Rose from Concrete is the latest short film from writer Shantay Williams and director Santanu Chatterjee. It follows a 10-year-old girl, Rose, as she maneuvers her way through her Minneapolis hometown in a low-income based neighborhood known as Concrete. Filled with tender moments, we watch as her loving yet struggling mother must overcome certain […]
Written by Duran Jones and directed by Shaun Mathis, BLKMGC is a short film that beautifully combines Duran’s music alongside a powerful and emotionally gripping story that is deeply relevant to the times. It follows a young father (Duran Jones) struggling to chase his dreams as an artist while raising his young son (Jahlil Muhammad), […]
At this year’s Peachtree Village International Film Festival (PVIFF), I was afforded the opportunity to meet and talk with Mr. Lonnie Jackson, founder and frontman of Upyri. Upyri is a sci-fi series that blends 3D animation, live action, and 2D illustrations as a means of storytelling. Inspired by the presence and pervasiveness of vampires across […]
In a recent podcast with Jaro, we had the pleasure of speaking with Jeremiah Òlayinka Òjó, the founder of Creative Milieu Consulting Group – a global arts and cultural management firm that facilitates the cultivation and preservation of artistic and cultural production throughout the African Diaspora. Òjó shares his journey with us from taking his […]
Through an artistic combination of image and sound, the creators of the poignant short film Heroin€ explore the intersection of some of the major crises of our time – the opioid epidemic and active shooters. JARO had the chance to speak with Mr. Lamar Mackson, executive producer and founder of Nonstop Show Group, to talk […]
Mother and son Betty K. Bynum and Joshua Drummond co-wrote I’m A Brilliant Little Black Boy back in 2016, and now the children’s book is being turned into an animated series. The influential book has landed a deal with entertainment mogul Reginald Hudlin of Hudlin Entertainment, and the series will be titled Brilliant Boys. The […]
Girls Trip writer Tracy Oliver is producing a remake of the 1995 comedy Clueless with Paramount Pictures. As reported by Variety, Marquita Robinson, the story editor and writer of Netflix’s GLOW series, will pen the script. “Crazy excited to be producing a new take of one of my favorite movies of all time, #Clueless, with […]
Critics are raving about Barry Jenkins’ latest film If Beale Street Could Talk. It’s the first English adaptation of a James Baldwin novel to hit the big screen, and the film is already receiving Oscar buzz. Last week, it premiered at Rome Film Fest where The Hollywood Reporter spoke with Jenkins about Beale Street and […]
In his latest film, Nobody’s Fool, writer and director Tyler Perry explores one of the most common cinematic themes – love and relationships. The movie’s protagonist Danica (Tika Sumpter) is a successful yet emotionally constipated woman whose “fresh-outta-prison” sister, Tanya (Tiffany Haddish), forces her to contend with the fact that her love life may not […]
After 46 years, the long-awaited concert documentary Amazing Grace, which features Aretha Franklin’s performances at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, will make its debut at DOC NYC on November 12th. The performances, which were recorded between January 13th and 14th of 1972, are considered to be the best of Aretha Franklin, […]