Police said 42-year-old Courtney Branch was found dead when officers responded to a call of a person shot at Roy Huie Road and Westbury Road. Police are working to notify Branch's family.
The show will go on for this year’s Micheaux Film Festival, which will be the first to hit Los Angeles movie theaters since the pandemic rankled the film industry.
Micheaux Film Festival Gives Creatives of Color a Platform to Shine
Co-Founders of the Micheaux Film Festival.
For the past two years, filmmakers and partners Courtney Branch and Noel Braham have been creating a space for creatives to flourish and be seen through the Micheaux Film Festival. In the third year, the founders will continue bringing out-of-the box creators into the spotlight from April 26th to May 2nd.
BlackEnterprise.com had a chance to sit down with Braham and Branch to talk about what they have been able to achieve over the years and how they’ve shifted in the midst of the times.
January 15, 2021
Released on Profile Records during a time when their roster consisted of righteous rhymers like King Sun and Poor Righteous Teachers, Quik was pioneering in helping to usher in the “gangsta rap” sound on a mainstream scale in the early 90s and labels were just beginning to shift their marketing dollars towards this sub-genre of Hip-Hop.
With the help of producers Courtney Branch, Greg Jessie, and Tracy Kendrick, Quik managed to produce a rap classic that sold 50,000 in its first week with only a $30,000 budget for production. Recorded in Westlake Recording Studio in Los Angeles, the same spot where Michael Jackson’s epic