Hair Love, an Oscar winning animated short film from Matthew A. Cherry, tells the heartfelt story of an African American father learning to do his daughter’s hair for the first time. Continue reading
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Tag: Hollywood Monday
1/27/20 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Dear Basketball – Kobe Bryant
Dear Basketball is an Oscar winning film, made 2017 American animated written and narrated by Kobe Bryant and directed and animated by Glen Keane with music by John Williams. Continue reading
1/13/20 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Wallflower Tango
In this animated short, Charlotte discovers that it’s not valuable gems that make you attractive but the inner contentment. Continue reading
10/28/19 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Malika – Warrior Queen (Animated Pilot/Film)
Nigeria’s animated movie – Malika Warrior Queen, made its first big screen debut over the weekend to critical acclaim at the 8th edition of the Lagos Comic Con. Continue reading
10/21/19 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: A Zoot Suit (with a A Reet Pleat) [1942] | Dorothy Dandridge & Paul White
A Zoot Suit (for My Sunday Gal) performed by Paul White and Dorothy Dandridge from the 30 minute short film A Zoot Suit (with a A Reet Pleat) (1942) written by Ray Gilbert and Robert O’Brien (as Bob O’Brien). Continue reading
(Repost) 2/22/21 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings (1979) Diahann Carroll, Constance Good and Maya Angelou
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings based on the autobiography of the same name by Maya Angelou. The film first aired on April 28, 1979 on CBS. Continue reading
9/16/19 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth Dance So Near and Yet So Far (You’ll Never Get Rich – 1941)
You’ll Never Get Rich (Columbia Pictures) is a 1941 Hollywood musical comedy film with a wartime theme directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth. The picture was very successful at the box office, turning Hayworth into a major star, and provided a welcome boost to Astaire who felt his career.
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1/4/21 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: The River Niger (1976) Starring Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones And Lou Gossett
The River Niger is a 1976 film adaptation of the 1972 Joseph A. Walker of the same name. The film was directed by Krisha Shah, and starred James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, and Louis Gossett Jr. Continue reading
8/2/19 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: The Mack (Excerpts)
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. Continue reading
8/26/29 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: The New Girl in the Office (1960)
The New Girl in the Office (1960), a drama about the hiring of the first white-collar African American worker at a manufacturing plant. Produced by President’s Committee on Government Contracts. Featuring Ed Asner, Lou Gossett, Clarice Taylor and Gail Fisher as The New Girl. Continue reading
