Sentences with phrase «young black directors»

And now Coogler, at only 26, has earned a place as part of a new exciting wave of young black directors who are offering up vital, alternative narratives about the black experience.

While, with Moonlight, the young Black director Barry Jenkins describes, through the eyes of his community, the life of a young man during three stages of his life.

Not exact matches

This strategy of searching for common ground before a meeting was particularly effective when a new contact was more obviously dissimilar from a director, for example when a young black woman meeting with an older white man spent time considering their career parallels before their get together.

Director Ava DuVernay «s adaptation of the popular young - adult novel of the same name has been highly - anticipated since Disney made her the first - ever black woman to direct a movie with a budget over $ 100 million.

Andrew Young, the executive director of Australian grain trader Plum Grove, said supply from the Black Sea was landing in traditional markets at $ US40 a tonne cheaper than Australian wheat of similar protein content.

Despite the disappointing loss, this was a great journey for the young Red and Blacks who played tonight in front of 4,478 fans at San Siro and the watchful gaze of the Club management: CEO Fassone, Sporting Director Mirabelli and coach Gattuso.

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Plenty of promising young directors have crumbled under that weight, and there are moments in Black Panther where you can spot Coogler's growing pains.

That alone would be reason to get excited, and Coogler makes good on the landmark project's potential by featuring a predominantly black ensemble, casting some of the best young actors around — from Chadwick Boseman (who proved his dramatic chops playing James Brown, Jackie Robinson, and Thurgood Marshall in recent years) to Michael B. Jordan (even more buff, and twice as charismatic, than he appeared in the director's two previous features, «Fruitvale Station» and «Creed»)-- as well as such legends as Forest Whitaker and Angela Bassett.

A Fox Searchlight Pictures release by visionary director Darren Aronofsky (THE WRESTLER), BLACK SWAN takes a thrilling and at times terrifying journey through the psyche of a young ballerina whose starring role as the duplicitous swan queen turns out to be a part for which she becomes frighteningly perfect.

A U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact was presented to: Crime + Punishment (Director: Stephen Maing)-- Over four years of unprecedented access, the story of a brave group of black and Latino whistleblower cops and one unrelenting private investigator who, amidst a landmark lawsuit, risk everything to expose illegal quota practices and their impact on young minorities.

Director Dave McCary makes a superb feature debut with this offbeat black comedy, which explores the experiences of a young man rescued after years in captivity.

After making a striking debut with 2013's based - on - fact, tragically devastating drama Fruitvale Station and following that up with the stunning, Oscar - nominated Rocky spin - off Creed in 2015, the young writer / director was seemingly given the keys to the kingdom by Marvel as it pertained to Black Panther, the studio apparently feeling comfortable to let him do whatever he wanted with this story of an African superhero from the secluded fictionalized nation of Wakanda.

Young, black Muslim - Americans are not often featured in American cinema, so writer / director Nijla Mu» min's directorial debut, «Jinn,» is a welcome change.

Instead, director Jason Reitman and his Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody have devised a blistering study of sadness as some people's inevitable lot, however much it comes laced with the bracing black comedy that keeps Young Adult ever biliously on the boil.

Not to be confused with Samuel L. Jackson's other snake movie, «Black Snake Moan» is the sophomore effort from writer / director Craig Brewer, whose debut film «Hustle & Flow» (another movie about a Southern musician battling his inner demons) earned the director critical acclaim in 2005 as one of the generation's most promising young talents.

CLAY PIGEONS is a woefully uneven black comedy which sports a hip, young cast and a first - time writer as well as director.

Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Derek Luke, Lucas Black, Garrett Hedlund, Jay Hernandez, Lee Jackson, Lee Thompson Young, Tim McGraw, Grover Coulson, Connie Britton Director: Peter Berg Screenplay: David Aaron Cohen, Peter Berg Review published October 14, 2004

0:00 — Intro 10:20 — Headlines: Woman Sues Over Drive Trailer, Werner Herzog to Play Villain in One Shot, Disney to Re-Release Four More Movies in 3D, Tower Heist to Get Comcast VOD Release 33:45 — Review: The Ides of March 56:00 — Review: Real Steel 1:21:45 — Trailer Trash: Young Adult 1:26:55 — Other Stuff We Watched: Catching Hell, The Real Rocky, Halloween II, Blood Feast, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, The Innocents, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Black Sunday aka The Mask of Satan, Black Sabbath, The Blair Witch Project, The Living Corpse aka Dracula in Pakistan, Horror of Dracula, The Lion King, The Beaver, The Company Men, Pee - wee's Big Adventure, Miracle, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Submarine, Mimic, George Harrison: Living in the Material World 2:23:00 — Junk Mail: Supporting Filmmakers You Like, The Disney Vault, LOTR Theatrical vs. Extended Editions, Fantasy Films Piggybacking on Harry Potter, Henry Rollins and Kobe Bryant, Mathematical Equation for Determining the Best Directors, Friend in Me Remix 2:57:40 — This Week's DVD Releases 2:59:30 — Outro

Ava DuVernay, Selma director: «All the stifling of our voices as young black people in that place at that time while a war was going on against us.

Bernie (Jack Black) is a young Assistant Funeral Director who befriends a cranky old widow (Shirley MacLaine).

isn't exactly a surprise from a young actor, but it's also not really the kind of sound bite that primes a viewer to expect critical rigor, and in placing it right at the head of their film, directors Louis Black and Karen Bernstein set an unfortunate precedent that's seldom surpassed.

Other high - profile titles screening at the festival, which opens Friday, include «Ginger and Rosa,» filmmaker Sally Potter's coming - of - age drama with Elle Fanning; «Midnight's Children,» director Deepa Mehta's adaptation of the novel by Salman Rushdie, who wrote the screenplay; and «Frances Ha,» a black - and - white look at a young dancer directed by «The Squid...

There are also a number of younger directors still making plenty of films that have yet to get a best directing award — Ridley Scott has been nominated 3 times (Thelma and Louise, Gladiator and Black Hawk Down), Terrence Malick has been nominated 2 times (Tree of Life, The Thin Red Line, Paul Thomas Anderson has been nominated once (There Will Be Blood) and Tim Burton has never received a directing nomination.

The Equalizer Director: Antoine Fuqua Stars: Denzel Washington, Chloë Grace Moretz, Marton Csokas, Dan Bilzerian Synopsis: A former black ops commando who faked his death for a quiet life in Boston comes out of his retirement to rescue a young girl and finds himself face to face with Russian gangsters.

Directors Michael Binder — «Black or White,» «Reign over Me» Bong Joon - ho — «Snowpiercer,» «Mother» Niki Caro — «North Country,» «Whale Rider» Damien Chazelle * — «Whiplash,» «Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench» Simon Curtis — «Woman in Gold,» «My Week with Marilyn» François Girard — «Silk,» «The Red Violin» F. Gary Gray — «The Italian Job,» «Friday» James Gunn — «Guardians of the Galaxy,» «Super» Im Kwon - taek — «Chi - Hwa - Seon (Painted Fire),» «Chunhyang» Stan Lathan — «Beat Street,» «Amazing Grace» Malcolm D. Lee * — «The Best Man Holiday,» «The Best Man» Justin Lin — «Fast & Furious 6,» «Better Luck Tomorrow» François Ozon — «Young & Beautiful,» «Swimming Pool» Paweł Pawlikowski * — «Ida,» «My Summer of Love» Kelly Reichardt — «Meek's Cutoff,» «Wendy and Lucy» Ira Sachs — «Love Is Strange,» «Keep the Lights On» Lynn Shelton — «Laggies,» «Your Sister's Sister» Abderrahmane Sissako * — «Timbuktu,» «Bamako» Damián Szifron * — «Wild Tales,» «On Probation» Fernando Trueba — «Chico & Rita,» «Belle Epoque» Morten Tyldum — «The Imitation Game,» «Headhunters» Zaza Urushadze — «Tangerines,» «The Guardian» Wayne Wang — «Anywhere but Here,» «The Joy Luck Club» Edgar Wright — «The World's End,» «Scott Pilgrim vs. the World» Joe Wright — «Anna Karenina,» «Atonement» Andrey Zvyagintsev * — «Leviathan,» «Elena»

As previously reported, the weekend of March 9 marked the first time in recent memory, and possibly ever, that films by African - American directors have claimed the No. 1 and No. 2 spots on the same weekend, with Coogler's «Black Panther» again topping the box office, while Ava DuVernay's adaptation «A Wrinkle in Time,» which boasts a black female protagonist in Storm Reid as young heroine Meg Murry, opened in the second - place Black Panther» again topping the box office, while Ava DuVernay's adaptation «A Wrinkle in Time,» which boasts a black female protagonist in Storm Reid as young heroine Meg Murry, opened in the second - place black female protagonist in Storm Reid as young heroine Meg Murry, opened in the second - place spot.

Coogler's success with Black Panther both secures his place in film history as a wunderkind and ensures that he'll continue to be one of today's most sought - after young directors.

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Writer / director Jordan Peele tells the story of a young black man (Daniel Kaluuya), dating a white woman (Allison Williams), meeting her supposedly liberal parents for the first time at their country house.

Almost a decade before director Bob Clark would make what many younger people consider to be their favorite Christmas film of all time, A Christmas Story, he made one of the most anti-Christmas films ever with Black Christmas.

The Predator director Shane Black celebrated the first day of filming by giving us a glimpse at our plucky young killers, plus the adorable kid who might be the key to saving us all.

Crime + Punishment / U.S.A. (Director: Stephen Maing)-- Over four years of unprecedented access, the story of a brave group of black and Latino whistleblower cops and one unrelenting private investigator who, amidst a landmark lawsuit, risk everything to expose illegal quota practices and their impact on young minorities.

«Coogler makes good on the landmark project's potential by featuring a predominantly black ensemble, casting some of the best young actors around — from Chadwick Boseman (who proved his dramatic chops playing James Brown, Jackie Robinson, and Thurgood Marshall in recent years) to Michael B. Jordan (even more buff, and twice as charismatic, than he appeared in the director's two previous features, «Fruitvale Station» and «Creed»)-- as well as such legends as Forest Whitaker and Angela Bassett.

Shot on the streets of New York in black and white by a minimal crew, with writer / director Baron himself taking the lead role (a part originally written for young actor Peter Falk), the production embraces its limitations.

According to director Ryan Coogler, Marvel's Black Panther almost starred a character from the Young Avengers lineup.

Complete List of NAACP Image Award Winners Film Categories Best Picture - «The Secret Life of Bees» Best Director - Gina Prince - Bythewood, «The Secret Life of Bees» Best Actor - Will Smith, «Seven Pounds» Best Actress - Rosario Dawson, «Seven Pounds Supporting Actor - Columbus Short, «Cadillac Records» Supporting Actress - Taraji P. Henson, «The Curious Case of Benjamin Button» Independent Film - «Slumdog Millionaire» Documentary - «The Black List» Foreign Film - «The Class» Best Screenplay - Jenny Lumet, «Rachel Getting Married» Television Categories Best Comedy Series - «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Actor in a Comedy Series - LaVan Davis, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Actress in a Comedy Series - Tracee Ellis Ross, «Girlfriends» Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Lance Gross, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - Keshia Knight Pulliam, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Dramatic Series - «Grey's Anatomy» Best Actor in a Dramatic Series - Hill Harper, «CSI: NY» Best Actress in a Dramatic Series - Chandra Wilson, «Grey's Anatomy» Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Series - Taye Diggs, «Private Practice» Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series - Angela Bassett, «ER» Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - «A Raisin in The Sun» Best Actor in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Sean Combs, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best Actress in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Phylicia Rashad, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best Actor in a Sopa Opera - Bryton McClure, «The Young and the Restless» Best Actress in a Sopa Opera - Debbi Morgan, «All My Children» Best Director in a Dramatic Series - Ernest Dickerson, «Lincoln Heights - The Day Before Tomorrow» Best Director in a Comedy Series - Kevin Sullivan, «30 Rock - MILF Island» Best Screenplay for a Dramatic Series - Shonda Rhimes, «Grey's Anatomy: Freedom Part 1 & 2» Best Screenplay for a Comedy Series - Erica D. Montolfo, «The Game: White Coats and White Lies» News / Information Series or Special - «In Conversation: Michelle Obama Interview» Talk Series - «The View» Reality Series - «American Idol 7» Variety Series or Special - «An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Smokey Robinson» Children's Program - «Dora The Explorer» Best Performance in a Children's Series or Special - Keke Palmer, «True Jackson» Music Categories Best Male Artist - Jamie Foxx Best Female Artist - Beyonce» Best New Artist - Jennifer Hudson Best Duo, Group or Collaboration - Jennifer Hudson, featuring Fantasia - «I'm His Only Woman» Best Jazz Artist - Natalie Cole - «Still Unforgettable» Best Gospel Artist - Mary Mary Best World Music Album - Cheryl Keyes - «Let Me Take You There» Best Music Video - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Song - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Album - Jennifer Hudson - «Jennifer Hudson» Literary Categories Fiction - «In the Night of the Heat: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel,» Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes Nonfiction - «Letter to My Daughter,» Maya Angelou Debut Author - «Barack, Race, and the Media: Drawing My Own Conclusion,» David Glenn Brown Biography / Autobiography - «The Legs are the Last to Go,» Diahann Carroll Instructional - «32 Ways to Be a Champion in Business,» Earvin «Magic» Johnson Poetry - «Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of «Poetry With a Beat»» Nikki Giovanni Children - «Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope,» Nikki Grimes (illustrator - Bryan Collier) Youth / Teens - «Letters to a Young Sister: Define Your Destiny,» Hill Harper

Bold Films has announced that Natalie Portman (Black Swan) and Jude Law (The Young Pope) are set to star in Vox Lux, the new film from writer - director Brady Corbet (The Childhood of a Leader).

APPOINTMENT Kevin Young a poet and professor of English and creative writing and a curator of rare books and archives at Emory University, is named director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

The project space's first few shows have focused on younger black artists who have had little market exposure, such as the Yale MFA student Vaughn Spann and painter and sculptor Leonardo Benzant, subjects of the current show «Homeostasis,» curated by black curator and Aljira Center director Dexter Wimberly.

Distinguished author and professor Kevin Young was named director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in August.

Even as the market has finally arrived for pioneering black modernists, locally, some credit for a re-examination of Young's career in particular has to go to Jack Rasmussen, the tireless, affable director of the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center.

«It's like 2007 again in some ways,» said Alex Logsdail, associate director of the Lisson Gallery, who had sold 15 pieces within the first four hours -LSB-...] a black wall sculpture by Anish Kapoor for 550,000 pounds and a stereogram by Haroon Mirza — who won the Silver Lion for the most promising young artist at this year's Venice Biennale — for 16,000 pounds.

Recognizing a generational shift in black artists of the new millennium, Thelma Golden, the Studio Museum's director and chief curator, coined the semi-controversial term «post-black» to characterize this knockout assemblage of work by young black emerging artists, a term that spoke to the ongoing redefinition of blackness in contemporary culture.

Young is the poetry editor at The New Yorker, the director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and the author of 11 books of poetry and prose, most recently Blue Laws: Selected & Uncollected Poems 1995 — 2015 (2016), which was longlisted for the National Book Award.

Community Engagement Mental Health Association of Southeast Florida, Past Chair Broward League of Cities, Ethics Task Force 100 Black Men of Greater Fort Lauderdale, Board of Directors University of Florida's South Florida Association of Black Alumni, President Urban League of Broward County Young Professionals Network, Founding Member

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Once a young boy growing up in Pimville, Soweto, now the Director of Black Real Estate, Thato «TT» Mbha is fast making a name for himself as the go - to real estate practitioner for high net worth celebrities in South Africa.