The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Footage shot by a group of Swedish journalists documenting the Black Power Movement in the United States is edited together by a contemporary Swedish filmmaker. (text via IMDB)
“anybody can die nobly for a cause. a sign of maturity is to live, day by day, for that cause.”
another behind the scenes look! we spend some time with the lovebirds as they re-stage classic couplings.
Boy oh boy.
let’s talk about what it’s like to have such a smooth, buttery, scrumtrulescent pre-production and shoot only to come up against absolute shite in post. holy moly. this feeling right here is the stuff murderous rampages are made of.
i knew, though. i knew. right around the time we started photography, i had the feeling that it was the end that would get us. and it is. it has. just not in the way we expected.
wish me well. wish me scotch.
we had a professional photographer drop by one evening during the shoot and she caught some pretty nifty stuff. more pics here.
Partake. Intake our outtakes.
spending strep-throat-palooza weekend making behind the scenes vids of the short film and designing the website. that and passing out. a lot.
i would wear the fuck outta that.
and we’d all be glad i did.
Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra
Radio Rhythm
Yesterday was our first day of filming. And, boy, lemme tell ya…
I could list all the major things that went awry the day before and the day of but, instead, I’ll focus on the positive - because there’s a lot of it.
- Our crew is amazing, communicative and fully committed to the success of this film
- The cast: again, amazing and fully committed
- The extras/background: curious, supportive, helpful and hilarious
- We wrapped early. On our first day. D’you hear me? ON OUR FIRST DAY. We’re some timely motherfuckers.
- Even on our shoestring budget, our craft services is sensational.
- This picture. It says it all, really.
Click through. More to come!
a pic from set today! scandal premieres this fall!
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