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(The following review is brought to you by longtime Athens Banner-Herald film writer Andrew Shearer. To support his work and continue seeing coverage of the local film industry like this, please consider an OnlineAthens.com digital subscription: www.onlineathens.com/subscribenow.) How did a compilation album from Scottish post-punk band Cocteau Twins inspire a new independent drama about a struggling film student? You'll have to ask "Pink Opaque" writer-director Derrick Perry. Released by Atlanta-based distributor 1091 Pictures and available for rental or purchase from video on demand plat...

Courtesy of Film The legal drama executive produced by Shaquille O'Neal and directed by Youssef Delara will play Canada's biggest Black film showcase. The courtroom drama Foster Boy, starring Matthew Modine, Louis Gossett Jr. and Shane Paul McGhie is set to open the virtual Toronto Black Film Festival on Feb. 10. The indie, executive produced by Shaquille O'Neal and directed by Youssef Delara, will launch the 9th edition of Canada's biggest showcase of Black cinema, organizers said on Tuesday. And the festival will close with Mia Donovan's Dope is Death, a documentary about Dr. Mutulu Shaku...