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Brother To Brother

Breathtaking, Captivating, Ambitious, Clever, Sexy

About Me

Critically acclaimed drama invokes the gay glory days of the Harlem Renaissance.see B2B Trailer here:http://www.wolfevideo.com/cgi-bin/images/brother_Large. mov* Special Jury Prize-Dramatic Competition: 2004 Sundance Film Festival*WINNER! Rodney Evans "Director to Watch Award" 2005 Black Film Awards“Breathtaking….a fascinating and absorbing tale…heralds the emergence of an exciting new voice in black filmmaking” - THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER“A captivating drama….Tremendously accomplished filmmaking.”- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS“The story Evans tells of the spiritual link between a contemporary black gay New York artist and the trailblazers of the 1930’s Harlem Renaissance is an excitingly ambitious one, conveyed with guileless passion of purpose”- ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY“Brings depth and intelligence to black politics and sexuality” – VARIETY"Robinson and Mackie are exceptional." - REEL.COM"Funny, sexy and very cleverly done."- TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE"Mackie and Robinson both create sensitive, sympathetic characters."- VARIETY"Offers fascinating historical context and two fine lead performances (by Anthony Mackie and Roger Robinson)." - SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

My Interests

FIRE!, Jazz, gin, rent parties, provocation

I'd like to meet:

People interested in films representing black, gay life and history with stunningly talented, sexy and beautiful actors

Music:

Chocolate Genius, Fletcher Henderson, Sidney Bechet, Good and Evil, Barney McCall

Movies:

Brother To Brother (DVD at www.wolfereleasing.com/brothertobrother) Two Encounters (www.frameline.org), Close To Home (www.twn.org), The Unveiing (www.twn.org)

Television:

B2B ON STARZ 2006 and LOGO in 2007

Books:

BROTHER TO BROTHER- RELATED READING LIST1. Gay Rebel of the Harlem Renaissance: Selections from the Work of Richard Bruce Nugent by Bruce Nugent, edited by Thomas Wirth2. Fire!! a Quarterly Devoted to the Younger Negro Artists, edited by Wallace Thurman3. The Portable Harlem Renaissance Reader (African American History) by David L. Lewis4. When Harlem Was in Vogue by David L. Lewis5. The Collected Writings of Wallace Thurman: A Harlem Renaissance Reader by Amritjit Singh, et al6. Infants of the Spring (The Black Heritage Library Collection) by Wallace Thurman7. Blacker the Berry by Wallace Thurman8. Wallace Thurman's Harlem Renaissance by Eleonore Van Notten9. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston10. The Complete Stories by Zora Neale Hurston

Heroes:

Bruce Nugent, Wallace Thurman, Zora Neale Hurston, Langton Hughes, Anthony Mackie, Roger Robinson, Aunjanue Ellis, Ray Ford, Duane Boutte, Daniel Sunjata, Alex Burns