Up next for D. Channsin Berry (director/producer - along with Bill Duke - of the much-discussed documentary "Dark Girls"), is another feature documentary that will tackle another controversial subject, and will surely also generate a lot of conversation. Titled "The Church House: Sexuality in The Black Church," according to Berry, his motivation for making the film was that he grew tired "of friends and family and others being disappointed with the church... No one wants to talk about Sex, and the debacle involving Eddie Long was the tipping point on the subject for me. This is not a witch hunt, but it is a progressive history lesson of the...
- 7/13/2015
- by Vanessa Martinez
- ShadowAndAct
Instead of me yapping, I'll let the award-winning filmmaker (D. Channsin Berry), who I'm sure some of you are familiar with, do that for himself, since he does it so eloquently and humbly in the video below. Details on the project (image above is of the starring cast, which Berry mentions in the pitch video): What happens when the family drama starts with sibling rivalry and ends with parental loyalty? From the critically acclaimed and award winning Director and Producer of “The Black Line” (series) “Crossing Over…The Sam Cooke Story” and “Dark Girls,” D. Channsin Berry (Urban Winter Entertainment), comes a new family drama about sibling rivalry and what happens when a parent’s love...
- 12/23/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
In celebration of adoption month filmmaker D. Channsin Berry, Ctw Productions and director Christopher Thomas Wilson have announces the multiple award-winning documentary film "You Have His Eyes," which chronicles the search for Lionel Scott, a Jamaican track runner and national record holder, who abruptly disappeared one day. At three months old director Christopher Wilson was adopted. 25 years later, he reunited with his biological mother. He then began documenting his search for his father. An intense life changing experience is captured as Chris uncovers the dormant truths behind his biological family. “[Director Christopher] Wilson has used his...
- 11/3/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Reiterating a suggestion I previously made... if you're a filmmaker/producer/distributor reading this, and your film is streaming on Netflix, please let me know. Netflix unfortunately doesn't have what I feel should be a more efficient search/sort method, and it can be quite a chore trying to find something worth watching. So, help me out if you can. The same goes for non-filmmakers. If you stumble across any titles that you think should be featured in this series, let me know! Without further ado, here is this week's list of 5: 1 - The much-discussed feature documentary Dark Girls, directed by Bill Duke and D. Channsin Berry - a film that's more like...
- 5/30/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Filmmaker and screenwriter Dwayne Johnson-Cochran’s new and acclaimed documentary film about avant garde jazz musician Kahil El’Zabar, titled Be Known, will be screened at the 8th annual Black Association of Documentary Filmmakers – West, which takes place at the American Film Institute facilities in Los Angeles on Saturday April 12th.Showing along with Roger Ross Williams’ God Loves Uganda and D. Channsin Berry’s The Black Line (Profile of the African-American Woman), Be Known is a “warts and all” exploration of the life and career of a truly original artist who has been "modern jazz's kept secret” for decades. Unique and totally someone who moves to the beat of...
- 3/27/2014
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
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