In “Soul Food Junkies” Byron Hurt created a vastly entertaining, hilarious, passionate, revelatory and thoroughly researched documentary which examines Soul Food’s significance in Black American culture. Hurt narrates the project, edited by Sonia Gonzalez-Martinez, via his personal journey. His family members… Continue Reading →...
- 1/5/2017
- by Vanessa Martinez
- ShadowAndAct
In "Soul Food Junkies" Byron Hurt has created a vastly entertaining, hilarious, passionate, revelatory and thoroughly researched documentary which examines Soul Food’s significance in Black American culture. Hurt narrates the project, edited by Sonia Gonzalez-Martinez, via his personal journey. His family members have been avid Soul Food lovers; his mother’s soul food, long been the family’s bonding and social tradition. However, for as long as he remembers, Hurt’s father had been overweight. Hurt grew concerned of his father’s health as he got older; his father’s weight doubled. While attending college in Boston, Hurt began to change his relationship with...
- 10/7/2015
- by Vanessa Martinez
- ShadowAndAct
An update for Byron Hurt's follow-up to his acclaimed 2012 documentary "Soul Food Junkies," titled "Hazing: How Badly Do You Want In" (self-explanatory). I actually thought he was close to completing the film, especially since he released a teaser last summer, but, according to the release I received today, production hasn't even yet officially begun, as Hurt has been researching and developing the project over the last year+. But this is good news for the project, as Independent Lens and the Independent Television Service (Itvs) have both come on board, commissioning its production - i.e. financing it, and eventually also broadcasting the documentary,...
- 4/7/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Via an email I received yesterday, Byron Hurt, director of the 2012 documentary "Soul Food Junkies," is still looking for subjects to interview for his upcoming film "Hazing: How Badly Do You Want In." Check out the details below: Share Your Story! Call for Subjects for Hazing Documentary Film Award-winning filmmaker Byron Hurt is currently seeking racially diverse men and women to be on-camera subjects for his upcoming documentary film, Hazing: How Badly Do You Want In? All potential subjects must be willing to candidly share their experiences with hazing – either as a victim, perpetrator, or a change agent. All interviews will be...
- 8/18/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
From Byron Hurt, director of the 2012 documentary Soul Food Junkies, comes another film chronicling a controversial aspect of black life. In his upcoming documentary, Hazing: How Badly Do You Want In, Hurt takes a look at the rites of passage of greek letter organizations and other groups that have lately been the subject of mounting lawsuits, increased media coverage, and injuries, arrests, and tragic deaths. Hurt says of the film: I have long wanted to make a documentary about this subject but never felt courageous enough to address it. This is a sensitive and controversial topic. However, after I learned about the tragic death of Robert Champion - the Florida...
- 5/19/2014
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
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