Black Laurel Films

11/20/2024

The Black Documentary Collective announced the passing of producer and filmmaker Ann Bennett ("Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People", and more).

Rest in Power. 🕊🕯

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/staten-island-ny/ann-bennett-12078554?fbclid=IwY2xjawGrLEVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHZlQqeKsegY7ugPtXen54hZk7Tqr-ADiaZXgy0xgDWckn_cX9bqkBmJelg_aem_jVL_uwOnomyjTTd3haedxQ

Celebrate the life of Ann Bennett, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Harmon Funeral Home.

11/20/2024

The Black Documentary Collective announced the passing of filmmaker and producer Ann Bennett ("Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People", and more.

Rest in power. 🕊🕯

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/staten-island-ny/ann-bennett-12078554?fbclid=IwY2xjawGrLEVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHZlQqeKsegY7ugPtXen54hZk7Tqr-ADiaZXgy0xgDWckn_cX9bqkBmJelg_aem_jVL_uwOnomyjTTd3haedxQ

Celebrate the life of Ann Bennett, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Harmon Funeral Home.

11/17/2024

➡️➡️ Credit to Well said! 💯

10/17/2024

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10/14/2024

10th anniversary Getting Played Symposium on Equity in the Entertainment Industry and Awards

FREE and open to the public. Walk-ups welcome.
Tickets / RSVP : www.eventbrite.com/e/10th-anniversary-getting-played-symposium-tickets-1028827529837
Livestream link available 24 hours before event to those who RSVP.

WHEN: 2pm-3:30pm, Saturday, October 19, 2024

WHERE:
Berkeley Public Library
Third Floor Community Room

2090 Kittredge Street

Berkeley, CA 94704

Accessible venue with elevator to the third floor. Within two blocks of Downtown Berkeley BART Station.

If you require American Sign Language interpretation during the Symposium, please contact organizers before October 5, 2024: ktarr[at]stanford[dot]edu.

Venue Website: www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/locations/central-library

The Getting Played Symposium on Equity in the Entertainment Industry and Awards is FREE, this year in Berkeley. Come join the conversation!

10/09/2024

➡️➡️ Credit to ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼 know the Mandela Effect hate to see this coming 🫢 • 🤜🏾 follow for more

09/20/2024

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08/16/2024

➡️➡️Credit to Winsome Sinclair, a respected casting director known for her work with Spike Lee and other prominent directors, has died at 58 after battling colon cancer. Sinclair, a Florida A&M University graduate, began her career as an intern and later founded Winsome Sinclair and Associates. Her extensive credits include films like Malcolm X and Waiting to Exhale, as well as documentaries such as Slavery By Another Name. Sinclair was also a dedicated panelist and board member for various film organizations. She adopted two sons in 2017 and published a children’s book, You Are My SONshines, in 2020.
 
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

08/16/2024

➡️➡️Credit to GO TEAM 👏🏾✨

It was an honor to work with these talented women and the incredible cast and crew who worked tirelessly to bring forth an incredible kick ass feature.

Cannot wait for this to hit the big screen…! Y’all are in for an action packed treat!

08/07/2024

➡️➡️Credit to EXCLUSIVE: An sequel series chronicling Dwayne and Whitley’s daughter’s time at Hillman College, is in early development at Netflix, sources tell Deadline.

The project comes from writer/executive producer Felicia Pride and executive producers Debbie Allen, Mandy Summers, Tom Werner, Gina Prince-Bythewood and Reggie Bythewood.

All the details we know online at the link in bio .

08/05/2024

https://gofund.me/a3ca98d5

Hey, what's up! The Getting Played Symposium is celebrating its 10th year and needs our help to make it happen. Every donation will go directly towards making the event accessible and compensating the amazing panelists. Can you click the link below to donate or share it to spread the word? Thanks!

The Getting Played Symposium is seeking donations to support the 10th P… Devon LaBelle needs your support for Support the Getting Played Symposium's 10th Year

08/01/2024

GoFundMe link in bio, or ➡️ https://gofund.me/a3ca98d5

This is an incredible and very much needed event in the Bay Area, and it's a Black-woman founded, funded, and produced event! Donate what you can!

(I've personally participated in the panels and been an appreciative and honored award recipient. 💗)

From organizer ➡️
Hey, what's up! The Getting Played Symposium is celebrating its 10th year and needs our help to cover some expenses for their event on October 12, 2024, which focuses on online communities and equity in local theatre. Every donation makes a real difference, so please consider clicking the link below to donate or share it around.

07/30/2024

Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter ("Black Panther","Do the Right Thing") pays homage to follow designer Donna Berwick ("Da 5 Bloods","Donnie Darko", "Game of Thrones") who passed away from breast cancer.

➡️➡️Credit to REST IN POWER dearest Donna Berwick. NYC GIRL. You gave us all so much! Especially me! Together we climbed mountains and made such beautiful films. Mo Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X, Crooklyn, Clockers, Jason's Lyric. Your sexy style and artistic talent was infectious to everyone who met you. And we all learned so much from you. Especially me. The key to my learning and growing as a costume designer. The example of how to live life as a designer in the art world. Joining BJ in heaven. You are now designing costumes for the ancestors. And I know they will all look so good. Thank you Donna. RIP

Link:

07/19/2024

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07/17/2024

➡️➡️Credit to It’s the thing.

Congratulations to Ayo Edebiri on her Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series nomination.

07/17/2024

➡️➡️Credit to Top Jeff.

Congratulations to Liza Colon-Zayas on her nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

07/07/2024

Credit to 💗👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💗The "Napkins" episode on "The Bear" is the realest episode about being working class and trying to survive in the workplace as a mature woman of color while seeing the gatekeepers look nothing like you at the same time.
killed it!



Credit to The Bear season 3’s most potent flashback comes in episode 6, ‘Napkins’, which revisits how Tina (Liza Colón-Zayas) landed her job at The Beef sandwich shop during Mikey’s tenure.

Head to the link in bio to read the interview with The Bear's “Bear Mom” on being directed by Ayo Edebiri and her cathartic scene with Jon Bernthal.

06/12/2024

https://youtu.be/djSKp_pwmOA?si=tdFB5ysJZuVFqO9u

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