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Blindspotting
''Blindspotting'' is a 2018 American comedy-drama film written by, produced by and starring Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal. Carlos López Estrada directs while Janina Gavankar, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Ethan Embry, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Utkarsh Ambudkar, and Wayne Knight also star. The plot follows a parolee with three days left on his sentence, only to have him witness a police shooting that threatens to ruin a lifelong friendship. Casal and Diggs, childhood friends in real-life, wrote the screenplay in the mid-2000s, initially to speak for the city of Oakland, which they felt was often misrepresented in film. After years of delays, the pair's schedules finally allowed them to make the film, with principal photography beginning in June 2017. ''Blindspotting'' had its world premiere on January 18, 2018 in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and was released in the United States on July 20, 2018, by Lionsgate. The film received positive revi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blindspotting (TV Series)
''Blindspotting'' is an American comedy-drama television series, and a spin-off sequel of the 2018 film of the same name. Set six months after the events of the film, the series follows Ashley after Miles, her boyfriend and father of their son, is suddenly incarcerated, forcing her to move in with Miles' mother and half-sister. It co-stars Jaylen Barron, Candace Nicholas-Lippman, Benjamin Earl Turner, and Atticus Woodward. The series was created and executive produced by Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs, writers, producers and lead stars of the original film, with Casal also acting as showrunner. Keith Calder, a producer on the original film, is also an executive producer, as well as actress Jasmine Cephas Jones. It premiered on June 13, 2021 on Starz. In October 2021, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on April 14, 2023. Plot Six months after the events in the film of the same name, Miles, Ashley's partner of 12 years and father of their son, is suddenly i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daveed Diggs
Daveed Daniele Diggs (born January 24, 1982) is an American actor, rapper, and singer-songwriter. He is the vocalist of the experimental hip hop group Clipping, and in 2015, he originated the dual roles of Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the musical '' Hamilton'', for which he won a 2016 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical. Along with the main cast of ''Hamilton'', he was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in the same year. Since leaving ''Hamilton'', he played a recurring role in the television series ''Black-ish'' (2016–2018) and co-starred in the films ''Wonder'' (2017) and '' Velvet Buzzsaw'' (2019). Diggs also wrote, produced, and starred in the 2018 film ''Blindspotting'', which earned him a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead; he acted as creator, writer, and executive producer on the 2021 spin-off sequel television series of the same name, in which he also reprised his role as a gue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasmine Cephas Jones
Jasmine Cephas Jones (born July 21, 1989) is an American-British actress, singer, and producer, who originated the dual roles of Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds in the Broadway stage musical '' Hamilton''. In 2020, Cephas Jones won a Primetime Emmy for portraying Tyisha in '' #freerayshawn''. Early life Jones is the daughter of actor Ron Cephas Jones and British-born jazz singer Kim Lesley. She attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, and Berklee College of Music, and graduated from Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in 2011. Jones was born in London, England but grew up in Midwood, Brooklyn, where she still lived as of 2015. Career Jones has made small appearances in multiple independent films, including ''Titus'' (2013) and ''Fairfield'' (2014). She has also appeared in episodes of '' Blue Bloods,'' '' Unforgettable'', and '' Mrs. Fletcher.'' In 2015, she originated the roles of Maria Reynolds and Margarita "Peggy" S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Casal
Rafael Santiago Casal (born August 8, 1985) is an American writer, rapper, actor, producer, director, and show runner originally from the San Francisco Bay Area. He is also an online creator of music, poetry, web shorts, and political commentary. Early life Casal grew up in Berkeley and Oakland, California. He was expelled from Berkeley High School after two years and earned his diploma through an alternative independent study program. Casal is of Irish, Spanish, and Cuban descent. Career Poetry When he was 18, Casal appeared on HBO's ''Def Poetry Jam''. At the same time, he was touring, performing, and teaching nationwide with YouthSpeaks. He is a two time Brave New Voice Poetry Slam Festival champion. Casal spent three years serving as creative director at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's First Wave Spoken Word and Hip Hop Arts Learning Community while earning his degree at night. Music In July 2010, Casal released ''The BAY BOY Mixtape'' with Daveed Diggs under th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos López Estrada
Carlos López Estrada (born September 12, 1988) is a Mexican-American Academy Award-nominated filmmaker, music video director, commercial director, theatre director, and actor. Born in Mexico, he moved to the United States when he was 12 and later enrolled at Chapman University. He made his feature film directorial debut in 2018 with ''Blindspotting,'' which premiered opening night at Sundance 2018 and was subsequently released by Lionsgate Entertainment. His second film, '' Summertime,'' premiered opening night of Sundance 2020 and was released in July 2021. Carlos' third film, ''Raya and the Last Dragon,'' was released by Disney in March 2021 and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 94th Academy Awards. Estrada and actress Kelly Marie Tran announced that they were establishing a new production company called Antigravity Academy in November 2022, intending to help produce entertainment from and about people from historically excluded communities. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utkarsh Ambudkar
Utkarsh Ambudkar ( ; born December 8, 1983), also known by his stage name UTK the INC, is an American actor, rapper, and singer. He is known for his film roles including '' Pitch Perfect'' (2012), ''Game Over, Man!'' (2018), ''Blindspotting'' (2018), '' Brittany Runs a Marathon'' (2019), '' The Broken Hearts Gallery'' (2020), ''Free Guy'' (2021), and '' Tick, Tick... Boom!'' (2021). His television roles include ''The Mindy Project'', ''White Famous'', ''Never Have I Ever'', and '' Ghosts''. He recently appeared in the Hulu limited series ''The Dropout'' (2022). He made his Broadway debut in Lin-Manuel Miranda's improvisational hip-hop show '' Freestyle Love Supreme'' in 2019. Early life Ambudkar was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He grew up in the suburbs where his parents, who had emigrated from India in the 1980s, were research scientists at the National Institutes of Health. He starred in comedy roles at Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, Maryland, and he earned a Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Calder
Keith G. Calder (born 14 December 1979) is a British-born independent film producer best known for his work on ''All the Boys Love Mandy Lane'' (2006) and ''The Wackness'' (2008) with Felipe Marino and Joe Neurauter. Career After graduating from the University of Southern California (USC) Peter Stark Producing Program in 2004, Calder and fellow Stark graduates Felipe Marino and Joe Neurauter set up a production company, Occupant Films, in 2005. According to Calder, he joined together with Marino and Neurauter because "If you're by yourself in the industry, it's easy to convince yourself you're doing well. Having partners allows you to get an objective view." Through USC's writing division, the three producers found their first script, ''All the Boys Love Mandy Lane'' by Jacob Forman, within a week of starting the company. After its completion, the film was screened at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival and was bought by The Weinstein Company, though it was re-sold a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janina Gavankar
Janina Zione Gavankar (; born November 29, 1980) is an American actress and musician. She is trained as a pianist, vocalist, orchestral percussionist and majored in theatre at the University of Illinois Chicago. Her roles include Shiva on ''The League'', Leigh Turner on ''The Gates'', Luna Garza on HBO's ''True Blood'', McKenna Hall on The CW's ''Arrow'' and Diana Thomas on FOX's '' Sleepy Hollow''. In marketing, she also played " Ms. Dewey", a personified search engine and virtual assistant for Microsoft. Early life Gavankar was born in Joliet, Illinois to Ganesh "Peter" Gavankar, an engineer from Mumbai, who first travelled to the US to pursue a master's degree, and Shan Demohra "Mohra" Gavankar, of half-Indian and half-Dutch descent, from Pune, who also emigrated there from India. Career Gavankar has acted in theatre, film, television, and online. Her most notable roles include Iden Versio, a canon Star Wars character and the protagonist of '' Star Wars: Battlefront II'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Spirit Award For Best Male Lead
The Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead was an award presented annually at the Independent Spirit Awards to honor an actor who has delivered an outstanding lead performance in an independent film. It was first presented in 1985, with M. Emmet Walsh being the first recipient of the award for his role as Investigator Loren Visser in '' Blood Simple''. It was last presented in 2022 with Simon Rex being the final recipient of the award for his role in '' Red Rocket''. Jeff Bridges and Philip Seymour Hoffman are the only actors who have received this award more than once, with two wins each. In 2022, it was announced that the four acting categories would be retired and replaced with two gender neutral categories, with both Best Male Lead and Best Female Lead merging into the Best Lead Performance category. Winners and nominees 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple nominees ;2 nominations * Javier Bardem * Nicolas Cage * Robert Duvall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Directors Guild Of America Award For Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film
The Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director is one of the annual Directors Guild of America Awards given by Directors Guild of America. It was first awarded at the 68th Directors Guild of America Awards. Winners and nominees * † – indicates a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director The Academy Award for Best Director (officially known as the Academy Award of Merit for Directing) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibi .... * ‡ – indicates a nomination for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directing. 2010s 2020s References External links * (official website) {{DEFAULTSORT:Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - First-Time Feature Film Directors Guild of America Awards Directorial debut film awards Awards established in 2015 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Sundance Film Festival
The 2018 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 18 to January 28, 2018. The first lineup of competition films was announced on November 29, 2017. Awards The following awards were presented: * U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award: '' The Miseducation of Cameron Post'', directed by Desiree Akhavan * U.S. Dramatic Audience Award: '' Burden'', directed by Andrew Heckler * U.S. Dramatic Directing Award: '' The Kindergarten Teacher'', directed by Sara Colangelo * U.S. Dramatic Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: '' Nancy'', written by Christina Choe * U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Outstanding First Feature: '' Monsters and Men'', directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green * U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Excellence in Filmmaking: ''I Think We're Alone Now'', directed by Reed Morano * U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Achievement in Acting: Benjamin Dickey, '' Blaze'' * U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize Award: ''Kailash'' (later released as The Price of Free), directed b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Yezerski
Michael Yezerski is an Australian composer known for his scores for feature films such as '' The Waiting City'', '' The Black Balloon'' (for which he won an APRA Award and a Screen Music Award), ''Newcastle'', and ''Thursday's Fictions'', as well as collaborations with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Gondwana Voices Children's Choir (such as an adaptation of Shaun Tan's book '' The Red Tree''), the National Museum of Canberra, Synergy Percussion and The Physical TV Company. In an interview with Headliner Magazine', Yezerski discussed composing the score for 2019 horror film, The Vigil: "Why have there been so many horror films that have explored the various denominations of Christianity and demons and devils and everything associated with Christianity, but there has hardly ever been a film that explores the dark side of Jewish mysticism? I'm Jewish myself, so this is exactly the question that I've been asking. What I love about horror films, and dark, edgy films, in ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
