Showing posts with label Mahershala Ali. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mahershala Ali. Show all posts

Friday, February 15, 2019

ROXANNE, ROXANNE (2018)



Written & Directed By: Michael Larnell 
Cinematography By: Federico Cesca 
Editor: Claudio Castella 
Music By: RZA 


Cast: Chante Adams, Nia Long, Mahershala Ali, Elvis Nolasco, Nelsan Ellis, Shenell Edmonds, Tremaine Brown Jr., Jermaine Crawford, Curtiss Hook, Adam Horowitz 


In the late 80s/ early 1990s, the most feared battle MC in Queens, New York, was a fierce teenage girl with the weight of the world on her shoulders. At the age of 14, Lolita "Roxanne Shanté" Gooden was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend as she hustled to provide for her family while defending herself from the dangers of the streets of the Queensbridge Projects in NYC.

Friday, February 17, 2017

KICKS (2016)



Directed By: Justin Tipping 
Written By: Justin Tipping & Joshia Beirne-Golden 
Cinematography By: Michael Ragen 
Editor: Dominic LaPerriere & Tomas Vengris 
Music By: Brian Reitzell 


Cast: Jahking Guillory, Christopher Meyer, Christopher Wallace Jr., Kofi Siriobe, Mahershala Ali, Nessa Ismail 


Brandon is a 15 year old whose dream is a pair of fresh Air Jordans. Soon after he gets his hands on them, they're stolen by a local hood, causing Brandon and his two friends to go on a dangerous mission through Oakland to retrieve them.