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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] |
25th Independent Spirit Awards
The 25th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best independent films of 2009, were presented on March 5, 2010. The nominations were announced on December 1, 2009. The ceremony was hosted by Eddie Izzard. Winners and nominees Films with multiple nominations and awards Special awards John Cassavetes Award ''Humpday'' * '' Big Fan'' * '' The New Year Parade'' * '' Treeless Mountain'' * ''Zero Bridge'' Truer Than Fiction Award '' 45365'' * '' Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo'' * ''El General'' Piaget Producers Award Karin Chien – '' The Exploding Girl'' and ''Santa Mesa'' * Larry Fessenden – ''The House of the Devil'' and '' I Sell the Dead'' * Dia Sokol Savage – ''Beeswax'' and ''Nights and Weekends'' Someone to Watch Award Kyle Patrick Alvarez – ''Easier with Practice'' * Asiel Norton – ''Redland'' * Tariq Tapa – ''Zero Bridge'' Robert Altman Award * ''A Serious Man'' – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Ellen Chenoweth, Rachel Tenner, Rich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IndieWire
IndieWire (sometimes stylized as indieWIRE or Indiewire) is a film industry and review website that was established in 1996. The site's focus was predominantly independent film, although its coverage has grown to "to include all aspects of Hollywood and the expanding universes of TV and streaming." IndieWire is part of Penske Media. History The original IndieWire newsletter launched on July 15, 1996, billing itself as "the daily news service for independent film." Following in the footsteps of various web- and AOL-based editorial ventures, IndieWire was launched as a free daily email publication in the summer of 1996 by New York- and Los Angeles-based filmmakers and writers Eugene Hernandez, Mark Rabinowitz, Cheri Barner, Roberto A. Quezada, and Mark L. Feinsod. Initially distributed to a few hundred subscribers, the readership grew rapidly, passing 6,000 in late 1997. In January 1997, IndieWire made its first appearance at the Sundance Film Festival to begin their coverage o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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21st-century Ivorian Male Actors
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 (Roman numerals, I) through AD 100 (Roman numerals, C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or History by period, historical period. The 1st century also saw the Christianity in the 1st century, appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and inst ... [...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] |
Babetida Sadjo
Babetida Sadjo, born on September 19, 1983 in Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau, is a Belgians, Belgian actress. Biography Babetida grew up in Guinea-Bissau until she was 12 years old, before moving to Hanoi in Vietnam where she attended the Lycée français Alexandre Yersin for 4 years. It was there that she learned French and discovered theater. Her family moved to Herstal in Belgium where she completed her secondary studies. She continued her theatrical training at the Antoine Vitez Center. Finally, she moved to Brussels to enter the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and obtained her Dramatic Art diploma in 2007. It was with ''Waste Land'', in her role as Aysha alongside Jérémie Renier, that she gained national recognition and won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the Ostend Film Festival in 2015. Her next part was in ''The Paradise Suite (film), The Paradise Suite'' by :fr:Joost van Ginkel, Joost van Ginkel, but it was her role as Adja, a young illegal immigrant who arrived i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Killerman
''Killerman'' is a 2019 American action crime film starring Liam Hemsworth, Emory Cohen, Diane Guerrero, Zlatko Buric, Suraj Sharma, and Nickola Shreli. It was theatrically released in the United States on August 30, 2019. Plot Moe (Hemsworth) and Bobby "Skunk" (Cohen) are money launderers for Perico (Buric) who is also Bobby's uncle. They are both given a large job which involves $20 million in 10 days. As they are both about to launder the money they get a call from Perico to not do anything and just sit on the money until he rings them again. This gives Bobby an opportunity to make a fast buck by doing a drug deal and making some extra money. He involves Moe who reluctantly agrees after refusing flat out first. They go to see an Indian shopkeeper Fedex (Sharma) who is told he will make $60,000 in a few hours if he gives them the phone number of the drug dealer. Hesitantly he gives them the phone number of Debo, a local drug dealer and contact him to set up a once only deal. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikyatu Jusu
Nikyatu Jusu () is an American independent writer, director, producer, editor and assistant professor in film and video at George Mason University. Jusu's works center on the complexities of Black female characters and in particular, displaced, immigrant women in the United States. Her work includes ''African Booty Scratcher'' (2007), ''Flowers'' (2015), ''Suicide By Sunlight'' (2019), and ''Nanny'', which received the Grand Jury Prize at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Early life and education Jusu was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Sierra Leonean parents Hannah Khoury and Ronald Jusu. She attended Duke University in Durham, North Carolina with the intention to become a biomedical engineer. An unexpected meeting with a screenwriting professor introduced her to the world of film making and she changed her focus. Jusu graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Film/Cinema/Video Studies in 2005. She later studied narrative filmmaking at New York University's Tisch graduate film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forever (2014 TV Series)
''Forever'' is an American fantasy crime drama television series that aired on ABC as part of the 2014–15 fall television season. Created by Matt Miller, it centers on the character of Dr. Henry Morgan, an immortal New York City medical examiner who uses his extensive knowledge to assist the New York City Police Department (NYPD) in solving crimes and to discover a way to end his immortality. Flashbacks within each episode reveal various details of Henry's life. The series' network aired a sneak preview on September 22, 2014, and resumed the series at 10 p.m. EST on September 23, 2014. Reception of the series was mixed. In the United States, television critics were divided over the series' similarity to other crime dramas and its premise. In contrast, voters in several online polls ranked the series as one of the best of the television season. ''Forever''s broadcast was well received in France and Spain. Although ABC gave the series a full-season episode order on Novem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madam Secretary (TV Series)
''Madam Secretary'' (subtitled ''Madam President'' for its sixth and final season) is an American political drama television series created by Barbara Hall with Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary as executive producers. It stars Téa Leoni as Elizabeth McCord, a former CIA analyst and political science professor who becomes the United States Secretary of State. It ran on CBS from September 21, 2014, to December 8, 2019, for a total of 120 episodes aired. The series was renewed for a final 10-episode sixth season in May 2019, which premiered October 6, 2019. Premise The first five seasons of ''Madam Secretary'' explore Elizabeth McCord's life as the determined United States Secretary of State. She drives international diplomacy, battles office politics, and circumvents protocol if needed as she negotiates worldwide issues. The show also focuses on the characters' personal lives. At the end of the fifth season, McCord announces that she will run for president. As the sixth season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Detour (TV Series)
''The Detour'' is an American sitcom that was created by Jason Jones and Samantha Bee about a family vacation road trip that quickly devolves out of control. It stars Jones himself, Natalie Zea, Ashley Gerasimovich, Liam Carroll, Daniella Pineda, Mary Grill, and Laura Benanti. The series aired on TBS from April 11, 2016, to August 20, 2019. The show was renewed for a second season on April 6, 2016, five days prior to the series premiere. The second season premiered on February 21, 2017. On April 25, 2017, TBS renewed the series for a third season. On May 11, 2018, the series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on June 18, 2019. On September 4, 2019, TBS canceled the series after four seasons. Plot The series follows Nate Parker, Jr. ( Jason Jones), his wife Robin Randall ( Natalie Zea), and their kids, preteen twins Delilah ( Ashley Gerasimovich) and Jared (Liam Carroll), as they drive from their home in Syracuse, New York to Florida for a family vacation. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
