Title – Da 5 Bloods (2020) Director – Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing) Cast – Delroy Lindo, Chadwick Boseman, Clarke Peters, Jonathan Majors, Norm Lewis, Isiah Whitlock Jr, Jean Reno, Mélanie Thierry, Paul Walter Hauser Plot – Four African American Vietnam veterans return to the war-torn country in search of the body of a […]… Continue reading Film Review – Da 5 Bloods (2020) — Jordan and Eddie (The Movie Guys)
Author: femalefilmfestival
The irony of this festival is that its goal is to not be around in 5 years time. To eventually not be relevant because there is zero need to have a festival geared for female talent and female stories because the stories presented in Hollywood and around the world are a balanced showcase of the human experience from both sexes.
Our goal is to achieve a lot of success and then fold into oblivion simply because there is no need for this festival.
This festival was created by the FEEDBACK Film & Writing Festival as a simple reaction to a strong need to showcase female talent from around the world in a more profound way.
When putting together the weekly festival, the administration noticed a lack of a female presence in the stories being shown at the festival.
A classic example and analogy to the frustration is how the festival noticed that even the smaller roles in a screenplay were written for a man to play. There was zero reason for this in many stories. How a police officer, or a political campaign manager, for example with 3-4 lines in a screenplay was a "HE" character. Why? And these are the screenplays written by the winners! The talented one who have obtained agents and have began/beginning their careers as a writer.
HITS OF THE DECADE – 1970’s — 4The Record
Number 7. I Am Woman (R Burton/H Reddy) – Helen Reddy 1972 Helen Reddy had left Melbourne to pursue success in the US market in 1966, after winning a Bandstand talent quest, she was a single-mother who had divorced her first husband Ken Weate in 1966, she did not have a green card entitling her […]… Continue reading HITS OF THE DECADE – 1970’s — 4The Record
Teen Sensation and Hip-Hop Artist Alaya “That Girl Lay Lay” High Signs Overall Deal with Nickelodeon — Morty’s TV
Nickelodeon, the number-one kids’ network, today announced it has signed an overall deal with 13-year-old social media star and hip-hop artist, Alaya “That Girl Lay Lay” High. Known professionally as Lay Lay, Nickelodeon will work with the teen sensation to develop original multiplatform programming, music initiatives, and build a cross-category consumer products business. Said Lay […]… Continue reading Teen Sensation and Hip-Hop Artist Alaya “That Girl Lay Lay” High Signs Overall Deal with Nickelodeon — Morty’s TV
Publication – Rosalind Brown-Grant, “Visualizing Justice in Burgundian Prose Romance. Text and Image in Manuscripts of the Wavrin Master (1450s-1460s)” — RMBLF.be
This is the first monograph devoted to manuscripts illuminated by the mid-fifteenth-century artist known as the Wavrin Master, so-called after his chief patron, Jean de Wavrin, chronicler and councillor at the court of Philip the Good of Burgundy. Specializing in the production of pseudo-historical prose romances featuring the putative ancestors of actual Burgundian families, the […]… Continue reading Publication – Rosalind Brown-Grant, “Visualizing Justice in Burgundian Prose Romance. Text and Image in Manuscripts of the Wavrin Master (1450s-1460s)” — RMBLF.be
A History of the Overlapping Face — Cinemaniac
Ingmar Bergman’s Persona (1966) is arguably his most famous masterpiece. Persona is filled with surreal imaging and dream sequences in which it’s very hard to filter dreams from reality. I don’t think anyone can say for sure what Bergman is suggesting through his works: maybe it is showing that the ‘Persona’ we assume is a […]… Continue reading A History of the Overlapping Face — Cinemaniac
“Just A Shot Away” – Rediscovering Legendary Session Singer Merry Clayton (LISTEN) – Good Black News — Black News Zone
[ad_1] by Jeff Meier (FB: Jeff.Meier.90) As part of Good Black News’ celebration of African-American Music Appreciation Month (#AAMAM), we are taking some time to honor quality artists whose music has nevertheless remained unappreciated. Last week, we brought you a playlist from Ronnie Dyson. This week we’d like to introduce/re-introduce you to Merry Clayton. Open… Continue reading “Just A Shot Away” – Rediscovering Legendary Session Singer Merry Clayton (LISTEN) – Good Black News — Black News Zone
On the banks of the Mississippi River – on African American classical composers (2/3) — Beethoven et les autres…
https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/5CxfhUGcwlQWHwj2fTkCpL It is quite revealing that when the British classical music magazine Gramophone asked American conductor Gerald Schwarz to write an essay on “forgotten symphonies: the hidden giants of American music”, all the composers selected were white American men. Not one woman was chosen, and not one African American either, and I can’t think of… Continue reading On the banks of the Mississippi River – on African American classical composers (2/3) — Beethoven et les autres…
Artist and Designer Lakshmi Mohanbabu Dishes On Her Most Popularised Work — Ugolini news
[ad_1] Graduating from New Dehli’s lead Fashion Design College, The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Lakshmi Mohanbabu is a Singaporean fashion design, illustration and design history lecturer, who was raised in Kabul Afghanistan throughout the late 70’s and 80’s. Publishing a plethora of work with over 300 paintings across various mediums such as Pen […]… Continue reading Artist and Designer Lakshmi Mohanbabu Dishes On Her Most Popularised Work — Ugolini news
Tina Turner: How Queen Of Rock n Roll Survived Abusive Husband, Challenges Of Life To Become A Global Icon (pics) — Olumuyiwa’s Blog
She’s labelled as the Queen of Rock n Roll, Tina Turner, real name Anna Mae Bullock (80) has moved from a relatively unknown black lady to become an international icon and one of one of most successful female music songstress of all time Tina Turner is an American-born Swiss singer and actress. Turner rose to […]… Continue reading Tina Turner: How Queen Of Rock n Roll Survived Abusive Husband, Challenges Of Life To Become A Global Icon (pics) — Olumuyiwa’s Blog
Hollywood Typically Ignores Actresses With Disabilities, But This One Deserves an Oscar Nomination! — Black News Zone
[ad_1] Beverly Hills, CA – Actress Lauren “Lolo” Spencer is receiving rave reviews for her breakout role as the first African-American disabled lead female in the new film, Give Me Liberty. (Watch the trailer on YouTube). Lauren has ALS and is wheel-chair bound, but still shines as one of the most talented actresses of our… Continue reading Hollywood Typically Ignores Actresses With Disabilities, But This One Deserves an Oscar Nomination! — Black News Zone
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