March 2001

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March 2001 You're invited to join us for advance screenings. Make sure you're on our list... Subscribe Below! Last month NYC subscribers joined us for an advance peek of Columbia Pictures' Finding Forrester   IN THEIR OWN WORDS [All Features] Q & A WITH JENNIFER LOPEZ It is very tough being a celebrity. As a human being, I just try to focus on my work. I try not to pay attention to the stories or tabloids or quotes written about or attributed to me. Interviewed by Wilson Morales.   THE KINGS HAVE LANDED I hadone suit until I was twenty something years old. And I had to share that one. My brother wore the slacks, I wore the vest, and my sister wore the jacket Interviewed by Nasser Metcalfe.   JOHN AMOS - BEFORE COSBY, JAMES EVANS WAS THE FIRST DAD OF BLACK LIFE. "When I would pose arguments about J.J.'s role being too stereotypical, I was..." By Margretta Browne PIERCE IS FIERCE I moved to NY to study at The Juilliard School. While living with Wynton and Branford Marsalis, I studied at school during the day and went to the jazz clubs at night. I learned to act from Jazz musicians because they understood howS§ By Shelby Jones REGGIE ROCK BYTHEWOOD - BEING HONEST AND ALL ABOUT THE ART After writing and directing his own plays, and completing the prestigious Disney Writers Fellowship, his first job as a television writer was on the highly praised A Different World. This experience was rewarding to him because... by Nasser Metcalfe ARTICLES [All Features] THE GHETTO MATRIX Like the Matrix in the movie, the ghetto matrix was developed to protect, maintain and enrich itself. It has evolved to be self-perpetuating, requiring little upkeep to stay functioning. It is not in the creators interest for the people to escape. The inhabitants are discouraged from leaving both physically and mentally By James Richards INDUSTRY FEATURES [All Features] BLOWING A SPOT FILM FESTIVAL: NO ORDINARY FESTIVAL Nearly 400 people attended Cinema Shorts:A Woman's Perspective 2000, a three day film and video festival which highlighted the work of emerging women directors with a special emphasis on Latin American and African American women films. by Latrice Dixon MAILING LIST   Enter your e-mail address, select SUBSCRIBE and click SUBMIT! Subscribe Unsubscribe CONTACT US Send us a note info@blackfilm.com Remember to visit our Archive!   REVIEWS [All Reviews]   Bamboozled Television gets a bold new viewing in Spike Lee's Bamboozled. Lee's latest film is a blistering satire of network television's pitfalls and prejudices, a humorous look at how race, ratings and the pursuit of power lead to a television writer's stunning rise and tragic downfall. The Original Kings Of Comedy From the time the first king blesses the throne to the last, this flic is live and packed with nonstop tear-jerkin bladder-bustin funny ass jokes . By Li Sumpters                 NUTTY PROFESSOR II - THE KLUMPS THE KLUMPS RULE. The most impressive aspect of any actor playing multiple characters (remember Jeremy Irons in Dead Ringers - well try and forget that) is his ability to use specificity, physical acting and voice to make the characters real and sympathetic. By Shelby Jone SHAFT blackfilm.com applauds John Singleton and Paramount for bringing Shaft back to life for more Americans to enjoy. But did they make a good movie? By Shelby Jones LOVE AND BASKETBALL SCORES BIG TIME! Basketball films have been entertaining us for years. There was Hoosiers, He Got Game, Above The Rim and many more, but rarely have we seen a film that investigates the lives of African-American teenagers from the burbs who've got game just like the kids from the streets. By Shelby Jones FROM THE VIDEO VAULT [All Reviews] Cornbread, Earl, and Me With the Police brutality issue being thrust into the national spotlight once again, and the recent acquittal of the four New York City Police officers who gunned down unarmed African immigrant, Amadou Diallo, this film is still quite pertinent today. By Nasser Metcalfe INDIE REVIEWS [All Reviews] LOVING JEZEBEL Hill Harper stars in a story of love depicting the great romances of a young man's life... yet this man is cursed with always falling for someone else's girl. As we watch our hero Theodorus (Hill Harper) mature, will he ever find true love? Or will he remain the dupe of Jezebels, constantly loving women who are unavailable and unfaithful? By Kendall DID YOU KNOW? That quirky movie, U-Turn was based on a novel written by an African- American? John Ridley, an African American writer who got his start as a stand up comic in NYC, has written for several sitcoms including Martin, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and The John Larroquette Show. Oliver Stone directed the film version of Ridley's first novel, Stray Dogs under the title U-Turn. Ridley is also the author of Love is a Racket and Everyone Smokes in Hell. He is definitely a talent to keep your eyes on.Find out!