Salima Koroma talks her LeBron James-produced film "Dreamland" on the Tulsa Race Massacre, the challenges of being a Black female director, and finding inspiration in the queer classic "Paris Is Burni
When filmmaker Jonathan Silvers got the idea a few years ago to make a documentary about the 1921 annihilation of Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma the most deadly and destructive racist attack in U.S. history he imagined he would have no.
Fremantle adds Tulsa massacre doc to slate
The distribution arm of Fremantle has acquired international rights, excluding the US, to a feature documentary about the Tulsa race massacre from basketball player LeBron James’ prodco SpringHill Company.
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street explores the tragic events of 1921 which saw mobs of white residents, many of them deputised and given weapons by city officials, attack black residents and businesses in the Greenwood District of Tulsa.
Coproduced by CNN Films, the 1×120’ feature doc is directed and produced by Salima Koroma (Bad Rap) and executive produced by James, Maverick Carter, Jamal Henderson and Philip Byron of The SpringHill Company, and Amy Entelis and Courtney Sexton of CNN Films.
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Bad Rap
Before Awkwafina was, well, Awkwafina – comic whirlwind, breakout TV personality, Disney voice actor, Marvel co-star – she was one of the four Asian-American hip-hop artists profiled in Salima Koroma’s 2016 documentary, which is landing on Gem as part of the Asian Heritage collection. (The others were MC Dumbfoundead, Luricks and Rekstizzy, if you were wondering.)
Lil Nas X Laughs Off Attempt to Cancel Eminem in Bad Rap Video
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The Old Town Road hitmaker trolls generation Z, who has been criticizing the Slim Shady over his controversial lyrics, in a TikTok video showing him delivering a terrible freestyle. Mar 10, 2021
Eminem s defense after the latter has been widely criticized over some of his controversial lyrics. There has been a war between Generation Z and Millennials on whether the Slim Shady should be canceled or given a pass for his shocking lyrics and the younger rapper didn t miss the chance to step into the ring.
Arguably one of the music industry s most savvy Internet users, Lil Nas took to TikTok to respond to the heated debate. Instead of giving his serious take on it, the Grammy Award-winning artist trolled Generation Z who is trying to cancel the 48-year-old star with some bad rap.