A frank celebration of a pre-Giuliani New York, Kristen Lovell and Zachary Drucker’s The Stroll explores a unique period from the inside. Lovell––an actress, activist, and the producer of the seminal trans film The Garden Left Behind––knows the streets well, and after being the subject of a 2007 documentary about prostitution her eyes were opened to the possibility of one day making a film. In fifteen years, she’s gone from being homeless and sleeping at a Times Square megaplex to debuting her HBO-backed feature in Park City at the nation’s premier indie film festival.
This is a very personal history with those who worked “the stroll.” Or as Lady P tells it: when you have no opportunities you have to go to “the ho show.” The Stroll evokes HBO Documentary Films’ former bread and butter, the American Undercover series, which featured several documentaries by Brent Owens...
This is a very personal history with those who worked “the stroll.” Or as Lady P tells it: when you have no opportunities you have to go to “the ho show.” The Stroll evokes HBO Documentary Films’ former bread and butter, the American Undercover series, which featured several documentaries by Brent Owens...
- 1/31/2023
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: FIlmmaking icon Spike Lee will be honored by the Location Managers Guild International (Lmgi) with the Trailblazer Award at the 7th Annual Lmgi Awards. The virtual awards show is set for October 24 at 2pm Pt and will be hosted by Isaiah Mustafa.
The news of Lee’s award was announced by Lmgi President Mike Fantasia and Awards Co-chairs Lori Balton and John Rakich. This year’s Lmgi Awards ceremony will celebrate the theme “2020 Vision: We See It First.”
“We are especially grateful that Mr. Lee has brought so much diverse talent into the industry,” said Awards Co-chair and former Lmgi President Lori Balton. “Actors like Samuel Jackson, Rosie Perez and Giancarlo Esposito, but also so many of us working behind the scenes—Wynn Thomas, Ruth Carter, Ernest Dickerson and Brent Owens to name a few. He is a Trailblazer on a number of levels.”
Lee...
The news of Lee’s award was announced by Lmgi President Mike Fantasia and Awards Co-chairs Lori Balton and John Rakich. This year’s Lmgi Awards ceremony will celebrate the theme “2020 Vision: We See It First.”
“We are especially grateful that Mr. Lee has brought so much diverse talent into the industry,” said Awards Co-chair and former Lmgi President Lori Balton. “Actors like Samuel Jackson, Rosie Perez and Giancarlo Esposito, but also so many of us working behind the scenes—Wynn Thomas, Ruth Carter, Ernest Dickerson and Brent Owens to name a few. He is a Trailblazer on a number of levels.”
Lee...
- 7/30/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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