Month: December 2018

Detroit

Filmmaker and younger brother appear on Detroit Public TV’s American Black Journal

Film Maker Dtonio Cheatham and his little brother actor D’blessed Robinson did their first TV Interview on Detroit Public TV’s American Black Journal. Dtonio Cheatham a Detroit-based filmmaker and his younger brother, D’blessed Robinson appeared on Detroit Public TV’s American Black Journal to talk about a short anti-bullying film that has garnered a lot of attention.  (Their interview starts at the 14:29 mark.) Originally created … Continue reading Filmmaker and younger brother appear on Detroit Public TV’s American Black Journal

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Actors, Detroit, Small Budget Filmmakers

Shad Moore’s award-winning ‘The Birthday’ now online

Shad Moore’s award-winning short film, “The Birthday” is now online. Written and directed by Mushad Moore (known as Shad for short), is an actor  known for Scapegoat (2018), Indictment: Dead Witnesses Can’t Talk (2016) and Trapped: The Ultimate Sacrifice (2014).  This is the first short for which he is credited as a  screenwriter/director/and producer. “When I first started acting my goal was to be in … Continue reading Shad Moore’s award-winning ‘The Birthday’ now online

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Uncategorized

Completing festival run, Dave Tappan’s “Chocolate and Cigarettes”now online

After completing its film festival run,  Dave Tappan’s period short “Chocolate and Cigarettes” can now be viewed on Vimeo. “Chocolate and Cigarettes” is the  short story of Nick, an awkward flight attendant, who, after a long shift, bumbles his way through wooing his beautiful coworker, crashing in the process. Obsessed with the technicolor musicals from the 40’s and 50’s and with more arthouse filmmakers like … Continue reading Completing festival run, Dave Tappan’s “Chocolate and Cigarettes”now online

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Actors

Actress Heather Fairbanks to appear in Rossetti Productions ‘The 3’

The new year is looking very bright for actress Heather Fairbanks.  She has been cast in Rossetti Productions‘ “The 3. ”  She will portray Susan in this faith based film. Award-winning, Michigan-based actress Heather Fairbanks (AKA Heather Kilpatrick) has been acting since age five.  After studying abroad in Tokyo, Japan, with coursework in Japanese film,  she returned to Michigan where she graduated from The University … Continue reading Actress Heather Fairbanks to appear in Rossetti Productions ‘The 3’

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Horror Movies

’13: Fanboy’ spells departure from ‘Friday the 13th’ franchise

After more than a decade and more recently nasty legal entanglements, a new movie based on  the franchised fan favorite “Friday the 13th” may soon appear on screen.  But with this difference.  Rather than being a Paramount release, it will be a franchise of its own with many familiar faces from the original films. Jointly-written by Deborah Voorhees–yes, there is a name you may be … Continue reading ’13: Fanboy’ spells departure from ‘Friday the 13th’ franchise

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Actors, Celebrity News, Detroit

A meeting with Detroit native, Keegan-Michael Key, gets a surprise when former first lady Michelle Obama drops in

A meeting with Detroit native, actor/comedian, Keegan-Michael Key got quite a surprise Tuesday when former first lady Michelle Obama walked through the doors at the Motown Museum. On a cross-country tour promoting her memoir “Becoming.,” Obama dropped in and spent an hour with the select group of former Wayne State University students talking about education, etc. The former first lady encouraged the young men to … Continue reading A meeting with Detroit native, Keegan-Michael Key, gets a surprise when former first lady Michelle Obama drops in

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