Don’t you wanna dance? Say you wanna dance? Don’t you wanna dance? Kasi Lemmons, the talented filmmaker behind the acclaimed Eve’s Bayou and most recently Harriet, is set to direct the forthcoming Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance With...
In the bloody action thriller Yakuza Princess stars singer-turned-actor MASUMI as Akemi, a young woman who is just minding her business living a quiet life in São Paulo, Brazil — which has the largest Japanese diaspora in the world outside of Japan. Her life...
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) has teamed with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for a virtual edition of the 8th annual NFMLA InFocus: Latinx & Hispanic Cinema Film Festival which will take place September 17-18. This year’s...
DIASPORA BULLETIN is a virtual community board where filmmakers, writers and creators can write their own article/announcement about events, screenings or their own indie project (film, TV pilot, web series, short film, etc). For complete details on how to...
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) has set the dates for the 37th edition of the hybrid fest which will take place virtually and in the L.A. area September 23 to October 2. Hosted by Visual Communications, the fest will open on September 23 at the...
The 44th Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF44) has unveiled the award winners for this years fest including KEFF’s Taipei Suicide Story as well as Wei Deng’s Father. AAIFF44 took place from Aug. 11-22. AAIFF44 celebrated storytelling by...
For three pivotal years, Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X forged a brotherhood that would not only change both men but change the world. In the feature Netflix documentary Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali, director Marcus A. Clarke and producer Kenya...
When Marvel Studios released footage at Brazil Comic-Con in 2019, yours truly was there to soak in the beauty that soon-to-be Oscar-winning filmmaker Chloe Zhao created with the upcoming Eternals. I immediately thought, “This does NOT look like a Marvel...
Jimmy O. Yang (Space Force), Jessica Gao (executive producer of Marvel’s forthcoming She-Hulk) and Ken Cheng‘s (HBO’s upcoming House of Chow) production banner Crab Club is teaming up with Jon M. Chu (who stays busy!) for a feature adaptation...
