Thor 2 will be retaining the services of Asgardian doorman Heimdall, after Idris Elba confirmed he is all set to return for the next round of Marvel movies.
“Yes, I am,” said Elba, when asked by Collider whether he’s appearing in Thor 2. “I’m definitely going to do my man…
Cannes was treated to a sneak peak of Quentin Tarantino’s tale of an escaped slave seeking both revenge and his stolen wife tonight, and judging by the clips we saw, Django Unchained is going to be… well, off the chain.
Here’s 8 things we now know about QT’s ‘Southern’.
1) It’s…
Claudine (1974), dir. John Berry
I wanted to watch the “Black In Latin America” series and I discovered this YouTube channel that has over 30 black documentaries in full.
Shouts to njdirtygardener.
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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje On Making A Film Of His Extraordinary Life Story (A Kind Of Black Oliver Twist)
“I wanted to assimilate and go back to the abnormal normality I knew. I wanted to wash off the experience of Africa but obviously I couldn’t because that’s who I was. As much as I wanted to deny it, it was plaguing me, and I was reminded by the images coming through the TV, people on the streets and in the end my family in the house.”
The more he tried to blend in, the more he was rejected. After a year in Africa his skin was darker, which made him yet more conspicuous among the white population.
Reluctant to go out, he was issued with an ultimatum by his foster father: either he fight in the street or he would have to fight in the house. With little choice, he learned to defend himself and also to attack others. As he became a teenager he grew into a well-built young man with a reputation for violence.
“It was a time of standing up and standing your ground or running, and there wasn’t anywhere to run in Tilbury. The local skinhead gang really ran the streets. They made my life – and anyone’s who was a shade darker than pale – a misery.” […] He became a skinhead. He didn’t just adopt the haircut and clothes but the racist attitudes too. He fought alongside his new skinhead comrades, who treated him at first like some brutalised pet to be unleashed in battle.
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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje On Making A Film Of His Extraordinary Life Story (A Kind Of Black Oliver Twist)
“I wanted to assimilate and go back to the abnormal normality I knew. I wanted to wash off the experience of Africa but obviously I couldn’t because that’s who I was. As much as I wanted to deny it, it was plaguing me, and I was reminded by the images coming through the TV, people on the streets and in the end my family in the house.”
The more he tried to blend in, the more he was rejected. After a year in Africa his skin was darker, which made him yet more conspicuous among the white population.
Reluctant to go out, he was issued with an ultimatum by his foster father: either he fight in the street or he would have to fight in the house. With little choice, he learned to defend himself and also to attack others. As he became a teenager he grew into a well-built young man with a reputation for violence.
“It was a time of standing up and standing your ground or running, and there wasn’t anywhere to run in Tilbury. The local skinhead gang really ran the streets. They made my life – and anyone’s who was a shade darker than pale – a misery.” […] He became a skinhead. He didn’t just adopt the haircut and clothes but the racist attitudes too. He fought alongside his new skinhead comrades, who treated him at first like some brutalised pet to be unleashed in battle.
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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje On Making A Film Of His Extraordinary Life Story (A Kind Of Black Oliver Twist)
“I wanted to assimilate and go back to the abnormal normality I knew. I wanted to wash off the experience of Africa but obviously I couldn’t because that’s who I was. As much as I wanted to deny it, it was plaguing me, and I was reminded by the images coming through the TV, people on the streets and in the end my family in the house.”
The more he tried to blend in, the more he was rejected. After a year in Africa his skin was darker, which made him yet more conspicuous among the white population.
Reluctant to go out, he was issued with an ultimatum by his foster father: either he fight in the street or he would have to fight in the house. With little choice, he learned to defend himself and also to attack others. As he became a teenager he grew into a well-built young man with a reputation for violence.
“It was a time of standing up and standing your ground or running, and there wasn’t anywhere to run in Tilbury. The local skinhead gang really ran the streets. They made my life – and anyone’s who was a shade darker than pale – a misery.” […] He became a skinhead. He didn’t just adopt the haircut and clothes but the racist attitudes too. He fought alongside his new skinhead comrades, who treated him at first like some brutalised pet to be unleashed in battle.
Life Of Pi, Ang Lee’s take on Yann Martel’s novel of the same name, has released a first official image featuring the titular Pi and his tiger companion, Richard Parker.
The film will tell the story of a young boy who finds himself stranded at sea for a mammoth 227 days….
Oldboy has had a significant week, with Sharlto Copley joining Spike Lee’s upcoming remake as billionaire villain Adrian Pryce. Now Josh Brolin has taken the time to have his say on the new film, revealing a couple of interesting tidbits in the process.
“I love Oldboy,” said Brolin at…
Cuban Fury, the upcoming salsa-dancing comedy starring Nick Frost, has released a new synopsis, as well as bagging Social Network star Rashida Jones as part of the supporting cast.
“Beneath Bruce Garrett’s shabby, overweight exterior,” begins the plot summary, “the passionate beating…
EXCITING NEWS: Nollywood Starlet Genevieve Nnaji Joins Cast Of “Half Of A Yellow Sun” Film Adaptation
Genevieve Nnaji has been cast in director Biyi Bandele’s big screen adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Half Of A Yellow Sun.
Nnaji joins Thandie Newton, as well as John Boyega, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Dominic Cooper.
According to her publicist, Ms Nnaji will play the role of Ms Adebayo, a professor who develops a flirtatious relationship with her colleague Mr Odenigbo (Ejiofor).
She’s also set to star in Isaiah Washington, Jimmy Jean-Louis and others Nigerian director Tony Abulu’s drama/thriller Doctor Bello, which is currently in production.
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Actor Sung Kang’s Film - Sunset Stories
Asian American actor Sung Kang (Fast Five) chats with the National Film Society at the SXSW Film Festival about his new movie Sunset Stories.
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