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The Music And Meaning Of 'Paris Is Burning'

Wed, 09 May 2012 17:21:10 -0400

The Music And Meaning Of 'Paris Is Burning'

Watch: An Online Festival of Transgender Film and Video Shorts

Wed, 09 May 2012 14:39:50 -0400

Watch: An Online Festival of Transgender Film and Video Shorts

Why Think Like A Man Topped the Box Office Again and The Five-Year Engagement Bombed

Tue, 08 May 2012 17:21:25 -0400

Why Think Like A Man Topped the Box Office Again and The Five-Year Engagement Bombed

COMING SOON Mommy Is Coming (2012) Filmmaker Cheryl...

Tue, 08 May 2012 14:42:07 -0400

COMING SOON

Mommy Is Coming (2012) Filmmaker Cheryl Dunye

Dunye’s latest film is a romantic comedy. After watching the trailer, don’t know if I’m entirely sold on the premise. Hmm…

Lucas Silveira Presents The Most Tantilizing Trans Film at the...

Mon, 07 May 2012 17:20:53 -0400

Lucas Silveira Presents The Most Tantilizing Trans Film at the 2012 Feminist Porn Awards: Buck Angel’s Sexing The Transman. Congrats!!!

Photos of the event (buckangel.com)

Filmmaker Sook-Yin Lee talks AHM's tokenism, film themes & current film projects

Mon, 07 May 2012 14:36:38 -0400

Filmmaker Sook-Yin Lee talks AHM's tokenism, film themes & current film projects :

“I am curious about aspects of my life that I am in a conundrum over, things like thwarted love, the dynamics between the needy and the needed, and the paradoxical desire we have to connect and to put up barriers to connection.” - Sook-Yin Lee, Ottawa Magazine

YES. YES. YES.

“Cool Queer People of Color indie films/documentaries”

Mon, 07 May 2012 08:51:45 -0400

“Cool Queer People of Color indie films/documentaries”:

thealiensmadethisblog:

gelopanda:

A thorough list of QPOC films/Documentaries that I need to watch.

reblogging for later

Ten Women of Color Behind the Camera in Television Whose Careers You Should Follow

Sun, 06 May 2012 17:21:31 -0400

Ten Women of Color Behind the Camera in Television Whose Careers You Should Follow

Lull / Directed.Edited.Shot by Sika W. A short documentary in...

Sun, 06 May 2012 16:07:00 -0400

Lull / Directed.Edited.Shot by Sika W.

A short documentary in which women share their first experiences exploring their bodies. - Youtube

Awesome - I could identify with several of the “firsts” described and oddly enough, I surprise myself when I am able to re-experience those feelings presently when I masturbate.

puzzledpantherrr:

re-upped “Lull” to vimeo. guess that makes it official or something.

to view it with subtitles, watch it here.

Interview with Creator of Awkward Black Girl, Issa Rae [Video under the cut]

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:05:47 -0400

Interview with Creator of Awkward Black Girl, Issa Rae [Video under the cut]

BET Announces New TV Shows and Movies at 2012 Upfronts

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:04:42 -0400

BET Announces New TV Shows and Movies at 2012 Upfronts :

If you didn’t get enough of Kim Wayans in Pariah (her acting, I know some of you may have conflicting thoughts about her character), the younger Wayans will have a new show on the network called Second Generation Wayans. And remember Kevin Hart’s The Real Husbands of Hollywood sketch on the BET Awards? The sketch that parodied The Real Housewives and Basketball Wives series has morphed into a semi-scripted show (House Husbands).

Check under the cut for other BET TV/movie premiers.

Ice-T Talks About Making 'Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap'

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:04:18 -0400

Ice-T Talks About Making 'Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap':

I like how he describes his doc as more of a conversation with the major figure heads in rap/hip hop (however you identity with the genre) and using that space to discuss the genre on a more intimate level beyond the stock questions they usually are asked. But hey, when you make music for several decades, you make a few friends!

COMING SOON Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap / Directors...

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:03:30 -0400

COMING SOON

Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap / Directors Ice-T & Andy Baybutt

A documentary on rap music and its rise to global prominence. - IMDB

Ice-T’s paying it forward & adding film director to his list of many accomplishments. Looks like a nice insiders, intimate conversation on the genre.

Premiers this June

Writer/Director Mindy Kaling, Kal Penn to Star in TV Pilots

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:07:57 -0400

Writer/Director Mindy Kaling, Kal Penn to Star in TV Pilots

Fade to Black: “I Will Follow’s” Ava DuVernay...

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:04:04 -0400

Fade to Black: “I Will Follow’s” Ava DuVernay Talks Making Sundance History, Tyler Perry

Great insight on filmmaker Tyler Perry (no matter if you have issues with his writing, etc., b/c I know I have my own) and the state of Black (Hollywood) Cinema.

DuVernay on film school:

“Pick up a camera and start shooting, umm you know talk to people who’ve made films, watch DVD commentaries, go to Q & A’s. Cobble together a film school experience for yourself, umm and don’t let not being able to afford or go to film school stop you from doing anything or being less confident about your story.”

YES. YES. YES.

Why We Need to Keep Talking About the White Girls on Girls

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:07:11 -0400

Why We Need to Keep Talking About the White Girls on Girls:

Of the many articles I’ve read about the ongoing conversation about the dearth of roles for POC in TV and film and now specifically on Dunham’s latest effort, Girls, I found this article to most succinctly “get it” on the race front. It’s not about throwing mud in the face of a woman who is at the helm of her own show, but holding such a “pioneering” show accountable and part of the larger issue/discussion when it comes to the lack of non-stereotyped and varied roles for POC in TV and film.

I will say that I was very excited for Girls. While watching the first episode, I definitely got all the ironic jokes, but just wasn’t laughing last Sunday. I don’t know if it was my over-identification on some fronts and feeling uneasy looking in the mirror of my own missteps post-grad (I’m guilty of saying the whole McDonalds/college educated comment before), but I just couldn’t empathize or find humor in the characters ballooned entitlement. But that’s supposed to be part of the humor of the show, right?

Sometimes it’s hard to judge an entire show based on 20 minutes, so I’ll give it another try. Thoughts?

"I was doing an interview once, and this guy goes, “So you must be pretty psyched about all this..."

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:50:19 -0400

“I was doing an interview once, and this guy goes, “So you must be pretty psyched about all this ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ stuff?”

And I was like, “Um, yeah, I am.” I have no idea why though. I had nothing to do with that movie. It’s just some people that kind of look like me are in this movie that everyone loves, and winning Oscars and stuff.

And then I was like, “Whoa, whoa, whoa. Are white people just psyched all the time?” It’s, like, “‘Back to the Future’! That’s us! ‘Godfather’! That’s us! ‘Godfather Part II’! That’s us! ‘Departed’! That’s us! ‘Sunset Boulevard’! That’s us! ‘Citizen Kane’! That’s us! ‘Jaws’! That’s us! Every fucking movie but ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ and ‘Boyz n the Hood’ is us! We are white people! Suck our dicks!”

”

- Aziz Ansari, “Are White People Psyched All The Time?” (via makeupandprofanity)

first of all, i love aziz ansari. second, to answer his question: yes. yes they are. also this is ridiculously relevant to the paper i’m writing right now.

(via puzzled-panther)

Truth. LMAO.

COMING SOON Girl In Progress (2011) Director by Patricia...

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:40:36 -0400

COMING SOON

Girl In Progress (2011) Director by Patricia Riggen

As single mom Grace juggles work, bills, and her affair with a married doctor, her daughter, Ansiedad, plots a shortcut to adulthood after finding inspiration in the coming-of-age stories she’s reading for school. - IMDB

Hilarious trailer. Hoping the feature is just as endearing as the trailer and doesn’t try to tie the story up in a pretty bow.

FILM/TV INDUSTRY SURVEY - aka help me finish this research paper so i can graduate

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:52:07 -0400

puzzled-panther:

so i’m doing a paper on black women and behind-the-scenes representation in the film industry and need some folks who are in some way involved in the industry (you can be a student or an actor or a production assistant or a person that sits at home alone and edits their own short films or whatever, just as long as you are ‘a part’ of the whole thing) to fill out this survey.

Here’s the link!

Thanks ya’ll!

That's Not Who I Am: Calling Out and Challenging Stereotypes of Asian Americans

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:52:58 -0400

That's Not Who I Am: Calling Out and Challenging Stereotypes of Asian Americans:

Great article/essay with a personal and historical context given for the continued limited, 1-dimensional & oftentimes outright stereotyped portrayals of Asian Americans in film and TV.