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Morfydd Clark, Eddie Marsan, and Sope Dirisu have signed on to star in Joe Marcantonio’s revenge thriller Uncle Morfydd Clark of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and Saint Maud has signed on to join Eddie Marsan (Happy-Go-Lucky) and Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù (His House) in the cast of the revenge thriller Uncle, Deadline reports. […]

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Impactful Fellowship Continues to Build a Network of Advocates for Adult Education

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BLACK. FEMALE. FIGHTING FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM.

Locked Out
The poster for award-winning documentary feature ‘Locked Out’

MIAMI, June 6, 2023 (Newswire.com)
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Locked Out, a Detroit-based documentary following Black women as they battle evictions, predatory lending, and modern-day redlining in America’s most segregated city, is set to screen at the 27th annual American Black Film Festival in Miami on Saturday, June 17, at 1:45 p.m. at the O Cinema South Beach. Produced by Saville Productions and directed by Oscar Nominee Kate Davis and Luchina Fisher, Locked Out intimately captures the impact of housing injustice while exposing the systems that prevent positive change. 

“It’s easy to talk about the importance of equitable housing, but what’s too often missing from the conversation is the actual experiences of those on the ground,” said co-director Luchina Fisher, who received a 2022 GLAAD Media Award nomination for her feature debut Mama Gloria. “It’s eye-opening to see up close how our current system keeps mostly Black residents locked out of building wealth in America, but it was also stunning to witness the work Black women are putting in to save their communities.”

The documentary, which combines vérité filmmaking and archival footage, features longtime Detroit residents Soummer Crawford and Geraldine Smith-Bey, as well as experts from the University of Michigan, the United Community Housing Coalition, Ohio State University, and more. The film also spotlights those behind Detroit’s devastating use of land contracts. 

Locked Out premiered in April at Detroit’s Freep Film Festival, where it received the Shine a Light Award for its heroic portrayal of the women on the front lines of the fair housing battle. After the American Black Film Festival, the documentary will head to the Newark Black Film Festival, Woods Hole Film Festival, and San Francisco Doc Fest to drum up nationwide support for the issue. 

“I had read about the racial gap in homeownership across the country, but going to Detroit and embedding with vibrant Black female housing activists and women facing eviction was both dramatic to behold and traumatic for those we filmed,” said co-director Kate Davis, who received an Academy Award nomination for her film Traffic Stop and the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance for her landmark documentary Southern Comfort.

Tickets to the AABF screening of Locked Out are available at www.abff.com/miami/festival-passes/. The film will screen in-person on Saturday, June 17, at 1:45 p.m. and virtually June 19-25. 

Locked Out was produced by LA-based production company Saville Productions. Learn more at www.lockedoutfilm.com and on Instagram @lockedout_film.

About Saville Productions

Saville Productions, founded by Rupert Maconick, has produced hundreds of projects with high-profile filmmakers, including Martin Campbell (Casino Royale), Barry Levinson (Rain Man), Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man), and others. Saville produced the feature-length documentary “5B,” directed by Academy Award nominee Dan Krauss. Saville also produced Werner Herzog’s documentary “Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World,” which premiered at Sundance.

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Donovan Droege

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Award-Winning Documentary ‘Locked Out’ Heads to Miami’s American Black Film Festival to Spotlight Black Women Battling Predatory Lending in Redlined Detroit

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Vinegar Syndrome is giving the 1987 slasher Night Screams, starring Ron Thomas of The Karate Kid, a 4K UHD and Blu-ray release I’m a huge fan of the slasher sub-genre, particularly of slasher movies that were released in the 1980s. I’ve tried to watch as many ’80s slashers as I could get my hands on, […]

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Quentin Tarantino slams streaming movies, saying that it’s almost like they don’t even exist in the zeitgeist. While many directors have embraced the streaming world, it’s safe to say that we won’t see Quentin Tarantino making a movie for Netflix anytime soon. While speaking with Deadline, Quentin Tarantino took aim at streaming services where it […]

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Mark Hamill would be fine if they recast Luke Skywalker with an age-appropriate actor instead of using de-aging/deep-fake. Before Mark Hamill made his return as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the last time we saw the character was in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. Given the decades of history that took […]

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APEX Mobile Media partners with Azerion to further expand its reach in the in-game advertising space

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HBO’s Head of Drama Francesca Orsi says that Euphoria season 3 may not debut until 2025 as result of WGA strike. The second season of HBO’s Euphoria concluded more than a year ago, but fans will have to wait longer than expected for season 3. HBO’s Head of Drama Francesca Orsi told Deadline that Euphoria […]

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NextRise Awards 2023
14 Companies Won NextRise Awards 2023

• Mopic, 3D Display Technology Startup, Won Top Honors at NextRise Awards 2023 
• 332 Startups Applied Globally (Generative AI, Robot, Vegan Food Tech, Bio, etc.) 
• 14 Startups With Future Technology Honored 
• ‘Best Innovation Prize’: AI-based Prompt Engineering ‘Keytalk.AI,’ High-Performance Vegan Food Tech ‘JoinandJoin,’ Japanese Travel Fintech ‘Kabuk’

SEOUL, South Korea, June 5, 2023 (Newswire.com)
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Korea International Trade Association (Chairman Christopher KOO) and KDB Korea Development Bank (Chairman & CEO KANG Seog-hoon) held the NextRise Awards Ceremony on June 1 at COEX in Seoul, Korea. The ceremony was a part of NextRise 2023, Asia’s largest startup innovation fair.

Now in its fifth year, NextRise Seoul has become a significant platform for startups. This year, over 1,200 venture and startup companies, along with 200 large and medium-sized enterprises, participated, resulting in approximately 3,200 1:1 business consultations, expected to exceed the number of successful business collaboration from last year’s records.

To further bolster the growth of this event, the NextRise Awards were established this year to encourage the development of promising startups and promote their innovative technologies and ideas. A total of 332 domestic and foreign startups applied for the awards, and after a rigorous evaluation process based on technology and marketability, 14 companies were selected as winners.

During the official ceremony, Mopic, a startup with technology that implements 3D effects on flat-panel displays, received the prestigious Grand Innovation Prize.

The Best Innovation Prize was awarded to three outstanding companies. Keytalk.AI, which provides advanced prompt engineering solutions for AI transformation; JoinandJoin, a high-performance vegan food tech company; and Kabuk, a Japanese travel fintech startup, were honored for their contributions.

The Innovation Prize category recognized 10 startups with AI-based business models that have attracted significant attention. Among them were Pillyze, a health tech startup that offers personalized AI solutions for health management; Pion Corporation, an AI-based startup that automatically produces advertisement videos in large quantities with only product URLs; Wrtn Technologies, which provides an AI assistant called ‘Wrtn’ based on generative AI technologies; Superbin, a circular resource startup using AI and robotics; and DeepX, a company equipped with high-efficiency AI semiconductor technology that can be applied to production processes such as robot platforms, among others.

Additional recipients of the Innovation Prize included Roen Surgical, which develops flexible endoscopic surgical robots; Organoid Sciences, which has regenerative treatment and drug efficacy evaluation platform technologies; Astron Security, which provides integrated cloud security solutions; and FTD Solutions, an industrial water resource management system startup in the U.S.

Executive Vice Chairman JEONG Marn-ki of the Korea International Trade Association stated, “We have witnessed an overwhelming level of interest and participation from numerous startups in this year’s inaugural NextRise Awards, surpassing our expectations. In a global economic landscape where the momentum of growth is weakening, we look forward to the technologies and ideas of the innovation champions selected through the NextRise Awards becoming catalysts for innovative growth and economic vitality.”

He further added, “As the first awards ceremony was successfully held, we have plans to actively support the NextRise Awards in the future, enabling them to serve as a gateway for startups with innovative technologies and potential, allowing them to make their debut on the global stage.”

For more information about the NextRise Awards winners, please visit the official NextRise website at www.nextrise.co.kr. 

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Blavity Presents the Inaugural Juneteenth Celebration on June 15 in Partnership with RNB HouseParty

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