There’s a strange tension and an air of unease that populates the frame of Reece Daniels’ experimental dance thriller Bongo, about a homeless bongo player and a mysterious masked individual who takes an interest in his pulsating rhythms. It’s a tension that occurs as a result of Daniels’ clever use of his filmic components; the application of an abstract and unsettling narrative populated with unknown masked characters and a frenetic sonic palette. These elements combine to create Bongo’s unique atmosphere, and even though you can draw a clear conclusion of the social/political dynamics at play, it still remains broadly interpretive as a piece. Dn is proud to premiere Bongo on our pages today alongside a chat with Daniels about the film’s beginning as a remake of a previous short, the cautionary societal themes at its core, and the challenge he found in creating tension through diegetic sound.
- 8/26/2022
- by James Maitre
- Directors Notes
Erik Feig’s Picturestart has acquired the television rights to develop and produce an adaptation of Kim Johnson’s award-winning fiction novel “This Is My America” with Fake Empire for HBO Max. Jessica Watson, co-producer of the upcoming Freeform series “Single Drunk Female” from producers Jenni Konner and Leslye Headland, will write the script and executive produce.
“This Is My America” follows 17-year-old Tracy Beaumont, a budding social activist who fights not just to save her father from death row, but also to clear her older brother’s name when he becomes the number one suspect in the murder of a popular white girl at their school. The book explores racial injustice through the Black Gen-z protagonist’s eyes, as she dives deeper into a web of mysteries surrounding her Texas town’s racist past and present. Tracy discovers secrets that have remained hidden for far too long. Like Tracy,...
“This Is My America” follows 17-year-old Tracy Beaumont, a budding social activist who fights not just to save her father from death row, but also to clear her older brother’s name when he becomes the number one suspect in the murder of a popular white girl at their school. The book explores racial injustice through the Black Gen-z protagonist’s eyes, as she dives deeper into a web of mysteries surrounding her Texas town’s racist past and present. Tracy discovers secrets that have remained hidden for far too long. Like Tracy,...
- 6/17/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
Following a multiple-outlet bidding war, Erik Feig’s Picturestart has acquired TV rights to Kim Johnson’s breakout novel This Is My America.
Picturestart has set up the drama at HBO Max and tapped Jessica Watson (Insatiable, Pen15) to adapt Johnson’s award-winning novel that explores racial injustice through the eyes of a Black Gen-z budding social activist who fights to save her father from death row, while also working to clear her brother’s name after he becomes a suspect in the murder of a popular white girl at their Texas school.
Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage and their Fake Empire banner ...
Picturestart has set up the drama at HBO Max and tapped Jessica Watson (Insatiable, Pen15) to adapt Johnson’s award-winning novel that explores racial injustice through the eyes of a Black Gen-z budding social activist who fights to save her father from death row, while also working to clear her brother’s name after he becomes a suspect in the murder of a popular white girl at their Texas school.
Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage and their Fake Empire banner ...
- 6/17/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Following a multiple-outlet bidding war, Erik Feig’s Picturestart has acquired TV rights to Kim Johnson’s breakout novel This Is My America.
Picturestart has set up the drama at HBO Max and tapped Jessica Watson (Insatiable, Pen15) to adapt Johnson’s award-winning novel that explores racial injustice through the eyes of a Black Gen-z budding social activist who fights to save her father from death row, while also working to clear her brother’s name after he becomes a suspect in the murder of a popular white girl at their Texas school.
Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage and their Fake Empire banner ...
Picturestart has set up the drama at HBO Max and tapped Jessica Watson (Insatiable, Pen15) to adapt Johnson’s award-winning novel that explores racial injustice through the eyes of a Black Gen-z budding social activist who fights to save her father from death row, while also working to clear her brother’s name after he becomes a suspect in the murder of a popular white girl at their Texas school.
Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage and their Fake Empire banner ...
- 6/17/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Set during the weeks following the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall, “Damascus Cover” is, in the strictest sense of the term, a period piece. But Daniel Zelik Berk’s low-key drama actually plays like a throwback to an earlier era — specifically, the mid-to-late 1960s, the heyday of Cold War thrillers in which grim, unglamorous and very un-Bondian secret agents dodged bullets and endured betrayals while playing spy games for mortal stakes. Indeed, this film may have a slight nostalgic appeal for anyone who fondly recalls such ‘60s cloak-and-dagger fare as “Funeral in Berlin” (which “Damascus Cover” periodically recalls), “The Quiller Memorandum” and “The Deadly Affair.” Unfortunately, Berk’s movie is too plodding and predictable to generate anything more than a modest level of suspense; worse, it lacks enough excitement to qualify even as instantly forgettable popcorn entertainment.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers makes a game attempt to be a dour and determined spy guy as Ari Ben-Sion,...
Jonathan Rhys Meyers makes a game attempt to be a dour and determined spy guy as Ari Ben-Sion,...
- 7/20/2018
- by Joe Leydon
- Variety Film + TV
To celebrate World Environment Day (June 5) and World Oceans Day (June 8), National Georgraphic is releasing engaging new content and hosting a series of events to highlight the importance of protecting the world’s oceans.
These activities come on the heels of National Geographic’s Planet or Plastic? launch and will help support the theme of both World Environment Day and World Oceans Day 2018, which is centered on preventing plastic pollution.
Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear initiative aimed at raising awareness about the global plastic crisis and reducing the amount of single-use plastic that enters the world’s oceans. Using the power of storytelling and science, National Geographic is encouraging its audiences around the world to help tackle the crisis, beginning with the release of the June issue of National Geographic magazine, which takes an in-depth look at the impact of plastic on ocean health and is available on newsstands now.
These activities come on the heels of National Geographic’s Planet or Plastic? launch and will help support the theme of both World Environment Day and World Oceans Day 2018, which is centered on preventing plastic pollution.
Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear initiative aimed at raising awareness about the global plastic crisis and reducing the amount of single-use plastic that enters the world’s oceans. Using the power of storytelling and science, National Geographic is encouraging its audiences around the world to help tackle the crisis, beginning with the release of the June issue of National Geographic magazine, which takes an in-depth look at the impact of plastic on ocean health and is available on newsstands now.
- 6/5/2018
- Look to the Stars
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