Theater and Film Production Company providing information, screening and producing opportunities to emerging filmmakers of the African diaspora.
Oscar-Winning Animator Everett Downing Creates Netflix Series ‘My Dad The Bounty Hunter’
Everett Downing, the animator behind the Oscar-winning viral short Hair Love, has landed his own Netflix series. Downing and Patrick Harpin (Hotel Transylvania 2) will team to create action-comedy …
Issa Rae wants revamped production company to elevate the profile of artists of color.
https://thegrio.com/2020/10/23/issa-rae-company-artists-color/
Issa Rae explains why she wants her revamped production company to set an example for how we can better support Black businesses.
Congrats to Ekwa Msangi, New Voices in Black Cinema Festival alumnus on her ongoing success with "Farewell Amor".
https://www.indiewire.com/2020/10/farewell-amor-trailer-ekwa-msangi-1234593835/
Exclusive: The festival breakout from rising filmmaker Ekwa Msangi will hit theaters and VOD later this year.
Tyler Perry endorses... https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tyler-perry-endorses-joe-biden_n_5f907c9dc5b6b005f5f216da
"For the last four and a half years or so, we have been dragged through the wringer, and it is completely exhausting," the man behind Madea said.
"Always and Forever" trailer is out. https://shadowandact.com/always-and-forever-trailer-thriller-stars-loretta-devine-lauren-london-rocsi-diaz-and-more
The first trailer has been released for the upcoming...
Carribean-American playwrights! https://www.onthestage.com/show/conch-shell-productions/bluelightseries-fall-2020-91533?ots-cmpgn-refer=PATRONEMAILMC1W&utm_source=OnTheStage&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PATRONEMAILMC1W
Tickets are available now! Dates: Oct 09 - Oct 30 2020
Carribean-American playwrights! https://www.onthestage.com/show/conch-shell-productions/bluelightseries-fall-2020-91533?ots-cmpgn-refer=PATRONEMAILMC1W&utm_source=OnTheStage&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PATRONEMAILMC1W
Tickets are available now! Dates: Oct 09 - Oct 30 2020
Lion King sequel set at Disney with Barry Jenkins as Director
https://shadowandact.com/the-lion-king-sequel-set-at-disney-with-barry-jenkins-as-director
A sequel to 2019's live-action The Lion King has been set...
Don't sleep on Aldis Hodge!
https://shadowandact.com/black-adam-aldis-hodge-in-talks-to-join-dc-comics-film-as-hawkman
Aldis Hodge is venturing into superhero territory. He is in...
Brooklyn Media Maker Weekend is October 15-17, 2020.
https://www.bricartsmedia.org/events-performances/media-maker-weekend-x-home-creating-new-reality
FILMMAKERS. PRODUCERS. SCREENWRITERS. ANIMATORS. PHOTOGRAPHERS. INFLUENCERS. GRAPHIC DESIGNERS. CREATORS. INNOVATORS.BRIC's fifth annual Media Maker Weekend is a three-day virtual conference featuring free workshops, lectures, and panel discussions designed to educate makers on various aspects of me...
This was good. Watch it on Netflix.
"The Social Dilemma"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaaC57tcci0&feature=youtu.be
We tweet, we like, and we share— but what are the consequences of our growing dependence on social media? As digital platforms increasingly become a lifeline...
"All In: The Fight For Democracy"
Free Screening All Day today Tues 9/22
https://vimeo.com/urbanworld
Conversation 9/23
Courtesy of UrbanWorld Film Festival
John Boyega on "Star Wars" race experience.
https://variety.com/2020/film/global/john-boyega-star-wars-race-1234756793/
British actor John Boyega, who shot to global prominence with the role of Finn in 2015’s “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens,” and further films in the franchise, ha…
Chadwick Boseman...a great loss.
https://www.cnet.com/news/chadwick-boseman-star-of-black-panther-dead-at-43-a-king-on-and-off-screen/
The Russo brothers, Chris Evans, Marvel Studios, DC Comics and many others honor the actor, who died after a four-year fight with colon cancer.
Drama asks What if Africa colonized Europe?
https://shadowandact.com/noughts-crosses-trailer-ya-alt-history-drama-asks-what-if-africa-colonized-europe
#NoughtsandCrosses #newvoicesinblackcinema
#actnowfoundation
NBCUniversal's new streaming service Peacock has just...
Thursday, August 27, 2020- Virtual Screenwriting Workshop 7-8:30p
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-film-space-virtual-screenwriting-workshop-tickets-100989678848?lang=en-us&locale=en_US&view=domo
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we are hosting bi-weekly virtual screenwriting workshops via the video app Zoom. Please choose a day to RSVP!
Check your registration status. Register to vote!
https://www.vote.org/
Register to vote. Check your registration status. Get your absentee ballot. Fast, free, easy, secure, nonpartisan.
Respect to NVIBC festival alumnus Shaka King... https://shadowandact.com/director-shaka-king-fred-hampton-jr-on-support-of-daniel-kaluuyas-judas-and-the-black-messiah-casting
Judas and the Black Messiah's casting of Daniel Kaluuya as...
Emmy 2020 and Black actor nominations.
https://variety.com/2020/tv/awards/emmy-nominations-black-actors-diversity-2020-1234716405/
The Television Academy nominated a record number of Black actors for Emmys on Tuesday morning, with 34.3% of the acting nominees being Black. There were 102 acting nominees this year across lead, s…
Steve McQueen’s Lovers Rock Will World Premiere as Opening Night Film of the 58th New York Film Festival
Lovers Rock is part of the Small Axe anthology, which comprises five original films by Academy Award, BAFTA, and Golden Globe-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen, which will premiere on BBC One later this year and air on Amazon Prime Video in the US. Set from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s, the films e...
Congrats Nia DaCosta! https://shadowandact.com/captain-marvel-2-taps-candyman-director-nia-dacosta-to-helm-mcu-sequel
Marvel's Captain Marvel 2 has found its director in Nia...
Steve McQueen’s ‘Lovers Rock’ to Open New York Film Festival
Steve McQueen, the Oscar-winning director of “12 Years a Slave” and “Shame,” is best known for his searing big-screen work. So it is fitting that the New York Film Festival …
Tyler Perry Gives Progress Report On Producing His Shows During Pandemic, Shares His Hope For The Industry & The Country
Tyler Perry was one of the first Hollywood producers to come up with a comprehensive plan to safely restart TV production back in April. Now he is the first to have completed a full season of a pri…
WGA And UTA Deal- "Ends The Practice of Packaging" at the Agency
The WGA told its members Wednesday that the sunset clause in its newly struck agreement with UTA “ends the practice of packaging” at the agency on June 30, 2022, and that “until then packaging is o…
Variety, African American Film Critics Association and LACES Launch Micheaux Project Outreach Program
Variety, the African American Film Critics Association and the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies have partnered to create the Micheaux Project, an outreach program aimed at encouraging high s…
Nia Long Calls on Unions to Take Responsibility for Inclusive Hiring
Variety’s events and lifestyle producer Angelique Jackson interviewed Nia Long, the executive producer and star of “Fatal Affair.” Long said she is most proud of elevating the material with h…
Jay Pharoah, Derek Luke, Chris Chalk, Aldis Hodge and Algee Smith on the Realities of Racism in Hollywood https://variety.com/2020/video/features/aldis-hodge-derek-luke-chris-chalk-jay-pharoah-algee-smith-variety-represent-black-men-in-hollywood-interview-1234711986/ via @variety
The world seems to be quickly coming to understand that navigating life as a Black person in America is an emotional and difficult journey. But what about paving a path in Hollywood? As support for…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_oEkOdIXdo
Follow John Lewis: Good Trouble http://facebook.com/johnlewisdoc https://twitter.com/JohnLewisDoc https://www.instagram.com/johnlewisdoc/ Using interviews an...
John Lewis: Good Trouble | A Magnolia Pictures Film | Now In Theaters and on Demand
Using interviews and rare archival footage, JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE chronicles Lewis’ 60-plus years of social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health-care reform and immigration. Using present-day interviews with Lewis, now 80 years old, Porter explores...
She vividly remembers how systemic racism in the industry plagued her nearly every step of the way.
Kaepernick signs 1st look deal with Disney. Scripted and unscripted content.
https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/colin-kaepernick-walt-disney-first-look-deal-espn-1234698911/
Colin Kaepernick’s journey from San Francisco 49ers quarterback to civil-rights activist will be chronicled in a documentary series developed by ESPN Films as part of a first-look deal betwee…
John Boyega and Jodie Truner-Smith to star in upcoming thriller!
https://shadowandact.com/borderland-john-boyega-jodie-turner-smith-to-star-in-upcoming-thriller
John Boyega, Felicity Jones, Jack Reynor and Jodie...
Support independent theater of the diaspora!
138 S Oxford St
New York, NY
11217
Be the first to know and let us send you an email when ActNow Filmstage posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
Send a message to ActNow Filmstage:
Shawn Nabors, playwright for "America and the Adventures of Nat TurnUp". Reading this thurs. 7/13! Talk-back follows staged reading. Refreshments & networking early. Come through and be a part of the creative process. https://www.facebook.com/events/285908508536599/?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A5%2C%22page_id_source%22%3A313180798344%2C%22action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22main_list%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%7B%5C%22page_id%5C%22%3A313180798344%2C%5C%22tour_id%5C%22%3Anull%7D%22%7D]%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D
Nia Theatrical Production Company
138 S Oxford St Ste 4AHolistic Primary Care: News for Health & Heal
101 Lafayette Ave
