Posts Tagged ‘Sundance Film Festival’
Finding Fela (Mini-Documentary)
May 15, 2014
Shout and respect to OKPlayer for posting on this gem first! “Finding Fela” is Alex Gibney‘s chronicling of the life and legend of foundational Afrobeat icon Fela Kuti. After a successful showing at the 2014 Sundance Festival, “Fela” is taking its show across the U.S. There’s behind-the-scenes OkayAfrica footage of “Finding Fela” in the above video; as well screening dates and venues, after the jump. Check it above.
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Tags: Fela, Finding Fela, Sundance, Sundance 2014, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival 2014 | 
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Somali Pirate Movie: “Fishing Without Nets” (Video)
January 25, 2012
Check out this trailer to the short film that’s currently being screened at the Sundance Film Festival based on the lives of the pirates of Somalia. “Fishing Without Nets” has just won the Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking at the Sundance Film Festival & the timing of the film’s win couldn’t be any more coincindental with the recent news coming out of Washington. The U.S. Navy SEAL Team Six, that killed Osama Bin Laden, just successfully completed a successful rescue mission of a kidnapped American under the orders of President Barack Obama. The timing of this film directed by 25-year-old Cutter Hodierne couldn’t be better as the movie, unlike major news outlets reporting of these events, is coming based on the perspective of the Somali pirates themselves. From a production standpoint the director only wanted to shoot in East Africa for 3 weeks with his team, but their stint there grew into 5 months in which their own lives were at risk among other hardships.
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Sundance Film Festival: Common Stars in New Film “LUV” (Video)
January 21, 2012
One of the more promising independent films being screened at the Sundance Film Festival from January 19-29th this year is a story about an ex-con played by Common who is “Uncle Vincent” to his nephew, played by Michael Rainey Jr., who had just become an orphan. Common takes his young nephew with him on a business trip that spirals him right back down the deadly path he’s been trying to avoid in the first place. The film also stars Danny Glover, Megan Good, Michael K. Williams, & Charles S. Dutton & the story is set in Baltimore. More clips from the film & movie poster under the hood below….
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