Exclusive: Marks the first feature from commercials director Rohan Blair-Mangat.
Shooting has begun in New York City on The Boombox Project, the first feature from award-winning commercials director Rohan Blair-Mangat.
Further locations in the documentary’s multi-territory shoot will include Miami, Los Angeles, London, Brazil and Tokyo.
The film is co-written by Blair-Mangat and Lyle Owerko and draws inspiration from Owerko’s 2010 book The Boombox Project: The Machines, the Music, and the Urban Underground, which includes a foreward from Spike Lee.
The documentary explores how an iconic piece of machinery helped shape music and society on both sides of the Atlantic in the ’70s and ’80s, examining its place in the rise of hip-hop and punk.
From the boombox’s origins as a ‘sonic campfire’ for urban youth to share music and ideas to its gradual re-appropriation in popular culture with the emergence of the Walkman, MTV and the CD player, the film considers...
Shooting has begun in New York City on The Boombox Project, the first feature from award-winning commercials director Rohan Blair-Mangat.
Further locations in the documentary’s multi-territory shoot will include Miami, Los Angeles, London, Brazil and Tokyo.
The film is co-written by Blair-Mangat and Lyle Owerko and draws inspiration from Owerko’s 2010 book The Boombox Project: The Machines, the Music, and the Urban Underground, which includes a foreward from Spike Lee.
The documentary explores how an iconic piece of machinery helped shape music and society on both sides of the Atlantic in the ’70s and ’80s, examining its place in the rise of hip-hop and punk.
From the boombox’s origins as a ‘sonic campfire’ for urban youth to share music and ideas to its gradual re-appropriation in popular culture with the emergence of the Walkman, MTV and the CD player, the film considers...
- 9/26/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Controversy over a comedy short helped Russell Simmons launch his new YouTube channel All Def Digital yesterday. But a firestorm of complaints over Harriet Tubman Sex Tape, in which the abolitionist has sex with her master in order to blackmail him into creating the Underground Railroad, led Simmons to pull the video today and issue an apology. “In the whole history of Def Comedy Jam, I’ve never taken down a controversial comedian,” said Simmons in a statement. “When my buddies from the NAACP called and asked me to take down the Harriet Tubman video from the All Def Digital YouTube channel and apologize, I agreed.” I get it and I respect it. The Harriet Tubman video has been removed… http://t.co/A63ysZgeJu — Russell Simmons (@UncleRUSH) August 15, 2013 “I’m a very liberal person with thick skin,” he continues. “My first impression of the Harriet Tubman piece was that...
- 8/15/2013
- by JEN YAMATO
- Deadline TV
Everyone in Hollywood seems to have an Oprah story, whether it’s growing up wanting to be her, being interviewed by her, or, if you’re Terrence Howard, filming a love scene with her.
In their upcoming movie, The Butler, Howard and Winfrey’s characters share a love scene, which according to Winfrey, was supposed to be a little scene before Howard “misbehaved.” Winfrey, who sat down on the other side of the sofa (or chair) with Steve Harvey, claims that Howard is ”a misbehaving kind of boy.”
She is, of course, talking about Howard’s recent interview, in which...
In their upcoming movie, The Butler, Howard and Winfrey’s characters share a love scene, which according to Winfrey, was supposed to be a little scene before Howard “misbehaved.” Winfrey, who sat down on the other side of the sofa (or chair) with Steve Harvey, claims that Howard is ”a misbehaving kind of boy.”
She is, of course, talking about Howard’s recent interview, in which...
- 3/15/2013
- by Samantha Highfill
- EW.com - PopWatch
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