This week premiered Season 3 of Black Folk Don't, director-producer Angela Tucker's satirical documentary web series exploring common stereotypes about African Americans. This season, the series heads to California for interviews with celebrities including Fishbone's John Norwood Fisher, filmmaker Ava DuVernay, actress LisaGay Hamilton, and feminist Sikivu Hutchinson, as well as everyday black people tackling topics like whether black folk go green, do feminism, or join the NRA. I recently had a chance to screen Season 3 and talk with Tucker about making the series. Jai Tiggett: Tell me about what inspired you to make Black Folk Don't.Angela Tucker: A few years ago Black Public...
- 12/5/2013
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. "Just the Three of Us" Tweetable Logline: Just The Three Of Us is a short fiction film about a couple in their 70s looking to spice up their marriage. Elevator Pitch: Just The Three Of Us is a short fiction film about Regina, an African-American woman and Hank, a Caucasian man who have been married for 50 years. As with many long marriages, the passion quietly fizzled out a while ago so they made a radical decision, “What about a threesome?” The short takes place one afternoon in a Brooklyn coffee house where they meet people who respond to their ad in Craigslist's Casual Encounters. Through these meetings, they...
- 9/5/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
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