For his feature-length debut, “Live Cargo,” filmmaker Logan Sandler went back to the Bahamas, the setting of some of his earliest childhood memories. But instead of focusing on the beautiful and colorful scenery of the tropical island, Sandler chose black-and-white cinematography to convey the emotion and darkness of the story at hand.
Read More: Dree Hemingway and Keith Stanfield Star in Logan Sandler’s Moody Drama ‘Live Cargo’ — Exclusive Clip
“Live Cargo” stars indie standouts Lakeith Stanfield and Dree Hemingway as Lewis and Nadine, a couple who retreat to her family’s home in the Bahamas after experiencing a devastating loss.
But once there, things get complicated for the couple when they meet and develop a relationship with a local homeless boy named Myron (Sam Dillon), who is involved in a human-trafficking operation led by local criminal Doughboy (Leonard Earl Howze).
The main cast also includes Robert Wisdom in the role of Roy,...
Read More: Dree Hemingway and Keith Stanfield Star in Logan Sandler’s Moody Drama ‘Live Cargo’ — Exclusive Clip
“Live Cargo” stars indie standouts Lakeith Stanfield and Dree Hemingway as Lewis and Nadine, a couple who retreat to her family’s home in the Bahamas after experiencing a devastating loss.
But once there, things get complicated for the couple when they meet and develop a relationship with a local homeless boy named Myron (Sam Dillon), who is involved in a human-trafficking operation led by local criminal Doughboy (Leonard Earl Howze).
The main cast also includes Robert Wisdom in the role of Roy,...
- 2/21/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
Though Logan Sandler’s film “Live Cargo” is set in the Bahamas, it doesn’t reflect the archetypal tropical paradise, but instead a sharp look at the daily machinations of the island community. Filmed in black-and-white, the film stars Dree Hemingway (“Starlet”) and Keith Stanfield (“Atlanta”) as Nadine and Lewis, a couple who has recently experienced a devastating loss and travels to the island in order to restore their relationship. But when they arrive, they find that the island community is unraveling, with the island’s mayor squaring off against a human trafficker who manipulates an impressionable homeless teenager into assisting with his smuggling operation. Watch an exclusive clip from the film below.
Read More: Moody First Look at Logan Sandler’s Tribeca Premiere ‘Live Cargo’
The film is Sandler’s feature-length debut. It was co-written and produced by Thymaya Payne, who previously produced and directed the award-winning documentary “Stolen Seas.
Read More: Moody First Look at Logan Sandler’s Tribeca Premiere ‘Live Cargo’
The film is Sandler’s feature-length debut. It was co-written and produced by Thymaya Payne, who previously produced and directed the award-winning documentary “Stolen Seas.
- 11/11/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
A micro indie L’Avventura-esque meets Miss Bala like oddity presented at the U.S in Progress (2015 Paris Champs-Élysées Film Festival edition), Logan Sandler reteams with Short Term 12‘s Keith Stanfield (both collaborated on Sandler’s second short, Tracks) and adds Dree Hemingway (Sean Baker’s Starlet) for what sounds like the mix between an art film and a genre film. Filmed in B&W, the American Film Institute grad saw Live Cargo get selected as one of ten feature films selected by Ifp for the annual Independent Filmmaker Lab of 2015.
Gist: A young couple mourning the death of their baby retreat to a tiny Bahamian island where they become entangled in a turf war between a dangerous human trafficker, an aging island patriarch and an obsessive homeless youth.
Production Co./Producers: Thymaya Payne (King Cobra), Mortimer Canepa.
Prediction: Narrow possibility for the Next, might trickle into SXSW and/or Locarno.
Gist: A young couple mourning the death of their baby retreat to a tiny Bahamian island where they become entangled in a turf war between a dangerous human trafficker, an aging island patriarch and an obsessive homeless youth.
Production Co./Producers: Thymaya Payne (King Cobra), Mortimer Canepa.
Prediction: Narrow possibility for the Next, might trickle into SXSW and/or Locarno.
- 11/25/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The premiere post-tiff destination (September 20-25th) in the film community and a major leg up for narrative and non-fiction films in development, the Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp) announced a whopping 140 projects selected for the Project Forum at the upcoming Ifp Independent Film Week. Made up of several sections (Rbc’s Emerging Storytellers program, No Borders International Co-Production Market and Spotlight on Documentaries), we find latest updates from the likes of docu-helmers Doug Block (112 Weddings) and Lana Wilson (After Tiller), and among the narrative items we find headliners in Andrew Haigh (coming off the well received 45 Years), Sophie Barthes (Cold Souls and Madame Bovary), Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty), Lawrence Michael Levine (Wild Canaries), Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are), Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal (Stranger Things) and new faces in Sundance’s large family in Charles Poekel (Christmas, Again) and Olivia Newman (First Match). Here...
- 7/22/2015
- by admin
- IONCINEMA.com
Stolen Seas director highlights plight of Somali-American ransom negotiator now in a Us jail awaiting trial on piracy
As film-goers head to the cinema to watch Captain Phillips, the Hollywood action thriller about Somali piracy, Ishmael Ali will not be among them. Ali is the protagonist of a different film also on release in the UK, which focuses on his role as a negotiator in another real-life piracy drama. Ali is in jail and about to go on trial in the Us after being accused of being a pirate himself.
Thymaya Payne, director of the award-winning documentary Stolen Seas, says Ali has always insisted he was compelled to negotiate on behalf of the pirates. A Us citizen who spent most of his working life as an electrician in New York, Ali returned home to Somalia but was drawn into the drama because of his excellent English.
"He saw himself as...
As film-goers head to the cinema to watch Captain Phillips, the Hollywood action thriller about Somali piracy, Ishmael Ali will not be among them. Ali is the protagonist of a different film also on release in the UK, which focuses on his role as a negotiator in another real-life piracy drama. Ali is in jail and about to go on trial in the Us after being accused of being a pirate himself.
Thymaya Payne, director of the award-winning documentary Stolen Seas, says Ali has always insisted he was compelled to negotiate on behalf of the pirates. A Us citizen who spent most of his working life as an electrician in New York, Ali returned home to Somalia but was drawn into the drama because of his excellent English.
"He saw himself as...
- 10/24/2013
- by Daniel Howden
- The Guardian - Film News
Here's another Somali piracy film; this one, a feature documentary from director Thymaya Payne, titled Stolen Seas. Claiming to offer a more comprehensive look at the phenomenon, the filmmakers say the doc "finally exposes the untold story behind Somali piracy." And further, it's said to be "an eye opening refutation of preconceived ideas on how or why piracy has become the world's most frightening multi-million dollar growth industry." Being a strong proponent of films on the subject matter that go beyond the surface, and that are comprehensive, telling the full story (or stories), from all sides, I'm interested in this one; and I'll now be able to check it out finally (as will...
- 4/10/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Here's another Somali piracy film; this one, a feature documentary from director Thymaya Payne, titled Stolen Seas. Claiming to offer a more comprehensive look at the phenomenon, the filmmakers say the doc"finally exposes the untold story behind Somali piracy." And further, it's said to be "an eye opening refutation of preconceived ideas on how or why piracy has become the world's most frightening multi-million dollar growth industry." Being a strong proponent of films on the subject matter that go beyond the surface, and that are comprehensive, telling the full story (or stories), from all sides, I'm interested in this one. Here's a...
- 1/18/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Thymaya Payne's documentary about piracy in Somalia is the latest film set to air in the DirecTV documentary series "Something to Talk About." The film will air on DirecTV's exclusive Audience Network on Saturday, January 26th after a New York theatrical premiere on January 18th an additional screenings in Dallas, New Orleans, L.A., Seattle, Scottsdale, and D.C. "Stolen Seas," which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival last year, was made by filmmakers who spent three years traveling to dangerous locales to explore the Somali pirate phenomenon, offering interviews with pirates, hostages and their relatives, negotiators, ship-owners and experts on piracy and international policy. The film features audio recordings and found footage from the middle of a hostage negotiation for a Danish shipping vessel that stretches out for 70 days, as the relationship between the ship's owner and the pirate's negotiator births an unlikely friendship. ...
- 1/17/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
14th Mumbai Film Festival (Mff) announced its complete lineup today in a press conference. Mff will be held from October 18th to 25th at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (Ncpa) and Inox, Nariman Point, Liberty Cinemas, Marine Lines as the main festival venues and Cinemax, Andheri and Cinemax Sion as the satellite venues. Click here to watch trailers and highlights from the festival.
Here is the complete list of films to be screened during the festival (October 18-25)
International Competition for the First Feature Films of Directors
1. From Tuesday To Tuesday (De Martes A Martes)
Dir.: Gustavo Fernandez Triviño (Argentina / 2012 / Col. / 111′)
2. The Last Elvis (El Último Elvis)
Dir.: Armando Bo (Argentina / 2012 / Col. / 91′)
3. The Sapphires
Dir.: Wayne Blair (Australia / 2012 / Col. / 103′)
4. The Wall (Die Wand)
Dir.: Julian Pölsler (Austria-Germany / 2012 / Col. / 108′)
5. Teddy Bear (10 timer til Paradis)
Dir.: Mads Matthiesen (Denmark / 2012 / Col. / 93′)
6. Augustine
Dir.: Alice Winccour (France / 2012 / Col.
Here is the complete list of films to be screened during the festival (October 18-25)
International Competition for the First Feature Films of Directors
1. From Tuesday To Tuesday (De Martes A Martes)
Dir.: Gustavo Fernandez Triviño (Argentina / 2012 / Col. / 111′)
2. The Last Elvis (El Último Elvis)
Dir.: Armando Bo (Argentina / 2012 / Col. / 91′)
3. The Sapphires
Dir.: Wayne Blair (Australia / 2012 / Col. / 103′)
4. The Wall (Die Wand)
Dir.: Julian Pölsler (Austria-Germany / 2012 / Col. / 108′)
5. Teddy Bear (10 timer til Paradis)
Dir.: Mads Matthiesen (Denmark / 2012 / Col. / 93′)
6. Augustine
Dir.: Alice Winccour (France / 2012 / Col.
- 9/24/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Here's another Somali piracy film; this one from director Thymaya Payne, titled Stolen Seas. It's a feature length documentary that "finally exposes the untold story behind Somali piracy," says the projects web page. And further, it's said to be "an eye opening refutation of preconceived ideas on how or why piracy has become the world's most frightening multi-million dollar growth industry." Being a strong proponent of films on the subject matter that go beyond the surface, and that are comprehensive, telling the full story (or stories), from all sides, I found this one worth sharing. Here's a longer breakdown: Welcome to piracy in...
- 8/24/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
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