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YOUTUBE Along with actors Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge and Leslie Odom Jr., King references the close quarters built for her directorial debut that the previously unknown-to-each-other actors and crew worked in: “If we kept it the actual size of the Hampton House, we would have suffocated. The Hollywood Reporter’s Mia Galuppo sat down with director Regina King, screenwriter Kemp Powers and stars Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge and Leslie Odom Jr. to discuss their Amazon Studios film, One Night in Miami, in a THR Presents Q&A powered by Vision Media. Powers’ stage play, on which the film is based, takes place strictly in a room at the Hampton House, the historic hotel in still-segregated 1960s Miami where Malcolm X and Cassius Clay stayed prior to the latter s fight with Sonny Liston. While King’s film adaption expanded the story to include several other locations, like the hotel’s roof and the arena where Clay fought Listo ....
“What It Means to Be a Man” in ‘Boys State’: ‘THR Presents’ Q&A With Jesse Moss, Amanda McBaine and Steven Garza Kimberly Nordyke The Hollywood Reporter to discuss the pair’s acclaimed documentary feature Boys State in a THR Presents Q&A powered by Vision Media. Joining them was Steven Garza, one of the 1,000 teenage subjects in the film who participated in the annual event at the University of Texas at Austin. The Boys State program takes place over the course of a week in all 50 states, with thousands of high school students participating in mock exercises to build representative state governments from the ground up. Garza himself was one of the teenagers who ran for governor Boys State’s highest office and the Apple TV+ documentary follows his campaign, from his arrival to the final vote count. ....
“Environment of Fear” With ‘The Dissident’: ‘THR Presents’ Q&A With Director Bryan Fogel Kimberly Nordyke The Hollywood Reporter’s Tatiana Siegel sat down with director Bryan Fogel to discuss his new documentary The Dissident in a Fogel, whose 2017 film Icarus won the Oscar for best documentary feature, has delivered another shocking exposé into the murder of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi. “I had not known who Jamal Khashoggi was prior to his disappearance,” Fogel admits. But when he first heard of the reports of Khashoggi’s murder in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, he says it triggered “a light-bulb moment.” While reports out of the Middle East initially labeled Khashoggi as an extremist, Fogel read his work for ....
YOUTUBE The director and lead cast of the vibrant drama about a young woman who helps a man with Alzheimer s relive his past as a famed Cuban musician discuss the film s overriding message. The Hollywood Reporter’s Alex Ritman spoke to Sergio Navarretta, director of The Cuban, plus the film s lead star and producer Ana Golja and her fellow castmembers Louis Gossett Jr. and Shohreh Aghdashloo, in a THR Presents Q&A powered by Vision Media. The wide-ranging conversation saw the filmmakers and actors discuss the key messages and takeaways from the Canadian film, which has already won several awards, including at the Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival, Montreal Black Film Festival and Whistler Film Festival. ....
YOUTUBE The three directors explain how their film about a so-called mole who lived in a secret room for more than 30 years, hiding from general/dictator Francisco Franco s regime has strong parallels with certain current events. The Hollywood Reporter’s Alex Ritman spoke to Jon Garaño, Aitor Arregi and Jose Mari Goenaga, directors of Spanish drama The Endless Trench (La Trinchera Infinita) in a THR Presents Q&A powered by Vision Media. During the conversation, the three filmmakers discussed how key themes in their historical drama had entirely coincidentally strong parallels with the experiences of many in lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic. ....