Atlanta has some excellent Film Collectives. Obviously, Film Collectives are nothing new, they’ve been around for years and in many places but in Atlanta they occupy a special place in the independent film scene. We’ve had a relatively recent history of success stories that came from film collectives from Atlanta . The thing with [Read More]
Snow On Tha Bluff is a raw and vivid, hybrid documentary/narrative film that cuts through the hype and mythology to deliver a clear-eyed, uncensored look at gangsta life—and death—in the inner city. Director/writer Damon Russell teams up with co-writer and lead actor Curtis Snow, a charismatic, self-described dope dealer and robbery boy, to [Read More]
Ryan Prows’ bio describes him, among other things, as a conspiracy theorist which brings us to his film .22 that won the 2005 Atlanta leg of the 48 Hour Film Project. The fact that his film capably took on a JFK-like assassination story also lends credence to his bio’s claim. Ryan spent many years as part of Atlanta ’s film community. He [Read More]
“The music is recorded… I’m ‘bout the only thing live around here.” – Alley Pat Those words were uttered into a microphone, charged through the airwaves and came alive on radios across Atlanta some time in the mid-eighties, signaling the start of three to four hours of conversation, joking, jiving, trash talk and, if you’re [Read More]