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Kemba (film)
''Kemba'' is a 2024 American biographical legal drama film written by Christine Swanson and directed by Kelley Kali. The film stars Nesta Cooper Nesta Marlee Cooper (born December 11, 1993) is a Canadian actress best known for her roles of Dani Barnes in '' Reality High'' and Shannon in ''The Edge of Seventeen''. From 2016 to 2018 Cooper had a main role as Carly Shannon in the series '' T ..., Sean Patrick Thomas and Michelle Hurd. The film based on the true story of Kemba Smith, a college student charged as a co-conspirator to her college boyfriend's drug-trafficking crimes and in 1994 was sentenced to 24.5 years in federal prison. Her case drew national attention and support from various organizations including the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund which ultimately prompted President Bill Clinton to grant her executive clemency after serving 6.5 years. She later become criminal justice advocate and public speaker. Kemba Smith serving as executive producer of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelley Kali
Kelley Kali is an American director, actor, writer, and producer. She is the creator of the 2021 indie film '' I'm Fine (Thanks for Asking)'', which has won several awards in the film festival circuit. Other directing credits include ''Lalo's House'' (2018), '' Kemba'' (2022), and '' Jagged Mind'' (2023). Early life and education Kali was born Kelley Kali Chatman, in Northridge, California. She got her bachelor's degree in anthropology, with majors in archeology and minors in film and classical civilization from Howard University. As a student there, Kali directed on multiple episodes for the Belize dramatic television series '' Noh Matta Wat!'' She attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts in TV and Film Production program, graduating with a Master of Fine Arts in 2018. She released the short film ''Lalo's House'' (2018), a drama concerning child sex trafficking in Haiti. According to Kali, the film was nine years in the making and had been part of her application project as w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton ( né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again from 1983 to 1992, and as attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979. A member of the Democratic Party, Clinton became known as a New Democrat, as many of his policies reflected a centrist "Third Way" political philosophy. He is the husband of Hillary Clinton, who was a senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, secretary of state from 2009 to 2013 and the Democratic nominee for president in the 2016 presidential election. Clinton was born and raised in Arkansas and attended Georgetown University. He received a Rhodes Scholarship to study at University College, Oxford and later graduated from Yale Law School. He met Hillary Rodham at Yale; they married in 1975. After graduating from law school, Clinton returned to Arkansas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BET+ Original Programming
BET+ (pronounced "BET plus") is an over-the-top SVOD service operated by Tyler Perry Studios and the Paramount Streaming, a division of Paramount Global. The service was first announced on June 24, 2019 and launched on September 19, 2019. BET+ features both original films and television series from the BET program library and will be the exclusive home of programming produced by Tyler Perry as part of BET's overall deal with Perry. Will Packer and Tracy Oliver have also signed on to produce original programming for the service. BET+ was part of Viacom's 2017 turnaround strategy, which saw the company acquiring and investing into digital platforms. Prior to the announcement of BET+, Viacom acquired the free streaming platform Pluto TV on March 4, 2019 and launched several channels branded after Viacom-owned cable networks and IPs IPS, ips, or iPS may refer to: Science and technology Biology and medicine * ''Ips'' (genus), a genus of bark beetle * Induced pluripotent stem c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Biographical Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African-American Films
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of enslaved Africans who are from the United States. While some Black immigrants or their children may also come to identify as African-American, the majority of first generation immigrants do not, preferring to identify with their nation of origin. African Americans constitute the second largest racial group in the U.S. after White Americans, as well as the third largest ethnic group after Hispanic and Latino Americans. Most African Americans are descendants of enslaved people within the boundaries of the present United States. On average, African Americans are of West/ Central African with some European descent; some also have Native American and other ancestry. According to U.S. Census Bureau data, African immigrants generally do not self- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020s English-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter '' samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the compli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June Carryl
June A. Carryl (born June 10, 1967) is an American actress and playwright who has made numerous television appearances such as '' Mindhunter''. Biography June Carryl was raised in Denver by her single mother alongside two younger siblings. Her mother died at the age of fifty-three of breast cancer. Carryl received her Bachelor's Degree in political science and planned on being a lawyer, but transitioned to English Literature in graduate school, observing that, "every one of my classmates who went to law school came back miserable and I never managed to force myself to do internships and the stuff you're supposed to do." She studied playwriting though her first play was less than a success. Despite this, she found that she enjoyed writing and she went on to receive the AADA Award Saroyan/Paul Award for Plays About Human Rights in 2017 with her play THE GOOD MINISTER FROM HARARE. Eventually, she took a teacher's suggestion pursue acting after being drafted into the class soap opera. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelsey Scott
Kelsey Scott is an American actress, screenwriter and director. Biography Kelsey Scott was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. When she was 13, Scott starred as Robert Guillaume's daughter in the short-lived ABC sitcom ''The Robert Guillaume Show'' (1989). She graduated from Florida A&M University. After Scott began working as a director and screenwriter, her most notable work was the short film ''The Buse'' (2000) for which she won awards at the Sidewalk Film Festival, Palm Beach International Film Festival, Florida Film Festival and Hollywood Black Film Festival. She wrote the 2004 thriller film ''Motives (film), Motives'' and its sequel, ''Motives 2'' (2007). In the late 2000s, Scott returned to acting, appearing in episodes of television series include ''House (TV series), House'', ''Grey's Anatomy'', ''Criminal Minds'' and ''NCIS (TV series), NCIS''. She played Anne Northup, Solomon Northup's wife in the 2013 period-drama film ''12 Years a Slave (film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Dye
Cameron Dye (born April 9, 1959) is an American actor and singer. He played "Fred" in the movie ''Valley Girl'' (1983), and also had roles in ''The Last Starfighter'' (1984), ''National Lampoon's Joy of Sex'' (1984), '' Body Rock'' (1984), ''Fraternity Vacation'' (1985), '' Scenes from the Goldmine'' (1987), '' Out of the Dark'' (1989), ''Men at Work'' (1990), and The Tavern (1999). Dye was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dye's family moved around the United States and in the mid-1970s he attended Sylvania High School in Sylvania, Ohio. Later, Dye moved to California and attended Mills High School in Millbrae, California and UCLA. He was married to actress Laura San Giacomo from 1990–1998, with whom he has a son named Mason. He also has a son, Calvin, with actress Tracy Middendorf. Dye is a founding member of The Actors' Gang The Actors' Gang is an experimental theatre and nonprofit group based at the Ivy Substation in Culver City, California. It was founded in 1981 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pan African Film Festival
Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) is a non-profit corporation in Los Angeles, California, that states its goal is to promote "cultural understanding among peoples of African descent" through exhibiting art and film. It hosts a film festival and an arts festival in Los Angeles in February of each year. ''The Los Angeles Times'' in 2013 called the film festival "the largest black film festival" in the United States. Background In its early years, it was held in West Africa, specifically in Burkina Faso (in February 1985, it was held in Ouagadougou and hosted by Thomas Sankara). The first official festival was organized in 1992 by actors Danny Glover and Ja'net Dubois and executive director Ayuko Babu. Glover and actress Whoopi Goldberg co-hosted the festival. It featured over by black directors from four continents. ''The Los Angeles Times'' said the films had universal themes as well as African themes: "the overthrow of colonial governments, the clash between modern values and tradi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NAACP Legal Defense And Educational Fund
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (NAACP LDF, the Legal Defense Fund, or LDF) is a leading United States civil rights organization and law firm based in New York City. LDF is wholly independent and separate from the NAACP. Although LDF can trace its origins to the legal department of the NAACP created by Charles Hamilton Houston in the 1930s, Thurgood Marshall founded LDF as a separate legal entity in 1940 and LDF became totally independent from the NAACP in 1957. Janai Nelson currently serves as the eighth President and Director-Counsel, since March 2022. Previous Director-Counsels include Sherrilyn Ifill (2012-2022), John Payton (2008–2012), Ted Shaw (2004–2008), Elaine Jones (1993–2004), Julius Levonne Chambers (1984–1993), Jack Greenberg (1961–1984), and founder Thurgood Marshall (1940–1961). About While primarily focused on the civil rights of African Americans in the U.S., LDF states it has "been instrumental in the formation of similar or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Swanson
Christine Swanson (born July 15, 1971) is an American film and television director and screenwriter. Life and career Swanson was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. She earned her MFA in Filmmaking from New York University Tisch School of the Arts and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame. In 1994 she married studio executive and film producer Michael Swanson. For her debut short film ''Two Seasons'' (1998), Swanson received American Black Film Festival Award. In 2001, Swanson wrote and made her feature directorial debut with the romantic comedy '' All About You''. It received Best Film Award at the 2003 American Black Film Festival. Swanson released a followup entitled ''All About Us'' in 2007. She re-wrote screenplay for the 2004 drama film '' Woman Thou Art Loosed''. Swanson directed made-for-television movies ''To Hell and Back'' (2015), ''For the Love of Ruth'' (2015), '' Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story'' (2016), and '' The Clar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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