Billie Holiday in the 1947 film New Orleans. This video contains Holiday’s songs only- Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans (two versions), Farewell To Storyville, and The Blues Are Brewin’. Continue reading
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Category Archives: Hollywood Monday
7/17/17 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: The Mack
The Mack (1973), follows the rise and fall of Goldie, an Oakland pimp. The film directed by California native Michael Campus, and starred Max Julien and Richard Pryor with Oscar-nominee Juanita Moore, and Tony nominated actor Dick Anthony Williams. The movie was filmed in Oakland, California.
After returning home from a 5-year prison sentence, he returns home to find his brother involved in Black nationalism. Goldie decides to take an alternative path, striving to become the city’s biggest pimp
The Mack- Pimpins Big Business
All pimps need some time to get together and flaunt their hoes and spoils of the game. And what better place to do it than at the Player’s Ball.
The Players Ball
7/3/17 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: “FLOAT” – A Short Film (Just For The Thrill Of It)
Mikey Murphy is a multi-hyphenate actor, writer, director, and producer. His career began on YouTube making short films, narratives, and video blogs for over 1.2 million viewers and later transitioned into acting/directing traditional films and television. Continue reading
6/19/17 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY PRIDE MONTH: Moonlight- Chiron and Kevin’s First Kiss
Ashton Sanders and Jharrel Jerome as teens Chiron and Kevin in the Barry Jenkins-directed coming of age film Moonlight. Continue reading
6/12/17 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY PRIDE MONTH: Will Smith- Six Degrees of Separation
Will Smith refused to kiss (in character) another man (fellow thespian Anthony Michael Hall); instead, the two actors were filmed at an angle that implied a kiss. Continue reading
6/5/17 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY PRIDE MONTH: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)- And The Winner is… With RuPaul, Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) stars Vida Boheme (Patrick Swayze) and Noxeema Jackson (Wesley Snipes) as winners of the New York City’s Drag Queen of the Year contest. They befriend an inexperienced “drag princess” Chi-Chi Rodriguez (John Leguizamo) and invite her on their road trip from New York to Los Angeles.
5/29/17 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: She’s A Maniac- Flashdance
Maniac, from the 1983 film Flashdance appears during an early scene in Flashdance and is used as the backing track of a montage sequence showing Alex (Jennifer Beals) training strenuously in her converted warehouse. Continue reading
5/22/17 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Fame (1980)- Irene Cara
Fame (1980) follows a group of students from their auditions to their freshman, sophomore, junior and senior years at New York City’s High School of Performing Arts. The movie directed by Alan Parker and written by Christopher Gore addresses many social taboos including teen pregnancy, abortion, homosexuality and illiteracy. Continue reading
8/11/17 (Repost) O&A NYC SHORT FILM: Vin Diesel- Multi-Facial (1995)
Multi-Facial is a 1995 short film directed, written, produced, scored by and starring the 22 year old Vin Diesel. Continue reading
5/1/17 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: This Ain’t A Eulogy: A Ritual for Re-Membering
Taja Lindley’s This Ain’t A Eulogy: A Ritual for Re-Membering draws parallels between discarded materials and the violent treatment of Black people in the United States. Continue reading
