From the archives of NY-based filmmaker Ed DuRante whose work has been highlighted on this site in the past - most recently, Tambay's enthusiastic write-up of Ed's last feature film, Jake Gets Paid a couple of years ago. A 2001 thought-provoking short film Ed recently uploaded to YouTube and shared on Twitter, titled America. Description: A glimpse at the New York City art scene, where sex and money are more important than a Black painter's talent. Watch the 8 1/2-minute short film below:...
- 1/13/2013
- by Courtney
- ShadowAndAct
I’ve been wanting to do this for some time – a periodically (maybe annually) updated list of up-and-coming black filmmakers, especially those working mostly outside the mainstream; something we could call “black filmmakers to watch,” preceded by a year, not-so unlike Filmmaker magazine’s annual “25 New Faces of Independent Film” list.
As I’ve already made known on this blog, I’m not necessarily a fan of lists, especially ranked lists where the arts are concerned.
However, I do see Some value in providing black cinema enthusiasts like yourselves (or cinema enthusiasts regardless of race) with the names of noteworthy black filmmakers who may otherwise go unnoticed by the the mainstream press, and even indie film publications like Filmmaker magazine. We’re celebrating those black filmmakers… propping them up, you could say. If a site like ours doesn’t do that, we certainly can’t complain when more prominent media outlets don’t.
As I’ve already made known on this blog, I’m not necessarily a fan of lists, especially ranked lists where the arts are concerned.
However, I do see Some value in providing black cinema enthusiasts like yourselves (or cinema enthusiasts regardless of race) with the names of noteworthy black filmmakers who may otherwise go unnoticed by the the mainstream press, and even indie film publications like Filmmaker magazine. We’re celebrating those black filmmakers… propping them up, you could say. If a site like ours doesn’t do that, we certainly can’t complain when more prominent media outlets don’t.
- 7/9/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
This is a follow-up to my post a little bit ago urging black filmmakers with mostly unseen feature films to contact me, so that we can profile their films here…
One of the films I received is called Jake Gets Paid, a 2009 film written and directed by Ed DuRante of The Leagues – the group of Nyu Mfa grads who brought you the feature film, 6 Things I Never Told You, which we’ve talked about previously on this blog, and which we screened here in New York City to packed houses. I actually profiled Jake Gets Paid on Shadow And Act last year, but the film disappeared soon thereafter, and I’d forgotten about it… until recently, with Ed telling me a week or so ago that he’s planning on self-releasing the film some time soon, hopefully; although it’ll be an extremely limited release, possibly followed by an online presence.
One of the films I received is called Jake Gets Paid, a 2009 film written and directed by Ed DuRante of The Leagues – the group of Nyu Mfa grads who brought you the feature film, 6 Things I Never Told You, which we’ve talked about previously on this blog, and which we screened here in New York City to packed houses. I actually profiled Jake Gets Paid on Shadow And Act last year, but the film disappeared soon thereafter, and I’d forgotten about it… until recently, with Ed telling me a week or so ago that he’s planning on self-releasing the film some time soon, hopefully; although it’ll be an extremely limited release, possibly followed by an online presence.
- 6/29/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
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