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Filmmaker Menelek Lumumba Interview: 1 ANGRY BLACK MAN
Tinsel & Tine’s 5 QUESTION INTERVIEW with FILMMAKER MENELEK PATRICE LUMUMBA 1 ANGRY BLACK MAN By Le Anne Lindsay, Editor In preparation for the 7th Annual BlackStar Film Festival (August 2-5, 2018), I sent interview questions to many of the filmmakers screening short films; because it seemed to me since their work is shown in blocks, it would be nice to highlight each individual director and/or writer. Click HERE for Short Interviews with Shorts Filmmakers.But that doesn’t mean I can’t give some love and attention to a filmmaker debuting his first feature length film – Menelek Lumumba’s film “1 Angry Black Man” had its World Premiere in Philadelphia during #BlackStar18.…
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BLACKkKLANSMAN
Tinsel & Tine’s look at A Spike Lee Joint Fans of the Dave Chappelle show, can’t help but think about his hilarious skit involving Clayton Bigsby, the blind KKK leader who didn’t know he was black, when hearing about the premise of Spike Lee’s BlackkKlansman, which tells the true story of a black cop infiltrating the KKK in the 70’s in Colorado, and lives to tell the tale. John David Washington (yes, he’s Denzel’s son) plays Ron Stallworth, a black rookie cop who seeks advancement in an all-white department serving at a time when cops were routinely referred to as ‘pigs’, particularly by black revolutionaries – he finds his first…
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Philly BBQ TRADESMAN
Take a Look Inside Tradesman’s, a 100-Year-Old Building Turned Barbecue Restaurant – Teddy Sourias’ newest Midtown Village venture opens this week! 1322 Chestnut St. LAST NIGHT Tinsel & Tine GOT INVITED TO THE PRE-OPENING OF Tradesman’s a fun, summer, foodie event! We got to sample so much of #TradesmansPHL menu & beer selections – everything was hearty, well seasoned and makes me want to go back for more. My favs being the spicy baked beans and baby back pork ribs! Here’s a little more about the new Philly Restaurant from Eater Philly: The menu, from executive chef Craig Meyers, pulls barbecue hits from different regions, including St. Louis and North…
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BLACKSTAR Film Festival Interviews with Filmmakers 2018
The 7th Annual BlackStar Film Festival in Philadelphia gets underway shortly (August 2-4, 2018) for a fun highlight of the festival, I asked several of the filmmakers screening short films to answer the same 5 Questions. Check out their enlightening answers.
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SORRY TO BOTHER YOU
It all sounds reasonable, but Riley's style is to keep dialing up the crazy, notch by notch until you're at a full rolling boil of absurdist, off-beat, comedic Sci-fi soup. The satirical messages relating to society's tendencies to sell out who we really are to succeed, normalize crazy stuff, and feel fine that Amazon (aka "Worry Free") is taking over the world, along with a couple other social observations, makes "Sorry to Bother You' an original ride to say the least.
