Most Important Black Films: A Soldier’s Story

  So like a lot of you, I’m getting geared up to see Red Tails in a couple of weeks.  To get my mind ready for that, I went on Netflix Instant this weekend and rewatched A Soldier’s Story for the first time in what must have been 2o years.  The trailers already let us […]

The Wheelhouse

  How about something fun for my last post of 2011? So 99 times out of 100 when I’m sent sides (an audition script), I can look at the product as a whole, look at where the character fits into the story, and build something from the ground up.  But there was one screen test […]

African-American Short Films: 3rd Week of December

  Lot of cities I’m familiar with or have friends in this weekend.  Here are the dates for ‘African-American Short Films’ this weekend: Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL)  Station: WLTZ / NBC*   Date: 12/16 Time: 3:00AM Tallahassee-Thomasville  Station: WTLH FOX   Date: 12/16 Time: 3:00AM Cincinnati  Station: EKRC / CW   Date: 12/17 Time: 1:00PM Davenport-R.Island-Moline  Station: WQAD / ABC   Date: 12/17 […]

The 2011 Zeezys

  The Malik Aziz Foundation was created last night with the mission statement of promoting the unifying ideals of the human race through arts and entertainment.  For the first time, the Board of Directors have decided to present awards (‘the Zeezys’) to those who have best embodied the Foundations ideals for the past calendar year. […]

African-American Short Films: 2nd Week of December

  It’s the weekend which means the episode of African-American Short Films featuring my short is hitting new markets.  This week it’s pretty long, see below: Columbus-Tupelo-W Pnt-Hstn  Station: WCBI/CBS   Date: 12/10 Time: 1:05AM Dothan  Station: WDHN ABC   Date: 12/10 Time: 5:00AM Dayton  Station: WRCX / IND   Date: 12/10 Time: 10:00AM Monroe-El Dorado  Station: KAQY / ABC   Date: 12/10 […]

Shame

So everyone knows I’m a Brando guy, and I’ve talked about how ‘Last Tango in Paris’ was a major influence on how I built the character I used in “Lady In My Life.” So when one of the first things I heard about ‘Shame’ was that it was on some ‘Last Tango’ type ish, I […]

African American Short Films: Southern Comfort

  Captured the lovely image above on my own DVR last weekend.  Very humbling and flattering.  Now on to this weekend’s screenings: Columbus-Tupelo-W Pnt-Hstn Station: WCBI / CBS Date: 12/02 Time: 1:05AM Odessa-Midland Station: KPEJ / FOX Date: 12/02 Time: 4:00AM Beaumont-Port Arthur Station: KFCM / CBS Date: 12/03 Time: 1:00AM Houston Station: KTXH-TV MYTV […]

African-American Short Films: My Kind of Town

  So if you’re like me, you’re probably still digesting your giblets.  Got an extra day off work.  If you’re really like me, you’re avoiding anything that remotely resembles a shopping center this weekend.  So what do you do hot shot, what do you do? I’ll tell you what to do; you can catch “Lady […]

American Muslim, Volume VII

  A friend across the pond has passions similar to mine so when I got home tonight I shot a quick video promoting our mutual interests.  You can see that below.  The mustache I’m sporting for another week is for Movember; it’s certainly drawn attention to that cause. I guess at the moment I’m socially […]

This Week’s Screenings

  Here are this weekend’s screenings for the African-American Short Films program: Macon  Station: WPGA /IND   Date: 11/19 Time: 5:00PM Columbus, OH  Station: WWHO CW   Date: 11/20 Time: 11:00AM Grand Rapids-Kalmzoo-B.Crk  Station: WZZM / ABC   Date: 11/20 Time: 2:30PM Montgomery-Selma  Station: WNCF ABC   Date: 11/20 Time: 2:00PM The Midwest and the South representing this week.  Now if you don’t […]