In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix announced the premiere date for its upcoming drama series “Away” and Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes announced their new podcast “Smartless” will premiere in July.
Dates
Netflix has announced “Away” will premiere on Sept. 4. The upcoming drama series follows American astronaut Emma Green (Hilary Swank) as she prepares to lead an international crew on the first mission to Mars, but she must first reconcile her decision to leave behind her husband (Josh Charles) and teenage daughter (Talitha Bateman) when they need her the most. “Away” is created by Andrew Hinderaker and is executive produced by showrunner Jessica Goldberg, Jason Katims, Matt Reeves, Hinderaker, Edward Zwick, Adam Kassan, Jeni Mulein and Swank. Watch the teaser below.
First Looks
Netflix has released a trailer for “Street Food Latin America.” The docuseries will explore countries including Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Colombia and Bolivia, highlighting...
Dates
Netflix has announced “Away” will premiere on Sept. 4. The upcoming drama series follows American astronaut Emma Green (Hilary Swank) as she prepares to lead an international crew on the first mission to Mars, but she must first reconcile her decision to leave behind her husband (Josh Charles) and teenage daughter (Talitha Bateman) when they need her the most. “Away” is created by Andrew Hinderaker and is executive produced by showrunner Jessica Goldberg, Jason Katims, Matt Reeves, Hinderaker, Edward Zwick, Adam Kassan, Jeni Mulein and Swank. Watch the teaser below.
First Looks
Netflix has released a trailer for “Street Food Latin America.” The docuseries will explore countries including Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Colombia and Bolivia, highlighting...
- 7/7/2020
- by Klaritza Rico
- Variety Film + TV
Warner Bros Television Group on Tuesday revealed the 12 directors selected for the 2020 Warner Bros Television Directors’ Workshop, which will be held virtually this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The redesigned program has been condensed into two weeks (from the usual nine) of online learning, with lectures led by co-teachers Bethany Rooney and Mary Lou Belli along with various showrunners, directors, cinematographers and editors. The practical directing work normally done on Warners’ sets will now be done using co-habitating actors, with the directors work with them remotely.
The program launched in 2013 with the aim to directors from other creative fields for the transition to TV, and to spur equity and inclusion by providing opportunities for female helmers and those from underrepresented groups. It has seen 100% of the graduates from the past four classes go on to direct episodes of Warner Bros–produced series. Alums include Pamela Romanowsky, Marcus Stokes, Jennifer Phang,...
The redesigned program has been condensed into two weeks (from the usual nine) of online learning, with lectures led by co-teachers Bethany Rooney and Mary Lou Belli along with various showrunners, directors, cinematographers and editors. The practical directing work normally done on Warners’ sets will now be done using co-habitating actors, with the directors work with them remotely.
The program launched in 2013 with the aim to directors from other creative fields for the transition to TV, and to spur equity and inclusion by providing opportunities for female helmers and those from underrepresented groups. It has seen 100% of the graduates from the past four classes go on to direct episodes of Warner Bros–produced series. Alums include Pamela Romanowsky, Marcus Stokes, Jennifer Phang,...
- 7/7/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Our bi-weekly Film Festival Roundup column explores notable stories and news updates from the circuit.
Long before Barry Jenkins or Laura Poitras won their first Oscars or Robert Eggers made one of 2016’s highest-grossing indies, or Denis Villeneuve graduated to Hollywood’s A-list, they were still just independent filmmakers with a dream — a dream that needed to be packaged, sold, and produced. Enter Ifp Film Week, home of one of the world’s most forward-thinking film markets, and the U.S.’s only market that presents new works across all platforms, all the better to serve their creator’s visions.
This year’s 2017 Ifp Film Week, presented by the Independent Film Project, has unveiled its slate for this year’s film project section. The lineup includes 110 narrative and documentary projects in development from over 15 countries. Curated by Ifp’s Deputy Director/Head of Programming Amy Dotson and Senior Director of Programming Milton Tabbot,...
Long before Barry Jenkins or Laura Poitras won their first Oscars or Robert Eggers made one of 2016’s highest-grossing indies, or Denis Villeneuve graduated to Hollywood’s A-list, they were still just independent filmmakers with a dream — a dream that needed to be packaged, sold, and produced. Enter Ifp Film Week, home of one of the world’s most forward-thinking film markets, and the U.S.’s only market that presents new works across all platforms, all the better to serve their creator’s visions.
This year’s 2017 Ifp Film Week, presented by the Independent Film Project, has unveiled its slate for this year’s film project section. The lineup includes 110 narrative and documentary projects in development from over 15 countries. Curated by Ifp’s Deputy Director/Head of Programming Amy Dotson and Senior Director of Programming Milton Tabbot,...
- 7/20/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Sony Pictures Television has selected seven program fellows for its third annual Diverse Directors Program, which provides opportunities for skilled artists of diverse backgrounds to work with established TV directors on Spt series. The 2016 Program Fellows are: Erica Watson, Abi Corbin, Susan Dynner, Tahir Jetter, Kevin Berlandi, Christine Turner and Jabbar Raisani. Each will be assigned to work on Spt series including The Blacklist, Dr. Ken, The Goldbergs, The Undergroun…...
- 12/7/2016
- Deadline TV
After stops at Sundance, New Voices, and Abff this year, Tahir Jetter’s feature film directorial debut, “How to Tell You’re a Douchebag,” will premiere on Bet tomorrow night, Saturday, September 17, at 8pm/7c. The film, starring Charles Brice, DeWanda Wise… Continue Reading →...
- 9/16/2016
- by Aramide A. Tinubu
- ShadowAndAct
After stops at Sundance, New Voices, and Abff this year, Tahir Jetter’s feature film directorial debut, “How to Tell You’re a Douchebag,” will premiere on iTunes next month, August 9, 2016. You can preorder here. Ahead of that date, Jetter… Continue Reading →...
- 7/27/2016
- by Aramide A. Tinubu
- ShadowAndAct
Tonight (Sunday, April 24) at 9:30pm, at the New Voices in Black Cinema Festival at BAMCinematek in Brooklyn, NYC, an encore screening of Tahir Jetter's feature debut and Sundance 2016 selection, "How to Tell You're a Douchebag," preceded by Iquo B. Essien's short film, "New York, I Love You." Yesterday's screening of both films sold out, so an encore screening (with both films and filmmakers present) has been scheduled for tonight, Sunday, at 9:30pm, to accommodate the demand. And that screening is also selling well. So you're encouraged to buy tickets before you get to the theater tonight... at the...
- 4/24/2016
- by Aramide A Tinubu
- ShadowAndAct
Exclusive: Verve has signed Tahir Jetter, who was pursued for representation after the film he wrote and directed, How To Tell You’re A Douchebag, debuted at Sundance. That festival starts a stampede by the agencies to sign new talent, and Jetter took his time. The film is inspired by his own comedic challenges as a single man in today's social media driven dating world. Jetter, who created the web series Hard Times, got his Bfa in Film Production from Nyu and has moved…...
- 3/11/2016
- Deadline
Having made his Sundance debut with the short film Close. in 2011, filmmaker Tahir Jetter returned with his debut feature, How To Tell You’re A Douchebag — a film that, as he discusses below, he wasn’t sure would bring him back to Park City. After his web series Hard Times was picked up for distribution by Issa Rae Productions in 2014, Jetter set his sights on a feature film about dating in the modern world. To raise awareness of the project, Jetter published a blog, Occasionally Dating Black Women, written in a voice that would turn out to be his fictional main character. Inspired by films that handle […]...
- 2/2/2016
- by Erik Luers
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Having made his Sundance debut with the short film Close. in 2011, filmmaker Tahir Jetter returned with his debut feature, How To Tell You’re A Douchebag — a film that, as he discusses below, he wasn’t sure would bring him back to Park City. After his web series Hard Times was picked up for distribution by Issa Rae Productions in 2014, Jetter set his sights on a feature film about dating in the modern world. To raise awareness of the project, Jetter published a blog, Occasionally Dating Black Women, written in a voice that would turn out to be his fictional main character. Inspired by films that handle […]...
- 2/2/2016
- by Erik Luers
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
For much of its 79 minutes, Tahir Jetter‘s How To Tell You’re A Douchebag feels like the type of raw, Diy and impressive indie picture that barely stands a chance of getting in to the 2016 model of the Sundance Film Festival. If that sounds like a back-handed compliment, that’s more-or-less the intention. After all, it is a talky rom-com set in New York with no recognizable faces, no real visuals to showcase or even edgy subject matter to mine through.
Written and directed by Jetter and based off of his blog ‘Occasionally Dating Black Women,’ Douchebag tells the story of womanizing blogger Ray Livingston (Charles Brice) and the comeuppance he receives at the hands of quasi-famous Internet writer Rochelle Marseilles (DeWanda Wise). Filled with self-reflective voice-over and extended musings on things like cat-calling and its virtues or the expectations following a hook-up, Jetter establishes an insightful-if-familiar aesthetic.
This...
Written and directed by Jetter and based off of his blog ‘Occasionally Dating Black Women,’ Douchebag tells the story of womanizing blogger Ray Livingston (Charles Brice) and the comeuppance he receives at the hands of quasi-famous Internet writer Rochelle Marseilles (DeWanda Wise). Filled with self-reflective voice-over and extended musings on things like cat-calling and its virtues or the expectations following a hook-up, Jetter establishes an insightful-if-familiar aesthetic.
This...
- 2/1/2016
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Tahir Jetter’s first film offers up some inspired moments yet falls flat when dramatic material arises
Tahir Jetter’s first feature opens with one hell of a gambit. This funny relationship film (I hesitate to call it a rom com) starts with some postcard shots of New York City, just like Woody Allen’s masterpiece Manhattan. But this isn’t in black and white and even out-of-towners will recognize that these aren’t the usual landmarks. How To Tell You’re A Douchebag (yes, that’s the actual title, unfortunately) is 100% Brooklyn, but it doesn’t make a big showing of it, shouting “represent!” or “718!” or anything like that. Brooklyn is just the borough where the filmmakers of the next generation live.
Related: Little Men review – Ira Sachs' achingly humane family drama soars
Continue reading...
Tahir Jetter’s first feature opens with one hell of a gambit. This funny relationship film (I hesitate to call it a rom com) starts with some postcard shots of New York City, just like Woody Allen’s masterpiece Manhattan. But this isn’t in black and white and even out-of-towners will recognize that these aren’t the usual landmarks. How To Tell You’re A Douchebag (yes, that’s the actual title, unfortunately) is 100% Brooklyn, but it doesn’t make a big showing of it, shouting “represent!” or “718!” or anything like that. Brooklyn is just the borough where the filmmakers of the next generation live.
Related: Little Men review – Ira Sachs' achingly humane family drama soars
Continue reading...
- 1/27/2016
- by Jordan Hoffman
- The Guardian - Film News
It was films like “Nothing But A Man,” “Love Jones” and “Love & Basketball” that made me fall in love with cinema. As a millennial, in the ‘90s there was “Love Jones”, a narrative of passion set against Chicago’s urban backdrop. Hopeless romantics and cynics alike watched as Nina Mosely and Darius Lovehall, desperately tried to figure out that thing called love. In the past decade (except for Gina Prince-Bythewood‘s “Beyond the Lights”) Black romance in film has fallen by the wayside in favor of buddy comedies or ensemble features. First time feature director Tahir Jetter’s “How to Tell You’re A Douchebag” has the potential to help reinvigorate the genre for the...
- 1/26/2016
- by Aramide A Tinubu
- ShadowAndAct
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2015 discoveries”.
Tahir Jetter: The Internet (band). Dough Doughnuts (a work of art). Ernie Barnes (Painter).
Lavallee: By appearances, it looks like you’ve created a sort of parallel universe… with a full blueprint of your character and his creative writing output (faux Occasionally Dating Black Women blog). Could you discuss your writing process and how you perhaps re-tooled the rom com by delving deeper into your protag’s psyche.
Jetter: I started writing Ray’s blog entries several months before we began shooting. From a narrative perspective, I thought that it would be helpful for both my actor and I to have a way to further understand where Ray is coming from—to provide a kind of douchebag’s CliffNotes, if you will.
I catalogued about 20-30 ideas for blog topics based on other vaguely offensive dating articles that I had...
Tahir Jetter: The Internet (band). Dough Doughnuts (a work of art). Ernie Barnes (Painter).
Lavallee: By appearances, it looks like you’ve created a sort of parallel universe… with a full blueprint of your character and his creative writing output (faux Occasionally Dating Black Women blog). Could you discuss your writing process and how you perhaps re-tooled the rom com by delving deeper into your protag’s psyche.
Jetter: I started writing Ray’s blog entries several months before we began shooting. From a narrative perspective, I thought that it would be helpful for both my actor and I to have a way to further understand where Ray is coming from—to provide a kind of douchebag’s CliffNotes, if you will.
I catalogued about 20-30 ideas for blog topics based on other vaguely offensive dating articles that I had...
- 1/25/2016
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2015 discoveries”.
DeWanda Wise: #1. Justin Bieber (C’mon guys, Purpose is soooo good.). #2. Phuket, Thailand. Authentic coconut sticky rice doesn’t require sugar if the mango is sweet enough. #3. Chuck Palahniuk. New to me, but a fantastic writer with biting wit & dark humor gets me every time.
Lavallee: In How to Tell You’re a Douchebag, you play Rochelle Marseilles – the Achilles heal sorta speak to the swollen head character of Ray. Was wondering what attracted you to the role and what was the working process like with a first time director in Tahir Jetter?
Wise: I love that Rochelle has a complicated relationship with herself. She’s at odds with her inflated public persona, and the daily dirge of her private life, and I think that juxtaposition is exceptionally timely. I think Ray falls in like with the idea of her.
DeWanda Wise: #1. Justin Bieber (C’mon guys, Purpose is soooo good.). #2. Phuket, Thailand. Authentic coconut sticky rice doesn’t require sugar if the mango is sweet enough. #3. Chuck Palahniuk. New to me, but a fantastic writer with biting wit & dark humor gets me every time.
Lavallee: In How to Tell You’re a Douchebag, you play Rochelle Marseilles – the Achilles heal sorta speak to the swollen head character of Ray. Was wondering what attracted you to the role and what was the working process like with a first time director in Tahir Jetter?
Wise: I love that Rochelle has a complicated relationship with herself. She’s at odds with her inflated public persona, and the daily dirge of her private life, and I think that juxtaposition is exceptionally timely. I think Ray falls in like with the idea of her.
- 1/25/2016
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2015 discoveries”…
Charles Brice: Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly. Ta-Nehesi Coates’ Between the World and Me. BoJack Horseman (Netflix).
Lavallee: You play lead role in How to Tell You’re a Douchebag. On paper Ray Livingston appears to be a product of his time or perhaps his environment with an ego that is spread out in the written word and wired world. Firstly, what attracted you to the role and how does comedy address some of the key issues at hand?
Brice: I was initially attracted to the role because of how different it was from myself, but I found it very relatable to my demographic. I was drawn to the fact that it wasn’t a stereotypical depiction of black youth in the ghetto, or on the corner slinging dope. He isn’t running around calling women out on...
Charles Brice: Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly. Ta-Nehesi Coates’ Between the World and Me. BoJack Horseman (Netflix).
Lavallee: You play lead role in How to Tell You’re a Douchebag. On paper Ray Livingston appears to be a product of his time or perhaps his environment with an ego that is spread out in the written word and wired world. Firstly, what attracted you to the role and how does comedy address some of the key issues at hand?
Brice: I was initially attracted to the role because of how different it was from myself, but I found it very relatable to my demographic. I was drawn to the fact that it wasn’t a stereotypical depiction of black youth in the ghetto, or on the corner slinging dope. He isn’t running around calling women out on...
- 1/25/2016
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
As Sundance and Slamdance prepare to kick off this week some insiders have predicted there could be a surge of activity from digital platforms besides Netflix and Amazon Studios.
The latter two are expected to be active – and indeed have already taken a few Park City titles off the table – yet there is talk of other well-capitalised companies mulling over a splashy entry into the acquisitions arena.
The Sundance Film Festival runs from January 21-31.
Nimble digital platforms challenge traditional buyers
Faced with sharp digital rivals unencumbered by the need to spend on costly P&A and plugged into transactional data that enables them to target audiences with forensic precision, theatrical buyers will need to be on their toes.
The distribution landscape is crowded and unforgiving, yet creative marketing campaigns can pave the way to success.
Among others, A24 did it with Ex Machina and Fox Searchlight reaped rewards with its 2015 Sundance pick-up Brooklyn, earning Oscar nods...
The latter two are expected to be active – and indeed have already taken a few Park City titles off the table – yet there is talk of other well-capitalised companies mulling over a splashy entry into the acquisitions arena.
The Sundance Film Festival runs from January 21-31.
Nimble digital platforms challenge traditional buyers
Faced with sharp digital rivals unencumbered by the need to spend on costly P&A and plugged into transactional data that enables them to target audiences with forensic precision, theatrical buyers will need to be on their toes.
The distribution landscape is crowded and unforgiving, yet creative marketing campaigns can pave the way to success.
Among others, A24 did it with Ex Machina and Fox Searchlight reaped rewards with its 2015 Sundance pick-up Brooklyn, earning Oscar nods...
- 1/18/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
As Sundance and Slamdance prepare to kick off this week some insiders have predicted there could be a surge of activity from digital platforms besides Netflix and Amazon Studios.
The latter two are expected to be active – and indeed have already taken a few Park City titles off the table – yet there is talk of other well-capitalised companies mulling over a splashy entry into the acquisitions arena. The Sundance Film Festival runs from January 21-31.
Nimble digital platforms challenge traditional buyers
Faced with sharp digital rivals unencumbered by the need to spend on costly P&A and plugged into transactional data that enables them to target audiences with forensic precision, theatrical buyers will need to be on their toes.
The distribution landscape is crowded and unforgiving, yet creative marketing campaigns can pave the way to success.
Among others, A24 did it with Ex Machina and Fox Searchlight reaped rewards with its 2015 Sundance pick-up Brooklyn, earning Oscar nods...
The latter two are expected to be active – and indeed have already taken a few Park City titles off the table – yet there is talk of other well-capitalised companies mulling over a splashy entry into the acquisitions arena. The Sundance Film Festival runs from January 21-31.
Nimble digital platforms challenge traditional buyers
Faced with sharp digital rivals unencumbered by the need to spend on costly P&A and plugged into transactional data that enables them to target audiences with forensic precision, theatrical buyers will need to be on their toes.
The distribution landscape is crowded and unforgiving, yet creative marketing campaigns can pave the way to success.
Among others, A24 did it with Ex Machina and Fox Searchlight reaped rewards with its 2015 Sundance pick-up Brooklyn, earning Oscar nods...
- 1/18/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Andrew Herwitz has picked up four world premieres for his Sundance slate and added a fifth title from Main Street neighbour Slamdance.
The line-up includes Will Allen’s Us Documentary Competition entry Holy Hell (pictured), about a California cult that features footage shot by the director over the course of years while serving as the group’s videographer. Holy Hell premieres on January 25.
How To Tell You’re A Douchebag comes from first-time filmmaker Tahir Jetter about a relationship blogger in Brooklyn who meets his match. The Next entry’s world premiere is set for January 25.
Us Dramatic Competition entry Spa Night by Andrew Ahn premieres on January 24 and centres on a Koreatown family in Los Angeles.
Heidi Brandenburg and Matthew Orzel’s When Two Worlds Collide premieres in World Cinema Documentary Competition on January 22.
The story centres on Peruvian president Alan Garcia’s attempts to extract oil and minerals from untouched Amazonian land and his...
The line-up includes Will Allen’s Us Documentary Competition entry Holy Hell (pictured), about a California cult that features footage shot by the director over the course of years while serving as the group’s videographer. Holy Hell premieres on January 25.
How To Tell You’re A Douchebag comes from first-time filmmaker Tahir Jetter about a relationship blogger in Brooklyn who meets his match. The Next entry’s world premiere is set for January 25.
Us Dramatic Competition entry Spa Night by Andrew Ahn premieres on January 24 and centres on a Koreatown family in Los Angeles.
Heidi Brandenburg and Matthew Orzel’s When Two Worlds Collide premieres in World Cinema Documentary Competition on January 22.
The story centres on Peruvian president Alan Garcia’s attempts to extract oil and minerals from untouched Amazonian land and his...
- 1/15/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Kate Plays ChristineThe lineup for the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, taking place between January 21 -31, has been announced.U.S. Dramatic COMPETITIONAs You Are (Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, USA): As You Are is the telling and retelling of a relationship between three teenagers as it traces the course of their friendship through a construction of disparate memories prompted by a police investigation. Cast: Owen Campbell, Charlie Heaton, Amandla Stenberg, John Scurti, Scott Cohen, Mary Stuart Masterson. World Premiere The Birth of a Nation (Nate Parker, USA): Set against the antebellum South, this story follows Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher whose financially strained owner, Samuel Turner, accepts an offer to use Nat’s preaching to subdue unruly slaves. After witnessing countless atrocities against fellow slaves, Nat devises a plan to lead his people to freedom. Cast: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Aja Naomi King, Jackie Earle Haley, Gabrielle Union, Mark Boone Jr. World PremiereChristine (Antonio Campos,...
- 12/7/2015
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Here are the films that I didn't identify (because I wasn't already familiar with them unlike the others) in my Sundance Film Festival announcement post yesterday, that you should also be aware of, given this blog's specific interests. In addition to Nate Parker's Nat Turner film, "The Birth of a Nation"; the young Barack Obama/Michelle Obama love story, "Southside With You"; the documentary "Life, Animated" from Roger Ross Williams; another documentary in "Trapped" from Dawn Porter; and "How to Tell You're a Douchebag" from Tahir Jetter (formerly titled "Occasionally Dating Black Women")... here are the rest, each with...
- 12/3/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Here are new official images from "How to Tell You're a Douchebag" director and screenwriter Tahir Jetter's feature debut, which was previously titled "Occasionally Dating Black Women, as readers of this blog will recall, since we've been following Tahir's progress for some time. It's finally here, and is set to make its world premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival next month! Kudos Mr Jetter! Your hard work is paying off, and I'm looking forward to seeing the film. The romantic comedy about a misogynist who falls in love stars Charles Brice, DeWanda Wise, William Jackson Harper, Alexander Mulzac, Jenna Williams, and Tonye Patano. Images above and...
- 12/2/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Hot off the presses! The 65 films selected for the U.S. Competition, World Competition and out-of-competition Next category set to premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, January 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. Of note, given this blog's specific interests... Nate Parker's Nat Turner film, "The Birth of a Nation"; the young Barack Obama/Michelle Obama love story "Southside With You from director and screenwriter Richard Tanne; "Life, Animated" from Roger Ross Williams; "Trapped" from Dawn Porter; and "How To Tell You're A Douchebag" from Tahir Jetter (formerly titled "Occasionally Dating...
- 12/2/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Titles include Tallulah starring Ellen Page and Allison Janney, and Chad Hartigan’s Morris From America (pictured); Next strand also announced.Scroll down for full list
Sundance Institute has announced the 65 films selected for the Us Competition, World Competition and out-of-competition Next categories set to screen at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival (Jan 21-31) in Park City.
Us Dramatic Competition selections include Sian Heder’s Tallulah with Ellen Page and Allison Janney; Antonio Campos’ Christine; Clea DuVall’s feature directorial debut The Intervention; and Richard Tanne’s Southside With You, about Barack Obama’s first date with the First Lady.
Among the Us Documentary Competition selections are: Holy Hell by undisclosed; Jeff Feuerzeig’s Author: The Jt LeRoy Story; and Sara Jordenö’s Kiki.
The World Cinema Dramatic Competition entries include: Belgica (Belgium-France-Netherlands), Felix van Groeningen’s follow-up to The Broken Circle Breakdown; Manolo Cruz and Carlos del Castillo’s Between Sea And Land (Colombia); and Nicolette Krebitz’s Wild...
Sundance Institute has announced the 65 films selected for the Us Competition, World Competition and out-of-competition Next categories set to screen at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival (Jan 21-31) in Park City.
Us Dramatic Competition selections include Sian Heder’s Tallulah with Ellen Page and Allison Janney; Antonio Campos’ Christine; Clea DuVall’s feature directorial debut The Intervention; and Richard Tanne’s Southside With You, about Barack Obama’s first date with the First Lady.
Among the Us Documentary Competition selections are: Holy Hell by undisclosed; Jeff Feuerzeig’s Author: The Jt LeRoy Story; and Sara Jordenö’s Kiki.
The World Cinema Dramatic Competition entries include: Belgica (Belgium-France-Netherlands), Felix van Groeningen’s follow-up to The Broken Circle Breakdown; Manolo Cruz and Carlos del Castillo’s Between Sea And Land (Colombia); and Nicolette Krebitz’s Wild...
- 12/2/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Writer/director Tahir Jetter's past short film work has been featured on this blog (he also penned a filmmaker diary series last year, while working on his web series "Hard Times," which was picked up by Issa Rae's Color Creative Network). The filmmaker is now in production on what will be his feature film debut, which he's been shooting this summer, aiming for a 2016 premiere. We featured a casting call for it on this blog in April. Tahir has released a very early look at the film, via a teaser trailer - emphasis on the word teaser - which is embedded below. Currently titled "Occasionally Dating Black Women," the film, described as "a...
- 8/3/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
"A dark comedy about a womanizing blogger who falls in love." No, this isn't a film about me. Writer/director Tahir Jetter's past short film work has been featured on this blog (he also penned a filmmaker diary series last year, while working on his web series "Hard Times," which was picked up by Issa Rae's Color Creative Network). The filmmaker is now prepping to make his feature film debut, which will shoot this summer, and is currently casting for the SAG production. Below you'll find the casting notice with all the details. Director: Tahir Jetter. We are currently casting for supporting and background actors for the upcoming feature film, How To...
- 4/2/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
We don't have to tell you that the web series revolution is here, with a dizzying number of new content creators looking to find an audience online. We can't profile them all, and always encourage you to seek out this content and support what you like - for the sake of seeing it continue online, but also to help it reach other platforms like television. Here's a look at a few of the latest series to keep your eye on. Hard Times An out-of-work personal trainer takes up exotic dancing to make extra cash. The series recently premiered its third episode on Issa Rae's YouTube channel, and we've also covered writer-director Tahir Jetter's making-of journey with the...
- 6/30/2014
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
Watch Episode 1 of Tahir Jetter's 'Hard Times' Web Series (Now On Issa Rae's Color Creative Network)
Hard Times, the new web series by Tahir Jetter about a down-on-his-luck personal trainer who takes up stripping to make extra cash, has received a boost from Issa Rae Productions. Announced a week ago, the series has been added to Issa Rae's Youtube channel as part of her Color Creative initiative, and was relaunched yesterday, Wednesday, May 21. Regular readers of this site will know that we've been covering Jetter's work for a while, including the making-of journey for Hard Times in the S&A Filmmaker Diary Series. To read about Jetter's web series journey, find his previous diary entries Here. Find episode 1 for Hard Times below: ...
- 5/22/2014
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
Hard Times, the new web series by Tahir Jetter about a down-on-his-luck personal trainer who takes up stripping to make extra cash, has just received a boost from Issa Rae Productions. Announced yesterday, the series has been added to Issa Rae's Youtube channel as part of her Color Creative initiative, and will relaunch next Wednesday, May 21. Regular readers of this site will know that we've been covering Jetter's work for a while, including the making-of journey for Hard Times in the S&A Filmmaker Diary Series. To read about Jetter's web series journey, find his previous diary entries Here. Find the trailer for Hard Times below: ...
- 5/15/2014
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
Following on the heels of today’s premiere of his web series Hard Times is Frisk, Tahir Jetter’s follow up project after his first short Close premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. It’s a seven minute story about a late night encounter between a young person of color and two plainclothes police officers. The film stars Alexander C. Mulzac, Hisham Tawfiq and DeWanda Wise. Check out the film below and then watch episode 1 of Hard Times afterwards. You can also go behind the scenes of the making of Hard Times, in Tahir's exclusive filmmaker diary series published here on S&A weekly, over the last month. Start here with entry #1. Here's...
- 4/22/2014
- by Rodney C. Parnther
- ShadowAndAct
Tahir Jetter, director of the 2011 Sundance short Close, has released a new trailer for his upcoming webseries, Hard Times,, about a broke personal trainer who aims to make money through unscrupulous means, following the decline of his client base. Tahir has been documenting his progress on this blog via a filmmaker diary series, which I'm sure some of you have been following (read the latest entry Here). Created by Jetter and Donald Conley (Sleep), the series features Abraham Amkpa (The Boring Life of Jacqueline, Mother of George), Bianca Laverne Jones (NYC 22, 12 Steps to Recovery), Ashley Denise...
- 4/8/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Hard Times - Making It, Vol. 1, Entry #2 of 9 - Naiveté (Tahir Jetter Chronicles Web Series Journey)
Editor's Note: If you're just joining us... this is the second entry in a new "filmmaker diary series" which will follow writer/director Tahir Jetter as he embarks on his inaugural journey into web series production, which, as he states below, should provide readers with some "insight into what it's like to make a quality, long-form production at a relatively low-budget." Tahir joins previous S&A filmmaker diary series feature contributed by Matthew Cherry, and Pete Chatmon - both that, based on your reactions on this site, as well as your emails to me, many of you found very valuable. And I believe that Tahir will continue that tradition, and that...
- 3/3/2014
- by Tahir Jetter
- ShadowAndAct
Tahir Jetter, director of the 2011 Sundance short Close, has released the first trailer for Hard Times, an upcoming webseries about a broke personal trainer who aims to make money through unscrupulous means following the decline of his client base. Directed by Jetter, and created by him and Donald Conley (Sleep), the series features Abraham Amkpa (The Boring Life of Jacqueline, Mother of George), Bianca Laverne Jones (NYC 22, 12 Steps to Recovery), Ashley Denise Robinson (Docket 32357), and Vladimir Versailles (Side Effects), and is being shot by award-winning Director of Photography, Daniel...
- 8/28/2013
- by Nijla Mumin
- ShadowAndAct
Looking for a good webseries to watch in the fall? Here's one you might want to check out. Tahir Jetter, director of the 2011 Sundance short Close, is gearing up to release Hard Times, a 10-episode webseries about a broke personal trainer who aims to make money through unscrupulous means following the decline of his client base. Directed by Jetter, and created by him and Donald Conley (Sleep), the series features a plethora of up and coming talent, including Abraham Amkpa (The Boring Life of Jacqueline, Mother of George), Bianca Laverne Jones (NYC 22, 12 Steps to Recovery), Ashley Denise Robinson (Docket 32357),...
- 7/3/2013
- by Nijla Mumin
- ShadowAndAct
Looking for a good webseries to watch in the fall? Here's one you might want to check out. Tahir Jetter, director of the 2011 Sundance short Close, is gearing up to release Hard Times, a 10-episode webseries about a broke personal trainer who aims to make money through unscrupulous means following the decline of his client base. Directed by Jetter, and created by him and Donald Conley (Sleep), the series features a plethora of up and coming talent, including Abraham Amkpa (The Boring Life of Jacqueline, Mother of George), Bianca Laverne Jones (NYC 22, 12 Steps to Recovery), and Ashley Denise Robinson (Docket 32357), and is being shot by award-winning Director of...
- 7/3/2013
- by Nijla Mumin
- ShadowAndAct
This lovely short film screened at the Boston International Film Festival in April, which is where I saw it. It stars two actors S&A readers will recognize: Tracey Heggins (Medicine For Melancholy, and she has done a few things since then), and Carlton Byrd, who has appeared in some short films S&A has profiled before, like Darius Clark Monroe's controversial Slow, and Train, as well as Tahir Jetter's Close. Andrea Ashton directs from a script written by Andrew Stoneham. I was glad to find out that there's a trailer for it which I just didn't know before, so S&A readers can catch a glimpse of it. Comparisons to films like Before Sunrise...
- 6/3/2012
- by Courtney
- ShadowAndAct
As previously announced on this blog, the 2011 Sundance Film Festival will gradually make some of its short and feature films available for public viewing online, via YouTube.
Nyu Tisch School graduate Tahir Jetter’s short film, Close., is one of those titles. Uploaded to YouTube just yesterday, I’ve embedded it below for you all to watch.
Its synopsis reads: “One night after a casual ‘visit’, Angela is all but ready to leave Derek’s apartment. Derek, however, is determined no to let her go without a fight.”
This is Tahir’s first Sundance Film Festival entry, and he plans to expand the autobiographical work into a feature film.
Watch Close. below:...
Nyu Tisch School graduate Tahir Jetter’s short film, Close., is one of those titles. Uploaded to YouTube just yesterday, I’ve embedded it below for you all to watch.
Its synopsis reads: “One night after a casual ‘visit’, Angela is all but ready to leave Derek’s apartment. Derek, however, is determined no to let her go without a fight.”
This is Tahir’s first Sundance Film Festival entry, and he plans to expand the autobiographical work into a feature film.
Watch Close. below:...
- 1/27/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Odds that a Sundance short films program will be a good harvest are in the high percentile -- with over 6000 short film submissions sent in and about less than 100 selected certainly increases those odds. In any given year at the festival, you could easily trace back a filmmaker's presenting his/her feature film to the roots of shorts included in the fest from previous years. Because we're big on auteur theory, this year's coverage will include several short film items. Program IV was the tops of my list because it includes the latest works from two filmmakers I discovered in 2006 with their ward-winning shorts: Carter Smith (Bugcrush) and Daniel Mulloy (Antonio's Breakfast). Carter Smith's Yearbook (see pic above) was a Diy (set in his kitchen actually) is a slideshow talking-heads-esque with distinct flavors a la Smith -- warped comedy elements (perhaps a companion piece to Bugcrush) with sci-fi elements.
- 1/23/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
The 2011 Sundance Film Festival announced the names of the its selected jury members earlier this morning, for its 5 categories – Us Documentary, World Documentary, Us Narrative, World Narrative and Short Films.
Congrats are in order to Barry Jenkins who will be sitting in the judges panel as a member of the Short Films jury! Of course, if you’re new here, Barry directed the 2008 indie darling of a film, Medicine For Melancholy, and we’ve certainly been following his progress since then, which a search of his name on this site will show.
Of relevance to this site, Moon Molson and Tahir Jetter both have short films in competition at the festival this year – Moon’s short film about an African-American young man who finds his Nigerian-immigrant stepfather passed out drunk in their project-building hallway and is pressured by a friend into murdering him, is titled Crazy Beats Strong Every Time; and Tahir’s short,...
Congrats are in order to Barry Jenkins who will be sitting in the judges panel as a member of the Short Films jury! Of course, if you’re new here, Barry directed the 2008 indie darling of a film, Medicine For Melancholy, and we’ve certainly been following his progress since then, which a search of his name on this site will show.
Of relevance to this site, Moon Molson and Tahir Jetter both have short films in competition at the festival this year – Moon’s short film about an African-American young man who finds his Nigerian-immigrant stepfather passed out drunk in their project-building hallway and is pressured by a friend into murdering him, is titled Crazy Beats Strong Every Time; and Tahir’s short,...
- 1/18/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Can’t make it to the festival this year? No problem! Bring the 2011 Sundance Film Festival to you!
As they did last year, the Sundance Film Festival is partnering up with YouTube to make 12 short films from this year’s festival available for free, online, in YouTube’s Screening Room.
The YouTube Screening Room can be accessed at www.youtube.com/ytscreeningroom.
The films are scheduled to be screened on the web, via YouTube, in 3 sessions – January 20th, January 27th, and February 3rd, 2011.
So, check out the list of 12 shorts below; of note is Nyu grad Tahir Jetter’s Close – which Sergio profiled on this blog a couple of weeks ago Here:
8 Bits (Valere Amirault, Sarah Laufer, Jean Delaunay, and Benjamin Mattern)
A fight between an 8-bit superhero and a high-def boss, in a retro-gaming world.
Andy and Zach (Nick Paley)
When Zach decides to move out, his roommate Andy...
As they did last year, the Sundance Film Festival is partnering up with YouTube to make 12 short films from this year’s festival available for free, online, in YouTube’s Screening Room.
The YouTube Screening Room can be accessed at www.youtube.com/ytscreeningroom.
The films are scheduled to be screened on the web, via YouTube, in 3 sessions – January 20th, January 27th, and February 3rd, 2011.
So, check out the list of 12 shorts below; of note is Nyu grad Tahir Jetter’s Close – which Sergio profiled on this blog a couple of weeks ago Here:
8 Bits (Valere Amirault, Sarah Laufer, Jean Delaunay, and Benjamin Mattern)
A fight between an 8-bit superhero and a high-def boss, in a retro-gaming world.
Andy and Zach (Nick Paley)
When Zach decides to move out, his roommate Andy...
- 1/11/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Institute announced that 12 short films from the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, as well as eight classic short films from Institute alumni and earlier Festivals will be available in the You Tube Screening Room. The first launch date is January 6, 2011 and will continue to release through February 3, 2011.
Each YouTube Screening Room series is scheduled to run for a span of six weeks.
”We are thrilled to be able to share a selection of short films free online on the YouTube Screening Room with the broader public,” said Trevor Groth, Sundance Film Festival Director of Programming. “The Screening Room will offer just a sample of the diversity and originality of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival Shorts Program, as well as a taste of Institute history.”
The YouTube Screening room (www.youtube.com/ytscreeningroom) is a curated wing of YouTube that focuses on independent films.
Short Films from Directors with Feature...
Sundance Institute announced that 12 short films from the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, as well as eight classic short films from Institute alumni and earlier Festivals will be available in the You Tube Screening Room. The first launch date is January 6, 2011 and will continue to release through February 3, 2011.
Each YouTube Screening Room series is scheduled to run for a span of six weeks.
”We are thrilled to be able to share a selection of short films free online on the YouTube Screening Room with the broader public,” said Trevor Groth, Sundance Film Festival Director of Programming. “The Screening Room will offer just a sample of the diversity and originality of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival Shorts Program, as well as a taste of Institute history.”
The YouTube Screening room (www.youtube.com/ytscreeningroom) is a curated wing of YouTube that focuses on independent films.
Short Films from Directors with Feature...
- 1/6/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Well, we’ve see the list of feature-length films that are in the 2011 lineup of the Sundance Film Festival. Just moments ago, the festival revealed the full list of short films that will accompany those features – 44 in total, from a record 3,453 submissions! Wow! Glad I’m not on that judging committee.
But of note in the below list are 2 filmmakers who are followers of this blog, both I’ve communicated with in the past – one actually was mentioned on Black Filmmakers To Watch thread, so we may as well add the other.
I’m referring to Moon Molson and Tahir Jetter.
Moon’s short film is titled Crazy Beats Strong Every Time. Some may recall that, in September, I posted an entry for Moon, to help raise money to complete the short film. He was trying to raise $8,000, and actually ended up raising $10,250! So, congrats to Moon! The synopsis for...
But of note in the below list are 2 filmmakers who are followers of this blog, both I’ve communicated with in the past – one actually was mentioned on Black Filmmakers To Watch thread, so we may as well add the other.
I’m referring to Moon Molson and Tahir Jetter.
Moon’s short film is titled Crazy Beats Strong Every Time. Some may recall that, in September, I posted an entry for Moon, to help raise money to complete the short film. He was trying to raise $8,000, and actually ended up raising $10,250! So, congrats to Moon! The synopsis for...
- 12/6/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
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