Four real-life outlaws meet up in the town of Langston, Oklahoma to play a risky game. The winner of their shootout gets to collect their collected bounty: $80,000. The losers? Well, the losers will “die by dawn.” Such is the plot of director Jeymes Samuel‘s new short film, They Die By Dawn, which stars Michael K. Williams as Nat Love and Erykah Badu as Stagecoach Mary. The twist? Every character in the film is a historical figure who actually lived in the Old West. Oh, and all but three characters are African-American.
The film premiered last night in New York at the TriBeCa Film Center in an event co-sponsored by Bulleit Bourbon. We got a chance to talk to Samuel last night about his love of Westerns and his desire to reclaim black history. According to Samuel, it was important that all of the characters were real so that if kids today watch his films,...
The film premiered last night in New York at the TriBeCa Film Center in an event co-sponsored by Bulleit Bourbon. We got a chance to talk to Samuel last night about his love of Westerns and his desire to reclaim black history. According to Samuel, it was important that all of the characters were real so that if kids today watch his films,...
- 3/20/2013
- by Meghan O'Keefe
- TheFabLife - Movies
The west is going to get a little wilder when They Die By Dawn hits the big screen! The action flick starring Nate Parker, Michael K. Williams, Erykah Badu and Rosario Dawson tells the stories of real life African American cowboys from the past, teaming up, kickin’ ass and taking names!
Our very own Meghan O’Keefe was lucky enough to attend a screening last night, and asked the stars which African American rough riders from history were their biggest inspirations. Michael K. Williams had to go with Ben Hodges, whereas Jeymes Samuel went with Rufus Buck and Cherokee Bill. “When Cherokee Bill was getting executed they said to him, ‘Any last words?’,” he shared. “And he said, ‘I came here to die, not to talk.’” Ok, it’s pretty hard to top that for badass-ness. But we’re sure as hell going to try with our very own list...
Our very own Meghan O’Keefe was lucky enough to attend a screening last night, and asked the stars which African American rough riders from history were their biggest inspirations. Michael K. Williams had to go with Ben Hodges, whereas Jeymes Samuel went with Rufus Buck and Cherokee Bill. “When Cherokee Bill was getting executed they said to him, ‘Any last words?’,” he shared. “And he said, ‘I came here to die, not to talk.’” Ok, it’s pretty hard to top that for badass-ness. But we’re sure as hell going to try with our very own list...
- 3/20/2013
- by Jordan Runtagh
- TheFabLife - Movies
The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation on March 8 named two new co-chairs to head the Innovative Theatre Awards' honorary-awards committee. Ben Hodges and Abby Marcus will take the reins from outgoing chair and Back Stage contributor Leonard Jacobs, who held the position for five years. The foundation also announced two new honorary-awards committee members: performance artist Desiree Burch and publicist Katie Rosin.The honorary awards include the artistic achievement award, which recognizes individual artistic achievement; the stewardship award, which recognizes service, support, and leadership; and the Caffe Cino fellowship award, which includes a $1,000–$5,000 grant given to an outstanding Off-Off Broadway theater company. 2010 will be the sixth year for the Innovative Theatre Awards, which honor excellence in Off-Off-Broadway theater.
- 3/8/2010
- backstage.com
The Play That Changed My Life contributing playwrights, including Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright (I Am My Own Wife), David Ives (Venus in Fur), Diana Son (Stop Kiss) book editor Ben Hodges and Howard Sherman, Executive Director of the American Theatre Wing were at a book signing at the Lincoln Triangle Barnes and Noble Wednesday, February 24th. The event was moderated by Howard Sherman, about the American Theatre Wing's new book, The Play That Changed My Life: America's Foremost Playwrights on the Plays that Influenced Them.
- 2/26/2010
- BroadwayWorld.com
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