Two hours: Is it enough for even a part of any person’s real life, dramatized? The biopic form practically demands failure, or at least a series of narrative compromises made under pressure from so many factions: the real-life subject, or keepers of the now-deceased subject’s estate, nervous about an unsympathetic truth or two; the streamer or studio backing the project; and the filmmakers themselves, trying to do right by the person featured in the title, while finding a shape — and the ideal p
“Daughters” and “Exhibiting Forgiveness” both examine similar themes of loss, love, and paths taken (or not) to forgiveness. What does […] The post Fatherhood and forgiveness explored in Sundance competition appeared first on TheGrio.
Well folks, if everything is right in the world, we have our first true (and most deserving) awards contender of the year. Exhibiting Forgiveness debuted to a warm reception and standing ovations during its Sundance Film Festival premiere on Saturday at Eccles Theater in Park City. While it is sometimes a long road to awards… Continue reading ‘Exhibiting Forgiveness’ Starring André Holland And Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Should Be 2024’s First Awards Contender After Sundance Standing Ovation
The festival returns to Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, in January 2024. The Sundance Film Festival is around […] The post 5 things we can’t wait to see at Sundance Film Festival appeared first on TheGrio.
André Holland, Zazie Beetz, Stephen McKinley Henderson and Kate Mara will star in the upcoming film adaptation of The Dutchman, based on the play by Amiri Baraka. The film will be written by Qasim Basir and Andre Gaines, with Gaines directing. Deadline reports that the deal came after the film earned a SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement… Continue reading André Holland, Zazie Beetz And Stephen McKinley Henderson To Star In Film Adaptation Of Amiri Baraka’s ‘The Dutchman’