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THE ILLADELPHIA GLOW 5 Questions for Filmmaker: Mister Mann Frisby
I got a chance to screen The Illadelphia Glow (short film). First off, I really appreciate anytime black sci-fi is on the table. Although, this film doesn’t play out with a comicbook or supernatural tone. It’s grounded in reality. It just so happens the lead character, high school teacher Winston Ligon (Aundre Dean) has a special talent, where it’s not so much that he doesn’t know how to control it, but rather he doesn’t know what to do with it. A mysterious guide (Jacinth Headlam) comes into his life, but she’s one of those tough love type of entities that’s not gonna make it easy for a hero. Much of…
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THE BILLBOARD BOYS (Documentary)
WE’RE LIVING HERE IN ALLENTOWN – THE BILLBOARD BOYS By Le Anne Lindsay, Editor I think most of us agree the first Reality TV show was MTV’s The Real World and the first competition reality show – Mark Burnett’s Survivor. But did you know there was an event that both preceded and combined these two institutions? Back in 1982 the radio station WSAN came up with a publicity stunt that went viral, way before we ever knew the term, and in all places, Allentown PA. Producer Frank J. Petka, of Tag Visual Media and his partner Writer/Director Pat Taggart from Roxborough and Southwest Philly respectively, are set to release a…
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Philly Film Hightlight – The Tolltaker
The film, set in the early 1970's, was shot in locations in and around Philadelphia. It combines live action and animation to tell the story of a young boy (Bobby) in Northeast Philadelphia whose father is MIA in Vietnam, and who is hounded by an evil, subterranean demon intent on stealing away the one thing the boy believes will bring his father home...
