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Ushering in the Year of the Olive – HAPPY 2014!
2013 brought many blessings to Tinsel & Tine: I published 176 Posts Got to Interview 6 big Directors Attended 5 Film Festivals Enjoyed several tastings Saw over 90% of the movies I wanted to see, and then some Started a popular Food Truck Series Started getting offers for Prize Giveaways and More Screening Passes Gained over 100 new followers on Facebook and Twitter and found out Pinterest is not only another good way to promote posts, but it’s just darn good fun! Picked up followers on BlogLovin and Started posting to Tumbler My most popular post –The Great Gatsby 1974 vs The Great Gatsby 2013 Last year’s Google Analytics –…
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Highlight: American Promise
Have you heard about this doc – AMERICAN PROMISE ? It’s an emotional tale about race, class and the exclusive struggles that black boys in America must endure when attempting to achieve academically. The film intimately chronicles the lives of Idris Brewster and Seun Summers, a pair of middle-class African-American male students trying to navigate one of the nation’s most prestigious schools from kindergarten to graduation. Storytellers (parents) Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson, both first generation college graduates, have been traveling the country speaking about the labor of love that won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award in 2013 at the Sundance Film Festival. “We both have come to understand…
