has been a long tradition in Hollywood of casting white actors in roles intended for people of color. In an industry where minorities don’t get enough good roles as it is, it’s always a little disconcerting for me to watch California-born Natalie Wood play a Puerto Rican immigrant, or peep Mickey Rooney with taped back eye-lids hamming it up in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. It would be nice to think that…

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First Black woman to direct a feature film for a major Hollywood studio.

Euzhan Palcy is an award-winning film director from Martinique whose movies often deal with resistance to oppression. She believes that filmmakers have a responsibilty. "We can show people a situation - shed light on it without preaching".

Palcy moved to Paris in 1975 to study literature and cinema. To convince investors to finance her first full-length movie, she had to showcase her talents… Continue

Euzhan Palcy



First Black woman to direct a feature film for a major Hollywood studio.



Euzhan Palcy is an award-winning film director from Martinique whose movies often deal with resistance to oppression. She believes that filmmakers have a responsibilty. "We can show people a situation - shed light on it without preaching".



Palcy moved to… Continue

Afro-Punk rocked this year's CMJ Festival in New York City! Three amazing shows with bands such as The Noisettes, Millsted, The Dallas Austin Experience, Game Rebellion, The London Souls and many more.



We spotted some members of the Afro-Punk online Community in the crowd! Were you there? Let us know what you thought of the shows and check out the cool pictures below taken by Chris Carr.



The first show was at 205 Chrystie on October 22nd… Continue

between yesterdays post, and this morning- Ive somehow feel in love. again. with that said, i dont got much time. so here we go.... first off. Friday night(6/20). ill be hosting this party @ Boardners..



anyone need tickets, or any info- feel free to email me @ catchclyde@gmail.com... any dude who ask for tickets, and rolls thru with another dude, is a loser.… Continue