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Paris Is In Harlem
''Paris is in Harlem'' is a 2022 American drama film written and directed by Christina Kallas and starring Vandit Bhatt. Cast *Chris Veteri as Ike *Vandit Bhatt as Ben *Leon Addison Brown as Sam *Ellie Foumbi as Michelle *Kojo Roney as Job *Tim Eliot as Jason *Laura Pruden as Sila *Lauren Sowa as Alis * Souléymane Sy Savané as Serenity *Steve Vause as Arthur *Marlon Martinez as Marlon *Spaceman Patterson as Space *Antoine Roney as Antoine *Tomoki Sanders as Tomoki *Camille Thurman as Camille Release The film premiered at the 2022 Slamdance Film Festival. Reception The film has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on five reviews. Alexandra Heller-Nicholas of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists gave the film a positive review and wrote, "a joyful, loving, euphoric snapshot of a city and its people at a key historical moment, ''Paris is in Harlem'' delights in letting the jazz flow." Kyle Bain of ''Film Threat ''Film Threat'' is an online film review publication, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Kallas
Christina Kallas is a Greek-American film director, screenwriter, and producer whose films include ''42 Seconds of Happiness'', '' The Rainbow Experiment'', and '' Paris is in Harlem''. Life and career Kallas was born in Thessaloniki, Greece. She received a B.A., M.A, and PhD in Communication and Media Studies from Free University of Berlin. She began her career in Germany, as a co-producer on the feature films ''White King, Red Queen'' (1993), directed by Sergei Bodrov and '' ID'' (1995), directed by Phil Davis; and as a producer on ''Love Lies'' (1997) and ''The Commissioner'' (1998). She co-wrote the latter film, which was directed by George Sluizer and starred John Hurt. This led to further work as a screenwriter. Kallas wrote on several series for German television, including ''Edel & Starck'' (2001-2003) and ''Danni Lowinski'' (2010-2013). She produced the feature film ''Mothers'' (2010), written and directed by Milcho Manchevski. During this time, Kallas spent eight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vandit Bhatt
Vandit Bhatt (born August 4, 1984) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Kevin in the NBC sitcom ''The Michael J. Fox Show'' and as Jagdeep Patel in the third season of the ABC thriller '' Quantico''. Life and career Bhatt was born in Hyderabad, India and later moved to Fort Myers, Florida, when he was young. During his formative years, he attended Fort Myers Senior High School. After graduation, he commenced his studies at the University of Central Florida. Later, he obtained an undergraduate degree and started touring with multiple theatre companies. In 2010, Bhatt made his acting debut in the NBC drama series '' Mercy''. Following on from his first role, Bhatt won other roles on a variety of TV shows including '' Madam Secretary'', ''Younger'' and ''The Michael J. Fox Show''. In 2017, Bhatt starred as Young Harris in the comedy drama film ''Ripped,'' which was released in theaters on June 23, 2017. On January 17, 2018, it was announced by Deadline that Bh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Souléymane Sy Savané
Souléymane Sy Savané is an Ivorian actor. He is best known for his role in the drama film ''Goodbye Solo'' (2008). Life and career Born in Côte d'Ivoire, Sy Savané moved to Paris and also worked as a flight attendant for Air Afrique. Air Afrique secured him a visa for travel to the US, and in 2000, Sy Savané settled in New York, where he studied acting before being cast in ''Goodbye Solo''. In 2008, he played the role of Solo in Ramin Bahrani's critically acclaimed independent film ''Goodbye Solo''. He was nominated in 2009 for Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead and Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor. He played his first stage role in 2009 when he appeared in the American premiere of Ian Bruce's South African political crime drama ''Groundswell'', directed by Scott Eliott, at The New Group at Theatre Row in New York. In 2011, Sy Savané also appeared in the film ''Machine Gun Preacher'' starring Gerard Butler, directed by Marc Forster. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spaceman Patterson
William "Spaceman" Patterson is a guitarist and producer, who has collaborated with Miles Davis, James Brown and Frank Ocean. History Spaceman Patterson was one of the musicians in Miles Davis' touring line-up in the 1980s. In 1992, Patterson provided music for Ntozake Shange's ''The Love Space Demands'', an adaptation of some of her poetry. In 1995, Patterson produced Melvin Van Peebles' 1995 album '' Ghetto Gothic''. In 2003, he was musical director for the play Dream on Monkey Mountain presented at the Harlem School of the Arts. In 2008, Patterson was enlisted to produce a hip hop album for Bill Cosby. Known at that time for his comedic work and not for performing hip hop, Cosby's album came as a surprise to some. Patterson told the Associated Press that when Cosby contacted him about making the album, "people started speculating, is he going to rap about Jell-O Pudding Pops or what?" The resulting release, titled ''The Cosnarati: State Of Emergency'', came out on Novemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Roney
Antoine Roney (born April 1, 1963, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American tenor saxophonist, brother to trumpeter Wallace Roney.Allmusic profile/ref> He attended the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and the Hartt School of Music of the University of Hartford. His first album, ''The Traveler'', was recorded in 1992 and released by Muse Records. Some of the tracks were with pianist Jacky Terrasson, bassist Dwayne Burno, and drummer Louis Hayes; saxophonist and flautist James Spaulding was added for the other tracks. "After a few years of extensive touring, Roney issued his sophomore recording, ''Whirling'', in 1996." Discography As leader *1992: ''The Traveler'' (Muse) with James Spaulding, Jacky Terrasson, Dwayne Burno, Louis Hayes *1995: ''Whirling'' (Muse) with Ronnie Mathews, Santi Debriano, Nasheet Waits As sideman With Cindy Blackman *'' Telepathy'' (Muse, 1992 994 With Ricky Ford *''Tenor Madness Too!'' (Muse, 1992) With Elvin Jones *'' The Truth: Heard Live at the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camille Thurman
Camille Thurman (born December 22, 1986) is an American jazz musician, composer, and member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Her first two albums, released by Chesky Records in 2018 and 2017, peaked at #3 and #25 respectively on the Billboard Jazz Albums Chart. She has performed at the Kennedy Center, and was a runner up for the 2013 Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition. Early life Thurman took up music at a young age, as she grew up in the St. Albans section of Queens, New York, practicing vocals, piano, and flute before attending Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and the Performing Arts. She first picked up the tenor saxophone, the instrument she is best known for playing, at the age of 15. She went on to earn a bachelor's degree in geological & environmental science from Binghamton University. Musical career Thurman moved back to New York City following her graduation, and played with a wide array of jazz musicians, particularly crediting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slamdance Film Festival
The Slamdance Film Festival is an annual film festival focused on emerging artists. The annual week-long festival takes place in Park City, Utah, in late January and is the main event organized by the year-round Slamdance organization, which also hosts a screenplay competition, workshops, screenings throughout the year and events with an emphasis on independent films with budgets under US$1 million. History The festival was founded in 1995 by Dan Mirvish, Jon Fitzgerald, Shane Kuhn, and Peter Baxter, along with Paul Rachman, after they had been unsuccessful in submitting films to the Sundance Film Festival. Baxter has been in charge of Slamdance since 1997. Screenplay competition In addition to the festival, Slamdance's screenplay competition has discovered a number of talented screenwriters, including Joshua Marston (''Maria Full of Grace'') and Steven Fechter and Nicole Kassell, co-writers of ('' The Woodsman''). In 2008, Slamdance entered into an agreement with Upload Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor stage performance, the original inspiration comes from a scene featuring tomatoes in the Canadian film ''Léolo'' (1992). Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. History Rotten Tomatoes was launched on August 12, 1998, as a spare-time project by Senh Duong. His objective in creating Rotten Tomatoes was "to create a site where people can get access to reviews from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alliance Of Women Film Journalists
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) is a non-profit organization founded in 2006. It is based in New York City and is dedicated to supporting work by and about women in the film industry. The AWFJ is composed of 84 professional female movie critics, journalists, and feature writers working in print, broadcast, and online media. The British Film Institute describes the AWFJ as an organization that collects articles by its (mainly U.S.-based) members, gives annual awards, and "supports films by and about women". EDA Awards Beginning in 2007, the group annually gives awards to the best (and worst) in film, as voted on by its members. These awards are called EDAs in honor of AWFJ founder Jennifer Merin's mother, actress Eda Reiss Merin. EDA is also an acronym for Excellent Dynamic Activism. These awards have been reported on in recent years by a number of mainstream media sources including ''Time'', ''USA Today'', and ''Variety'', and are also included in ''The New York Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Threat
''Film Threat'' is an online film review publication, and earlier, a national magazine that focused primarily on independent film, although it also reviewed videos and DVDs of mainstream films, as well as Hollywood movies in theaters. It first appeared as a photocopied zine in 1985, created by Wayne State University students Chris Gore and André Seewood. In 1997, ''Film Threat'' was converted to a solely online resource. The current incarnation of ''Film Threat'' accepts money from filmmakers who are looking for a way to promote their films. Since 2011, those seeking a review from the site can pay between $50 and $400 for varying levels of service, ranging from a "guaranteed review within 7-10 days" to a package that includes a guarantee of "100K minimum impressions". Beginning The initial issues of ''Film Threat'' combined pseudopolitical ranting by Seewood and cinematic material and parody of mainstream film by Gore. In Gore's own words, "I thought, wouldn’t it be great t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
