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Rattlesnakes (film)
''Rattlesnakes'' is a 2019 film directed by Julius Amedume and produced by Nik Powell of Scala Productions. It is based on the stage play ''Rattlesnakes'' written by Graham Farrow. Starring Jack Coleman (actor), Jack Coleman, Jimmy Jean-Louis, and Kathleen McClellan, the story revolves around Robert McQueen, whose day takes a turn for the worse when he is held hostage and accused by three vengeful husbands of sleeping with their wives. However, the truths they hear will change their lives forever. Awards * Audience award for best feature at the 27th Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles, California. * Innovative film award at the Haiti International Film Festival. * ScreenNation Independent Sprit Film Production Award at the 14th Screen Nation Film and Television Awards in London. * Best Film award at the 14th CaribbeanTales International Film Festival, Caribbean Tales International Film Festival (CTFF), Toronto, Canada. * Best Screenplay at the Urban Film Festival in Miami, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Amedume
Julius Amedume (born 6 June 1977), is a Ghanaian-British people, British director, writer and producer. He is best known for directing the award-winning feature films ''A Goat's Tail'' and Rattlensnakes. Personal life He was born on 6 June 1977 in Ewe, eastern Ghana. Career He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree (BSC Hons.) in communication and technology. He was able to move to England after awarding a Toledo scholarship, where he completed his master's degree in directing fiction at the National Film and Television School. His first major film work was the short documentary ''Canal Plus'' in Belgium and France about the Cinefondation award at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. In the meantime, he wrote and directed four short films including ''The Meeting'', ''The Video Tape'', and ''The Phone Call''. In 2006, he directed his maiden feature film ''A Goat's Tail'' which was later won the Best Feature award at the 2007 Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival. Meanwhile, he founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nik Powell
Nik Powell (4 November 1950 – 7 November 2019) was a British businessman and one of the co-founders of Virgin Records with Richard Branson. After operating a mail-order company, a small record shop, and a recording studio, the partners established the label in 1972. It became one of the UK's major recording labels until its sale to EMI in 1992. Biography Born in Great Kingshill, Buckinghamshire, England, Powell was educated first at Longacre School, Shamley Green, Guildford, Surrey, moving when he was seven to a small Catholic preparatory school, St. Richard's in Little Malvern, outside Malvern. From there he went to Ampleforth College, North Yorkshire, and subsequently spent a year at the University of Sussex. In 1983, Powell and Stephen Woolley founded Palace Productions, which produced ''The Company of Wolves'' (1984), ''Mona Lisa'' (1986), and ''The Crying Game'' (1992). After presiding over the 1992 collapse of the company, Powell re-established himself in the film in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Farrow
Graham Ronald Farrow is an English playwright and screenwriter from North Yorkshire; living in Yarm, born in Middlesbrough, and educated at Scarborough College. His first novel, ''Speak no Evil'', was nominated for the 1989 Commonwealth Writer's Prize. His stageplays ''Talk about the Passion'' and ''Rattlesnakes'' have been produced globally; they are especially popular in the United States and London, but regularly play in different countries throughout the world and are translated into many different languages. ''Talk about the Passion'' and ''Rattlesnakes'' are published by Methuen of London. When ''Talk about the Passion'' ran in London in February 2018, ''The Stage Newspaper'' called the production one of the 'picks of the week'. ''Talk about the Passion'' had its Asian premiere in Istanbul in November 2018, directed by Turkish actor/musician Emre Kinay. Other plays produced include ''Lake of Fire'', ''Pure Morning'', ''Hair of the Dog'' and ''Down Amongst the Dead Men''. Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Coleman (actor)
John MacDonald Coleman (born February 21, 1958) is an American actor who has played the role of Steven Carrington in the 1980s prime time soap opera ''Dynasty'' (1982–1988), Noah Bennet in the science-fiction drama series ''Heroes'' (2006–2010), State Senator Robert Lipton on ''The Office'' (2010–2013), and United States Senator William Bracken on ''Castle'' (2012–2015). Early life and education Coleman was born February 21, 1958 in Easton, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. He is a sixth-generation descendant of Benjamin Franklin. He attended Solebury School in Solesbury Township, Pennsylvania and Duke University, where he decided to pursue acting as a career. After graduating from Duke in 1980, he attended Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut. Career Coleman's first major role was in ''Days of Our Lives'', where he appeared from 1981 to 1982 as the character of Jake Kositchek (aka ''The Salem Strangler''). He also made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Jean-Louis
Jimmy Jean-Louis (born August 8, 1968) is a Haitian actor and producer. Born in Pétion-Ville, he moved to Paris at a young age with his family in search of a better life. His early roles were in French television commercials and Spanish musical theatre."Haitian actor Jimmy Jean-Louis joins cast of ‘Heroes Reborn’ on NBC" interview by Taroue Brooks, ''Rolling Out'', 13 August 2015. Accessed 12 April 2017. Eventually settling in in the late 1990s, he had small roles in '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen McClellan
Kathleen McClellan is an American actress, model, television host, and former Miss Illinois Teen USA. She is perhaps first recognized for her role on '' Seinfeld'' as Melissa, Jerry's naked girlfriend, most recently noted for her starring role in the award-winning film, ''Rattlesnakes'', and for her 2002-2004 role as the host of TLC's ''For Better or For Worse.'' Early life McClellan grew up in Bloomington, Illinois. In 1988, she was crowned Miss Illinois Teen USA, was named Most Photogenic in the National Miss Teen USA Pageant, and was signed to Elite Model Management which began her modeling career in Paris. Miss Teen USA The 1988 Miss Teen USA Pageant was hosted by Dick Clark in San Bernardino, California, where McClellan earned the top score in interview, and held the second highest scores in swimsuit, evening gown and overall average score second only to Jessica Collins. Career McClellan is known for her work as a dramatic and comedic actor, fashion model, commerci ... [...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] |
Screen Nation Film And Television Awards
The Screen Nation Film & TV Awards, formerly the bfm (black filmmaker) Film and TV Awards, was founded in September 2003 by independent film producer Charles Thompson MBE, as a platform to raise the profile of black British and international film and television talent of African heritage. Statuette The Screen Nation Award statuette is based on a West African mask and was designed by Jamaican-born sculptor George "Fowokan" Kelly. "The statuette signifies via the mask that there is a change coming. A mask takes you from one state into another and in this case from being unrecognized and unrewarded to being recognized and celebrated". Awards The Screen Nation Film and TV Awards are given at a televised event that normally takes place in October during UK Black History Month. The awards ceremony—dubbed the "Black BAFTAs" by ''The Independent'' newspaper in 2003—brings together actors, actresses, directors and filmmakers from the British and international film and TV industry. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CaribbeanTales International Film Festival
The CaribbeanTales International Film Festival is an annual film festival, staged in Toronto, Ontario. The festival programs a lineup of films from Caribbean countries, as well as films from the Caribbean diaspora in Canada. The festival was launched in 2006 by filmmaker Frances-Anne Solomon, through her CaribbeanTales Media Group production firm. In 2009, the festival also launched a separate sister event for youth films, staged during Black History Month. In 2013, it launched CaribbeanTales TV, a video on demand streaming service dedicated to Caribbean films.Chris Knight, "'A blessing': Caribbean show will go on; Online format". ''National Post'', September 10, 2020. The event is normally staged at Toronto's Royal Cinema. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the 2020 festival was staged online through CaribbeanTales TV. The festival also sponsors an incubator program to fund film projects by emerging filmmakers within the Caribbean diaspora. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Africa Movie Academy Awards
The Africa Movie Academy Awards, popularly known as AMAA and The AMA Awards, is presented annually to recognize excellence among professionals working in, or non-African professionals who have contributed to, the African film industry. It was founded by Peace Anyiam-Osigwe and is run through the Africa Film Academy. The awards are aimed at honouring and promoting excellence in the African movie industry as well as uniting the African continent through arts and culture. The award presentation is attended by numerous media representatives, celebrities, politicians, journalists, actresses and actors from all across the world. The AMA Awards is widely considered to be Africa's most important film event and the most prestigious film award in Africa. History The first Africa Movie Academy Awards was held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria on 30 May 2005. All other subsequent African Academy Awards before 2012 were held at the same venue, except for the 2008 AMAA Awards which was moved t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Africa International Film Festival
The Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) is an annual film festival that takes place in Nigeria. It was founded in 2010 with its Inaugural edition in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. AFRIFF was founded by Chioma Ude a passionate film buff and entrepreneur, The event normally spans through a week and it includes award shows and film training classes. Keith Shiri, the founder/director of Africa at the Pictures is the artistic director of the festival. AFRIFF gives out honors in categories such Feature, Documentary, Short, Animation, and Students Short, as well as awards and prizes for Directing, Acting, and Screenplay. There are additional special awards for Audience Choice and an Outstanding Film Jury Award. Africa International Film Festival events 2010 Africa International Film Festival The 2010 Africa International Film Festival was held in Port Harcourt from 1 December 2010 to 5 December 2010. The festival followed after its first official announcement at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Films
2019 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2019, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and movie programming. Evaluation of the year In his article highlighting the best movies of 2019, Richard Brody of ''The New Yorker'' said, "It's the year of apocalyptic cinema of the highest order, the year in which three of our best filmmakers have responded with vast ambition, invention, and inspiration to the crises at hand, including the threats to American democracy, the catastrophic menaces arising from global warming, the corrosive cruelty of ethnic hatreds and nationalist prejudices, and the poisonous overconcentration of money and power. At the same time, it's a year of inside-movies practicalities, of special attention to the business at hand, because of the structural threats to the movie business from new and powerful players. The major crisis specific to cinema outleaps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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