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Snoop Dogg is dropping a new album “Malice in Wonderland” next week and at the top of next year he will release the movie. From the small trailer released via youtube Snoop appears to be a pimped out superhero protecting the city from the thugs as an evil dictator rules the city. Snoop and his sidekick, Soulja Boy, take matters in their own hands to take the city back.

It is an original film inspired by the Malice in Wonderland album, which seems like the new thing because 50 Cent just dropped the “Before I Self Destruct” movie and album together. Snoop’s movie is star studded with Jamie Foxx, Xzibit, Soulja Boy and many more.

Look out for Snoop’s Malice N Wonderland coming very soon.

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson seems to never stop working and amazing us with his talents. Not only has he released his forth studio album “Before I Self Destruct” but he also released a bonus movie that is written, directed, and starred by him. In the “Before I Self Destruct” movie Curtis plays a character, Clarence, that was a great streetball player that got one bad blow after the other. First he blows his knee, then his mother gets murdered, and his life begins to spin out of control which ultimately ends in his demise.

You can get the movie free with a purchase of the album.It is a very decent film for someone with no professional experience and is independent award worthy. Good job fif keep making great moves.

Writer-director Rob Hardy, an executive producer on the 2007 film “Stomp the Yard,” will sit in the director’s chair for the sequel “Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming” for his Rainforest Films banner.

Columbus Short, who starred in the original Sony Screen Gems release, will serve as a producer on the project along with Will Packer (”Obsessed”). Short is also in negotiations to reprise his role as DJ, a master street dancer. The sequel is set to shoot early next month in Atlanta.

Hardy is a partner in Rainforest (”Obsessed,” “This Christmas”) and an exec producer on the comedies “Act Like a Lady Think Like a Man” and “The Black Phantom,” both at Screen Gems. He wrote and directed the features “The Gospel” and “Trois” and has directed episodes of “Criminal Minds” and “ER.”

Short recently appeared in “Whiteout” and “Cadillac Records.” He next stars in the heist thriller “Armored,” which Screen Gems will release in December.

XXIV. Black International Cinema Berlin
Germany & USA 2009
May 7-10
 

“A COMPLEXION CHANGE – International & Intercultural Diplomacy”
 
A tribute to:
 
Chancellor Willy Brandt
“The future will not be mastered by those who dwell on the past.”
 
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
“Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.”
 
President John F. Kennedy
“We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.”
 
President Barack Hussein Obama
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”
 
produced & directed by
FOUNTAINHEAD® TANZ THEATRE
THE COLLEGIUM – FORUM & TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLIN
in association with
CULTURAL ZEPHYR e.V.
 
in cooperation with
Commissioner for Integration, District Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin
 
From May 7-10, 2009 Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre under the direction of Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith and Prof. Gayle McKinney Griffith, present the interdisciplinary and intercultural film/video festival Black International Cinema Berlin for the 24th year. For the first time, the festival will guest at the Rathaus Schöneberg (city hall) and be presented in cooperation with the Commissioner for Integration of the district Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin, Gabriele Gün Tank.
 
Under the theme “A COMPLEXION CHANGE – International & Intercultural Diplomacy”, films from Africa, the African Diaspora and films with an intercultural perspective are the focus.
Approximately 60 productions will be screened, among them cinematic works from Cape Verde, Benin, France, USA, Iran, India, Togo, Senegal, Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom, Colombia, Spain, Nicaragua, Switzerland and Madagascar. In addition, film discussions, performances and seminars will be conducted.
 
German Commission for UNESCO, Bonn
Our festival is supported as an ideal project by the German Commission for UNESCO, Bonn. As a result we received the following letter of acknowledgement from Christine M. Merkel, Head of the Division for Culture and Memory of the World.
“A COMPLEXION CHANGE 2009-2011 is an International Media Project with a very contemporary and innovative approach. It aims at contributing to the strengthening of international understanding, peace and friendship among peoples. It promotes intercultural dialogue in the spirit of the ideals and aims of UNESCO.
The German Commission for UNESCO appreciates this initiative. We kindly ask you to assist Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith and the Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre / Black International Cinema Berlin / The Collegium – Forum & Television Program Berlin & Cultural Zephyr e.V. as well as all other co-organizers and project participants in realizing this project. We are convinced that this idea can offer inspiring experience to many people in the region.”
 
 
Railbookers
“Since it was founded in 1986, the Black International Cinema festival in Berlin has developed into one of the most highly regarded film events in Europe and movie fans will have the chance to experience it for themselves between May 7th and 10th.
Produced and directed by the Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre, the extravaganza is an interdisciplinary and intercultural celebration of the contribution made by black actors and directors in the world of film.
The focus of the festival is to present works of a cultural, artistic and political nature coinciding with the general social, economic and educational interests of people from Africa.
Open to all filmmakers and visitors, the event provides a platform for the impact of cinema from the African Diaspora and people with an interest in intercultural relations.
The Fountainhead® organization is committed to fighting religious, ethnic and gender persecution and seeks to battle discrimination through dialogue and understanding.
By using art, theatre, dance, music and seminars, the foundation believes that prejudice against disadvantaged groups can be challenged and stronger links within society can be forged.
Visitors will be treated to powerful and thought-provoking examples of cinema from the past and present.”

http://www.blackinternationalcinema.de/BIC09/bic_09.htm
http://www.blackinternationalcinema.de
http://www.black-international-cinema.com
http://www.fountainhead-tanz-theatre.de

The documentary displaying the last few weeks of Michael “King of Pop” Jackson’s life hit the theatres this weekend and debuted at number 1. “This Is It”, knocked Paranormal Activity to number two and made 101 million dollars world wide. It has excellent reviews and dubbed a must see by most critics, which is pretty good being that it came out so soon after he died.

If you wanna experience This Is It in the theatres go as soon as you can because it will not be playing for much longer, because the run time is only scheduled for two weeks. I hope the proceeds go to something MJ would have agreed with.

The stars of the HIGHLY ANTICIPATED MOVIE PRECIOUS are featured in the latest issue of The New York Times Magazine. The film which has already garnered numerous awards and international critical acclaim will be released in limited theaters next month.

Peep lead actor Gabourey Sidibe’s appearance on Good Morning America from earlier this week below.