BET has released the trailer for the upcoming original Christmas movie “Holiday Heartbreak,” starring Maryam Basir and Michael Colyar.
Basir stars in the film from director Charles Jones as Monica McCoy, a helpless romantic unknowingly cursed with relationship problems passed down from her father’s bad luck of mishandling women.
LisaRaye McCoy, Aj Johnson, DeWayne “Kountry Wayne” Colley, Tiffany Black, B Simone, Kenneth Wayne and Lonnie Bee.also star in the film, which will debut on BET on Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 6 p.m. Et/Pt. Watch the trailer above.
Produced by Tressa Azarel Smallwood’s MegaMind, the romantic comedy was shot in the Washington D.C. area earlier this year under Covid-19 safety protocols. Charles Jones directed from a script by Tiffany Yancy, with Smallwood and Ibrahim Yilla producing.
MegaMind Media recently teamed with BET for a series of narrative shorts directed by Kim Fields, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Sheryl Lee Ralph...
Basir stars in the film from director Charles Jones as Monica McCoy, a helpless romantic unknowingly cursed with relationship problems passed down from her father’s bad luck of mishandling women.
LisaRaye McCoy, Aj Johnson, DeWayne “Kountry Wayne” Colley, Tiffany Black, B Simone, Kenneth Wayne and Lonnie Bee.also star in the film, which will debut on BET on Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 6 p.m. Et/Pt. Watch the trailer above.
Produced by Tressa Azarel Smallwood’s MegaMind, the romantic comedy was shot in the Washington D.C. area earlier this year under Covid-19 safety protocols. Charles Jones directed from a script by Tiffany Yancy, with Smallwood and Ibrahim Yilla producing.
MegaMind Media recently teamed with BET for a series of narrative shorts directed by Kim Fields, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Sheryl Lee Ralph...
- 12/3/2020
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
This year’s American Black Film Festival lineup is stacked with some of the top names in Hollywood as well as emerging voices including a screening of Reginald Hudlin’s The Black Godfather, a conversation with Spike Lee and his protege Stefon Bristol as well as the five finalists for HBO Short Film Competition, which is now in its 22nd year. The fest takes place June 12-16 in Miami.
The program will also include the previously announced opening night film Shaft. New Line Cinema’s reboot of the iconic character will screen at the fest ahead of its June 14 release. In addition, Netflix will screen the Chris Robinson-directed Beats, a coming-of-age drama set in Chicago’s South Side hip-hop scene starring Anthony Anderson.
“Beyond the Spider-Verse: What’s Next for Sony Pictures Animation” will be a conversation between Academy Award-winner Peter Ramsey (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), Matthew A. Cherry...
The program will also include the previously announced opening night film Shaft. New Line Cinema’s reboot of the iconic character will screen at the fest ahead of its June 14 release. In addition, Netflix will screen the Chris Robinson-directed Beats, a coming-of-age drama set in Chicago’s South Side hip-hop scene starring Anthony Anderson.
“Beyond the Spider-Verse: What’s Next for Sony Pictures Animation” will be a conversation between Academy Award-winner Peter Ramsey (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), Matthew A. Cherry...
- 6/6/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
We've been informed that director Ibrahim Yilla's dramedy The Great Divide, will screen at Ice theaters in Chicago, Il, on December 1, at 7pm. Tickets to the event are $10. Recapping... the film's synopsis reads: Tosha Landry, eccentric wife and nucleus of a circle of very ethnically diverse friends, is a student of the ancient Indian teaching of the Tantra and Kama Sutra. One Friday evening at the monthly get-together, Tosha introduces a game designed to elicit feelings and impressions men and women have about each other. The film stars several familiar names and faces like Tichina Arnold, Darrin Dewitt-Henson, Richard T. Jones, Golden Brooks,...
- 11/14/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Continuing our pre-festival highlights of the 2012 Hollywood Black Film Festival, here's a dramedy from director Ibrahim Yilla, titled The Great Divide, Yilla's second feature-lenght effort. The film's synopsis reads: Tosha Landry, eccentric wife and nucleus of a circle of very ethnically diverse friends, is a student of the ancient Indian teaching of the Tantra and Kama Sutra. One Friday evening at the monthly get-together, Tosha introduces a game designed to elicit feelings and impressions men and women have about each other. As you probably can expect, the evening isn't as zen as Tosha may have initially hoped. The film stars several familiar...
- 10/24/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
A look at what's new on DVD today:
"Game of Death" (2011)
Directed by Giorgio Serafini
Released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Quite possibly Wesley Snipes' last film for a long, long time, this action flick features the "Passenger 57" star as a CIA agent who is betrayed by his employer after he's deployed to take out an arms dealer in Detroit. "Grindhouse" star Zoe Bell is onhand to provide backup.
"Celestial Films: Lady Hermit" (1971)
Directed by Meng Hua Ho
Released by Funimation
An aspiring female kung fu warrior searches for an elusive master who turns out to pretend to be a servant in this Shaw Brothers produced action flick.
"Daylight Robbery" (2008)
Directed by Paris Leonti
Released by Well Go USA
Paris Leonti's heist flick involves a group of misfits who plot to rob the London Exchange of the loot in their underground vault.
"Disconnect" (2011)
Directed by Robin Christian...
"Game of Death" (2011)
Directed by Giorgio Serafini
Released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Quite possibly Wesley Snipes' last film for a long, long time, this action flick features the "Passenger 57" star as a CIA agent who is betrayed by his employer after he's deployed to take out an arms dealer in Detroit. "Grindhouse" star Zoe Bell is onhand to provide backup.
"Celestial Films: Lady Hermit" (1971)
Directed by Meng Hua Ho
Released by Funimation
An aspiring female kung fu warrior searches for an elusive master who turns out to pretend to be a servant in this Shaw Brothers produced action flick.
"Daylight Robbery" (2008)
Directed by Paris Leonti
Released by Well Go USA
Paris Leonti's heist flick involves a group of misfits who plot to rob the London Exchange of the loot in their underground vault.
"Disconnect" (2011)
Directed by Robin Christian...
- 2/15/2011
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
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