Hot off his five Grammy wins including Album of the Year this month, Oscar winner Jon Batiste has joined the remake of The Color Purple, whose producers include Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey and Quincy Jones.
Batiste, who has been band leader and musical director on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert since its 2015 launch, will make his big-screen acting debut as Grady, a debonair, sweet-talking piano man who is the epitome of charm and eloquence and husband of Shug Avery (Taraji P. Henson). Bennet Guillory played the role in the 1985 feature.
The New Orleans-born Batiste is a Juilliard School alum who won an Original Score Oscar and BAFTA Award last year for Soul, shared with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Along with his Grammy haul two weeks ago — including the coveted Album of the Year prize for We Are, he’s been nominated by the Recording Academy 14 times since 2019. He...
Batiste, who has been band leader and musical director on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert since its 2015 launch, will make his big-screen acting debut as Grady, a debonair, sweet-talking piano man who is the epitome of charm and eloquence and husband of Shug Avery (Taraji P. Henson). Bennet Guillory played the role in the 1985 feature.
The New Orleans-born Batiste is a Juilliard School alum who won an Original Score Oscar and BAFTA Award last year for Soul, shared with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Along with his Grammy haul two weeks ago — including the coveted Album of the Year prize for We Are, he’s been nominated by the Recording Academy 14 times since 2019. He...
- 4/15/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
The Harimaya Bridge is an emotional drama that focuses on Daniel Holder (Ben Guillory), an American who travels to rural Japan to claim some important items belonging to his late son, Mickey Holder (Victor Grant), from whom he was estranged at the time of his death. While there, he learns several secrets his son left behind as an African-American artist living and teaching in Japan. The story takes place in Kochi Prefecture, a deeply rural part of Japan where traditional customs remain strong.
While still so angry by the thought that his own father died in a Japanese prisoner of war camp, Holder travels there to pickup Mickey’s paintings. He’s so blinded by this pent up anger that he plans to lay claim to his son’s artwork even though they were given as gifts to friends and a school. Daniel hesistanly meets his son.s Japanese wife,...
While still so angry by the thought that his own father died in a Japanese prisoner of war camp, Holder travels there to pickup Mickey’s paintings. He’s so blinded by this pent up anger that he plans to lay claim to his son’s artwork even though they were given as gifts to friends and a school. Daniel hesistanly meets his son.s Japanese wife,...
- 11/19/2010
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
I profiled this film last October, and I was recently notified that it’s currently enjoying a limited theatrical run, which I wasn’t aware of prior. Apparently, it’s been in theatres since March 12th, when it opened in Atlanta, Ga, and has been city-hopping in short theatrical runs since then.
Currently, you can see it in Los Angeles, CA, where it’s been playing since March 26th, at Laemmle’s Music Hall 3. But you better hurry up and get over there if you want to see it, because it’ll be there through April 8th. It was actually supposed to have left there already, but due to audience interest, its run was extended another week, which is a very good thing!
The director, Aaron Woolfolk, will appear at the 5:30 & 8:15 screenings today, tomorrow and Sunday for Q&A.
Upcoming screenings include: Honolulu, Hi, starting Friday, April 23rd...
Currently, you can see it in Los Angeles, CA, where it’s been playing since March 26th, at Laemmle’s Music Hall 3. But you better hurry up and get over there if you want to see it, because it’ll be there through April 8th. It was actually supposed to have left there already, but due to audience interest, its run was extended another week, which is a very good thing!
The director, Aaron Woolfolk, will appear at the 5:30 & 8:15 screenings today, tomorrow and Sunday for Q&A.
Upcoming screenings include: Honolulu, Hi, starting Friday, April 23rd...
- 4/2/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
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