With his Quibi short-form series Blackballed, executive producer Will Packer set out to explore the intersection of race and sports, in the context of an explosive and pivotal moment in American sports history.
Directed by Mike Jacobs, the show dissects five days during the 2014 NBA playoffs, when Los Angeles Clippers players and head coach Doc Rivers were hit with a bombshell revelation.
In April of that year, longtime Clippers owner Donald Sterling provoked disgust and extreme outrage, in and outside of the NBA, when a private recording revealing his racist comments was released.
Soon, Sterling would be fined $2.5 million by the NBA, and banned from the league for life. But before that point, Rivers and his team were met with a crucial question: How do we respond in this moment?
Featuring commentary by the head coach, from players, including Chris Paul and DeAndre Jordan, as well as notable sports journalists,...
Directed by Mike Jacobs, the show dissects five days during the 2014 NBA playoffs, when Los Angeles Clippers players and head coach Doc Rivers were hit with a bombshell revelation.
In April of that year, longtime Clippers owner Donald Sterling provoked disgust and extreme outrage, in and outside of the NBA, when a private recording revealing his racist comments was released.
Soon, Sterling would be fined $2.5 million by the NBA, and banned from the league for life. But before that point, Rivers and his team were met with a crucial question: How do we respond in this moment?
Featuring commentary by the head coach, from players, including Chris Paul and DeAndre Jordan, as well as notable sports journalists,...
- 7/2/2020
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
We're all for getting out in the summertime, but there might not be anything more refreshing than cooling off in a movie theater... or seeing a movie in the comfort of your air-conditioned home on demand, on DVD, or online... or better yet catching a classic on the big screen at a nearby repertory theater. With literally hundreds of films to choose from this summer, we humbly present this guide to the season's most exciting offerings.
May 1
"Eldorado"
The Cast: Bouli Lanners, Fabrice Adde, Philippe Nahon, Didier Toupy, Franise Chichy
Director: Bouli Lanners
Fest Cred: Cannes, Warsaw, Glasgow, Palm Springs,
The Gist: When Elie (Adde), a hapless young thief attempts to rob Yvan (Lanners), a 40-year-old car dealer, the two form a unlikely friendship that leads to a road trip across Belgium in this slight comedy that won the Best European Film at the Director's Fortnight at Cannes last year.
May 1
"Eldorado"
The Cast: Bouli Lanners, Fabrice Adde, Philippe Nahon, Didier Toupy, Franise Chichy
Director: Bouli Lanners
Fest Cred: Cannes, Warsaw, Glasgow, Palm Springs,
The Gist: When Elie (Adde), a hapless young thief attempts to rob Yvan (Lanners), a 40-year-old car dealer, the two form a unlikely friendship that leads to a road trip across Belgium in this slight comedy that won the Best European Film at the Director's Fortnight at Cannes last year.
- 5/6/2009
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
The arrival of "Star Trek" signals the start of blockbuster season (in our orbit, "Wolverine" doesn't count), and the indie world wastes no time with responding in kind with a few big name players of its own.
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"Adoration"
Atom Egoyan landed himself a Palme d'Or nomination at last year's Cannes for the latest of his patented multi-stranded narratives of introspection, this one a meditation on the marginalization of truth and the role of technology in the post-9/11 mindset. Devon Bostick stars as Simon, an orphaned student whose class assignment translating a newspaper article about the would-be martyrdom of a pregnant woman has personal ramifications when he writes a fictionalized op-ed from the perspective of the now-grown child that takes on a life of its own once it hits the web.
Opens in New York and Los Angeles.
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"Adoration"
Atom Egoyan landed himself a Palme d'Or nomination at last year's Cannes for the latest of his patented multi-stranded narratives of introspection, this one a meditation on the marginalization of truth and the role of technology in the post-9/11 mindset. Devon Bostick stars as Simon, an orphaned student whose class assignment translating a newspaper article about the would-be martyrdom of a pregnant woman has personal ramifications when he writes a fictionalized op-ed from the perspective of the now-grown child that takes on a life of its own once it hits the web.
Opens in New York and Los Angeles.
- 5/4/2009
- by Neil Pedley
- ifc.com
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