November 16, 2020
What’s on TV This Week: ‘Big Sky’ and ‘Between the World and Me’
By Lauren Messman Source: The New York Times Between network, cable and streaming, the modern television landscape is a vast one. Here are some of the…
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October 27, 2020
BET Presents New Original Groundbreaking Documentary “Smoke: Marijuana + Black America”
Executive Produced and Narrated by Multi-platinum Rapper and Entrepreneur Nasir “Nas” Jones The Two-Hour Original Documentary Explores Black America’s Complex Relationship with Marijuana and the…
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September 22, 2020
Networks Are Prepping for the Craziest Fall Season in the History of Broadcast TV
By Lucas Shaw, Gerry Smith and Kelly Gilblom September 22, 2020 Source: Bloomberg.com The coming fall TV season promises to be full of drama—just not…
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September 9, 2020
10 Black Filmmakers Win Career Grants at 1st-Ever Black Life Film Festival
By: Jeremy Fuster Last Updated: September 10, 2020 @ 7:17 AM Source:The Wrap Swirl Films and Mansa Productions announced on Wednesday the top 10 winners…
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September 9, 2020
Tyrese Talks Harlem’s Tupac, Music And More On TV One’s ‘UNCENSORED’ (Video)
Posted on 09/09/2020 by Harlem World Magazine TV One’s edgy docu-series UNCENSORED, which explores the private lives of some of today’s most notable personalities, highlights…
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August 26, 2020
Atlanta Indie Swirl Films Expands Production Operations With Gray Television
By: Cynthia Littleton Aug 26, 2020 5:41am PT Source: Variety Atlanta-based Gray Television has expanded its investment in indie Swirl Films with a deal designed to…
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July 30, 2020
Ex-2 Live Crew Rapper Luther Campbell, Swirl Films Pact for Film, TV Production (Exclusive)
Image: Mike Ehrmann/BIG3 via Getty Images By Etan Vlessing. 5:00 AM PDT 7/30/2020 Image: Mike Ehrmann/BIG3 via Getty Images Source: The Hollywood Reporter The man who…
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Swirl Films Launches Black Life Film Fest for Upcoming Filmmakers
$5,000 film grants will be awarded to the directors of ten short films about Black life and culture Jeremy Fuster | June 15, 2020 @ 12:38…
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June 29, 2020
Q&A: Eric Tomosunas, Kellon Akeem talk Black Life Film Fest
By Jillian Morgan June 29, 2020 Eric Tomosunas’s indie Swirl Films (producer of TV One’s Uncensored) and Kellon Akeem’s Mansa Productions (Percy, Nine Days), both based in Atlanta, are…
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June 24, 2020
As coronavirus restrictions lift, show makers prepare a gradual return to production
Tim Peterson June 24, 2020 Not a light switch, but a dimmer. That’s how California governor Gavin Newsom has described the state’s plan to reopen the home…
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