Though I’ve not read Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s New York Times bestseller Stamped From the Beginning: the Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, I’m guessing the National Book Award-winner might not be the most obvious material for the big screen. Which is why I was a bit surprised when I ... Roger Ross Williams (who directed the inspiring Life, Animated and the Oscar-winning short Music by Prudence) directed a documentary which covers the history of the legendary venue The Apollo. In 1934, previously a burlesque joint under another name and open to whites only, it opened its doors to African American patrons.Cassandro: Directed by Roger Ross Williams. With Gael García Bernal, Roberta Colindrez, Perla De La Rosa, Joaquín Cosio. Follows the true story of Cassandro, the ''exotico'' character created by Saúl Armendáriz, gay amateur wrestler from El Paso who rose to international stardom.The Dutch character Zwarte Piet (Black Pete) has a “racially offensive history” and has had his day, according to an American documentary maker. Roger Ross Williams’ film “Blackface,” currently streaming on CNN, explores the origins of the character of St. Nicholas’ helper, who is often portrayed in black make up with black curled ...Write to Cady Lang at [email protected]. Director Roger Ross Williams talks about his career and his current projects, The Supermodels, Cassandro, …Roger Ross Williams, Ronan Farrow, Jean Tsien, Cecilla Aldarondo, Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh will be honored at the 2021 IDA Documentary Awards.. Williams, who won the 2010 Oscar for best ...Easton, Pa.-born filmmaker Roger Ross Williams’ latest documentary, Stamped from the Beginning, is a fresh addition to the canon of historical documentaries. “I wanted to do something that was completely original,” the Oscar winner explained.Documentary. A hybrid documentary/scripted feature based on Dr. Kendi's National Book Award-winning "Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas". Director. Roger Ross Williams. …Oscar-winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams directed two of the episodes and serves as an executive producer; Oprah Winfrey, Hannah-Jones, and Naimah Jabali-Nash are producers.‘The 1619 Project’ Docuseries to Debut on Hulu, Roger Ross Williams to Produce. The series is the first screen project based on materials from The New York Times Magazine and Nikole Hannah ...Gael García Bernal is uninhibited in the ring in director Roger Ross Williams' sports drama about a gay man who found expression and acceptance as a luchador.I’m elated to work with Roger Ross Williams, Mara Brock Akil, and Chris Nee. They are such ambitious, innovative, and passionate creators who are committed to racial justice. But I’m really elated for the viewers, for the adults and children who will be captivated, informed, and transformed by these projects.” …Feb 16, 2021 · Filmmaker Roger Ross Williams, an Oscar and Emmy winner, has signed with UTA. The director and his One Story Up production banner will be represented by the agency in all areas. In 2010, Williams ... Filmmaker Roger Ross Williams is having a moment.He recently premiered a documentary adaptation of Ibram X. Kendi’s Stamped From The Beginning and before that, he directed episodes of Nikole Hannah-Jones’s The 1619 Project. His docuseries The Super Models, which focuses on the careers of icons …The director of 'Love to Love You, Donna Summer' and 'Cassandro' adapts Ibram X. Kendi's influential book about the roots of American racism.Nov 13, 2023 · Roger Ross Williams is having quite the year. So far, the Oscar-winning director has released his first fiction film, Amazon Studios’ “Cassandro”; the HBO documentary “Love to Love You ... Roger Ross Williams is an Oscar, Emmy, and Peabody award-winning director, producer, writer, and the first African-American director to win an Academy Award® with his short …Executive producers Oprah Winfrey, Roger Ross Williams, Shoshanna Guy, the New York Times ’ Kathleen Lingo and Nikole Hannah-Jones are among those who earned trophies for their work on the six ...By Matthew Carey. May 21, 2022 9:00am. KCS Presse/MEGA. A few years ago, as filmmaker Roger Ross Williams contemplated founding his own production company, he experienced a Field of Dreams kind of ...July 8, 2016. Director Roger Ross Williams knows what it’s like to be a sidekick in a story about heroes. After all, Williams was relegated to the sidelines on a night when he made history — at the 2010 Academy Awards. When the film he directed, Music by Prudence, won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short, Williams became the …Jan 26, 2023 · Revered documentarian Roger Ross Williams’ Cassandro is unexpected. It’s a lonely state of being to feel as if you aren’t present in your own life. For Saúl (Gael García Bernal), an amateur libre wrestler living in Juárez, Mexico, life seems to pass him by. When he’s not working at a carwash or helping his mother with her… Continue reading ‘Cassandro’ Review: Roger Ross ... Documentary maker Roger Ross Williams shifts into narrative features with this affectionate tribute to “exótico” wrestler Saúl Armendáriz, who turned homophobic mockery into victory cheers.‘Life, Animated’: How Roger Ross Williams Captured The Insular World Of Autism For A Touching True Life Story. The Academy Award-winning director breaks …Write to Cady Lang at [email protected]. Director Roger Ross Williams talks about his career and his current projects, The Supermodels, Cassandro, …Roger Ross Williams was the first African American director to win an Oscar. He now has a collection of Emmy and Peabody awards to his credit, but his journey has been an uphill battle.Roger Ross Williams is on a roll with several projects launching in 2023: The Super Models, the series with Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford on Apple TV+ premiering September 20, the Donna Summer documentary, Cassandro, and his first narrative movie about gayRoger Ross Williams is a filmmaker who has won an Academy Award, an Emmy and a Peabody for his documentaries. He is also the first African-American director to win an …Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett on stage in 2010. Photograph: Michael Caulfield/WireImage. At the 2010 awards, director Roger Ross Williams had just launched into his acceptance speech for ...Roger Ross Williams. Photograph: Andy Hall for the Observer “I knew Owen was gold the first time I saw him slow-dancing with Emily at their Valentine’s Day ball,” recalls Williams.Oscar-winning director Roger Ross Williams talks to high-profile Black women in a hybrid documentary/animation based on Dr Ibram X Kendi’s landmark book Ellen E Jones Thu 9 Nov 2023 08.00 EST ...Cassandro — Roger Ross Williams September 12, 2023 There’s a recurring motif in Cassandro where Gael García Bernal’s character, an openly gay luchador, works an outwardly hostile crowd from inside the ring; weathering the catcalls and vicious slurs that rain down upon him only to disarm the audience …Oscar-winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams (Music by Prudence; Life, Animated) will direct Donna, alongside Summer’s daughter, Brooklyn Sudano.The director Roger Ross Williams on the Harlem ‘temple’ that has hosted legendary performers from James Brown to Lauryn Hill. by André Wheeler. Sat 2 Nov …Roger Ross Williams, the director of Cassandro, opened up about why it was important to portray a positive queer story in the biopic based on a real-life gay …Roger Ross Williams / director, writer, producer In 2010, Roger Ross Williams made history as the first Black director to win an Oscar, for his short documentary Music by Prudence . Over the ensuing decade, the New York-based filmmaker has helmed feature-length documentaries, including 2016's Oscar-nominated Life, Animated , 2019's …Oscar-winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams (Music by Prudence; Life, Animated) will direct Donna, alongside Summer’s daughter, Brooklyn Sudano. Though I’ve not read Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s New York Times bestseller Stamped From the Beginning: the Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, I’m guessing the National Book Award-winner might not be the most obvious material for the big screen. Which is why I was a bit surprised when I ... Cassandro — Roger Ross Williams September 12, 2023 There’s a recurring motif in Cassandro where Gael García Bernal’s character, an openly gay luchador, works an outwardly hostile crowd from inside the ring; weathering the catcalls and vicious slurs that rain down upon him only to disarm the audience …Roger Ross Williams: When I read "The 1619 Project," it was a game changer for me. It hit me emotionally and intellectually. It changed me forever. I was like, I've got to work on this project. I pursued everyone I knew at The New York Times.Nov 13, 2023 · Roger Ross Williams is having quite the year. So far, the Oscar-winning director has released his first fiction film, Amazon Studios’ “Cassandro”; the HBO documentary “Love to Love You ... July 8, 2016. Director Roger Ross Williams knows what it’s like to be a sidekick in a story about heroes. After all, Williams was relegated to the sidelines on a night when he made history — at the 2010 Academy Awards. When the film he directed, Music by Prudence, won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short, Williams became the …Gael García Bernal plays a flamboyant figure taking the world of Mexican professional wrestling by storm in this underdog drama directed by Roger Ross Williams. Based on a real star of Mexican ...Years After Becoming the First Black Director to Win an Oscar, Roger Ross Williams Says Hollywood’s Finally Calling. Even after winning the gold for his doc short …Following up his narrative drama Cassandro, Roger Ross Williams returned to the documentary realm for his second feature of the year with Stamped from the Beginning. Adapting Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s book, the TIFF selection utilizes vivid animations and leading female scholars to explore the history of anti-Black racist ideas. Ahead of a …Life, Animated. From Academy Award® winning director Roger Ross Williams comes the story of Owen Suskind, a young man who couldn’t speak as a child until he discovered a unique way to communicate by immersing himself in the world of Disney animated films. IMDb 7.4 1 h 31 min 2016. PG. Romance · Documentary · Cerebral · Gentle.Roger Ross Williams is on a roll with several projects launching in 2023: The Super Models, the series with Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford on Apple TV+ premiering September 20, the Donna Summer documentary, Cassandro, and his first narrative movie about gayIt was the Oscar that Roger Ross Williams won in 2009 for his short documentary Music by Prudence which ensured the generous backing to make Life, Animated, his feature documentary about Owen Suskind, a young autistic man with a passion for Disney animation. A year filming, a year in the cutting room, lavish …Roger Ross Williams (born September 16, 1962; Easton) is an American documentary director, producer and writer and the first African American director to win an Academy Award (Oscar), with his short film "Music by Prudence"; this film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film in 2009.Roger Ross Williams Shoshana Guy Naimah Jabali-Nash Christine Turner Kamilah Forbes Phil Bertelsen Jonathan Clasberry. Executive Producers Exec. Producers. Shoshana Guy Nikole Hannah-Jones Roger Ross Williams Caitlin Roper Kathleen Lingo Oprah Winfrey. Studios. Lionsgate Television One Story Up Productions …Roger Ross Williams is an Oscar, Emmy, and Peabody award-winning director, producer, writer, and the first African-American director to win an Academy Award® with his short …NEW FILM Stamped From the Beginning. RELEASE DATE: November 20 on Netflix GENRE: Documentary DIRECTOR: Roger Ross Williams PRODUCERS: Alisa Payne, Roger Ross Williams, David Teague EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Mara Brock Akil (Girlfriends, The Game, Being Mary Jane), Geoff Martz, Susie Fitzgerald, and Dr. Ibram …Sep 21, 2023 · Directed by Roger Ross Williams (“Life, Animated”), the movie depicts the decisive, late-1980s period when Saúl ascended out of obscurity and into the big time, braving countless training ... By Matthew Carey. May 21, 2022 9:00am. KCS Presse/MEGA. A few years ago, as filmmaker Roger Ross Williams contemplated founding his own production company, he experienced a Field of Dreams kind of ... A history-making director, producer, and screenwriter, Roger Ross Williams has already garnered many accolades and awards for his amazing storytelling talents, including the 2010 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject for his film Music by Prudence. Williams is the first African-American to win an Oscar for directing and producing a film. Roger Ross Williams (“The Apollo,” “Life Animated”) directs Ibram X. Kendi’s book adaptation of the same name. With Black women scholars such as Angela Davis, ...September 15, 2023 5:30 pm. "Cassandro" starring Gael Garcia Bernal and directed by Roger Ross Williams. Amazon Studios. There are a few documentarians who dabble in feature filmmaking: R.J ...Sep 22, 2023 · Sep 22, 2023, 05:45 AM EDT. LEAVE A COMMENT. "Cassandro" actor Gael García Bernal and director Roger Ross Williams. Alejandro Lopez Pineda/Prime Vieo. Watch any Batman film and you might get a sense of why Roger Ross Williams considers “Cassandro” to be a superhero movie. Just as Bruce Wayne dons his iconic outfit to become the Caped ... In this 2015 short, African-American filmmaker Roger Ross Williams goes on a journey to understand why the notoriously liberal Dutch feel compelled to dress in blackface during the annual holiday ...Following up his narrative drama Cassandro, Roger Ross Williams returned to the documentary realm for his second feature of the year with Stamped from the Beginning. Adapting Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s book, the TIFF selection utilizes vivid animations and leading female scholars to explore the history of anti-Black racist ideas. Ahead of a …Roger Ross Williams, Saul Armendariz and Gael García Bernal at Sundance 2023 Frazer Harrison/Getty. An emotional scene unfolded inside Park City’s Ray Theatre on Friday evening ahead of the ...Sep 22, 2023, 05:45 AM EDT. LEAVE A COMMENT. "Cassandro" actor Gael García Bernal and director Roger Ross Williams. Alejandro Lopez Pineda/Prime Vieo. Watch any Batman film and you might get a sense of why Roger Ross Williams considers “Cassandro” to be a superhero movie. Just as Bruce Wayne dons his iconic outfit to become the Caped ...Courtesy of Oculus. “Traveling While Black,” a new virtual reality documentary from Academy Award-winning director Roger Ross Williams, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival’s New Frontier ...Learn about Roger Ross Williams, the first African American director to win an Academy Award for his documentary Life, Animated. Discover his latest projects, Cassandro and Stamped from the Beginning, streaming on …ROGER ROSS WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR, “CASSANDRO,” “STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING”AND “THE SUPER MODELS”: Yes, it’s great to be here. Thank you. MARTIN: So, Academy Award-winning director.Culture & Arts LGBTQ wrestling Roger Ross Williams. 'Cassandro' Underscores The Importance Of Queer People Realizing Their Own Strength. Directed …Roger Ross Williams Was the First Black Director to Win an Oscar, but the Industry Still Held Him Back. Inspired by the activism of the past weeks, Williams has big …Filmmaker Roger Ross Williams is having a moment.He recently premiered a documentary adaptation of Ibram X. Kendi’s Stamped From The Beginning and before that, he directed episodes of Nikole Hannah-Jones’s The 1619 Project. His docuseries The Super Models, which focuses on the careers of icons …Williams serves on the advisory board of the Full Frame Film Festival, and the boards of Docubox Kenya, None On Record, and the Zeitz Museum Of Contemporary Art Africa. He resides in New York and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Roger Ross Williams is an award-winning director, producer and writer and the first African American director to win an ... An outsider turned unlikely superstar. Cassandro is the new scripted film from Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Roger Ross Williams. It stars Gael García Bernal as Saúl Armendáriz, an American-born luchador wrestler, who grew up near the U.S.-Mexican border in El Paso, Texas. Being gay in this machismo-driven industry, he creates a ... Oscar-winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams directed two of the episodes and serves as an executive producer; Oprah Winfrey, Hannah-Jones, and Naimah Jabali-Nash are producers.God Loves Uganda is a 2013 American documentary film produced and directed by Roger Ross Williams, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. It explores connections between evangelicalism in North America and in Uganda, suggesting that the North American influence is the reason behind the controversial Uganda Anti …Roger Ross Williams (“The Apollo,” “Life Animated”) directs Ibram X. Kendi’s book adaptation of the same name. With Black women scholars such as Angela Davis, ...“Black inferiority is the will of God.” That’s how then-Senator Jefferson Davis defended the concept of slavery in 1860, and essentially where Williams opens his adaptation of the book by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi.The organizing structure of “Stamped from the Beginning” is to connect modern issues of racial inequity to things that were born in …Roger Ross Williams is a filmmaker who has won an Academy Award, an Emmy and a Peabody for his documentaries. He is also the first African-American director to win an …Roger Ross Williams. 842 likes · 2 talking about this. Roger Ross Williams won the 2010 Academy Award for his documentary short subject film called Music... Academy Awards, USA. 2017 Nominee Oscar. Best Documentary Feature. Life, Animated. Shared with: Julie Goldman. 2010 Winner Oscar. Best Documentary, Short Subjects. Music by Prudence. Roger Ross Williams becomes the first African American to win in this category. NEW FILM Stamped From the Beginning. RELEASE DATE: November 20 on Netflix GENRE: Documentary DIRECTOR: Roger Ross Williams PRODUCERS: Alisa Payne, Roger Ross Williams, David Teague EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Mara Brock Akil (Girlfriends, The Game, Being Mary Jane), Geoff Martz, Susie Fitzgerald, and Dr. Ibram …Roger Ross Williams is on a roll with several projects launching in 2023: The Super Models, the series with Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford on Apple TV+ premiering September 20, the Donna Summer documentary, Cassandro, and his first narrative movie about gayThe Dutch character Zwarte Piet (Black Pete) has a “racially offensive history” and has had his day, according to an American documentary maker. Roger Ross Williams’ film “Blackface,” currently streaming on CNN, explores the origins of the character of St. Nicholas’ helper, who is often portrayed in black make up with black curled ...Roger Ross Williams: When I read "The 1619 Project," it was a game changer for me. It hit me emotionally and intellectually. It changed me forever. I was like, I've got to work on this project. I pursued everyone I knew at The New York Times.Roger Ross Williams is a filmmaker based in New York. His film “Music by Prudence” won the 2010 Academy Award for documentary short subject, making him the first African-American to win an ...Roger Ross Williams, Saul Armendariz and Gael García Bernal at Sundance 2023 Frazer Harrison/Getty. An emotional scene unfolded inside Park City’s Ray Theatre on Friday evening ahead of the ...Roger Ross Williams Was the First Black Director to Win an Oscar, but the Industry Still Held Him Back. Inspired by the activism of the past weeks, Williams has big …The 18th annual Tribeca Film Festival opened with Roger Ross Williams' documentary "The Apollo" and a speech by Robert De Niro.
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‘Life, Animated’: How Roger Ross Williams Captured The Insular World Of Autism For A Touching True Life Story. The Academy Award-winning director breaks …Feb 16, 2021 · Filmmaker Roger Ross Williams, an Oscar and Emmy winner, has signed with UTA. The director and his One Story Up production banner will be represented by the agency in all areas. In 2010, Williams ... In 2010, Roger Ross Williams made history as the first Black director to win an Oscar. Perhaps more remarkably, he did so with his very first short film: Music by Prudence, a 33 …It’s a familiar rhyme in Stamped from the Beginning, a Netflix documentary by Oscar-winning director Roger Ross Williams, based on Ibram X Kendi’s bestselling book of the same name and aimed ...“Black inferiority is the will of God.” That’s how then-Senator Jefferson Davis defended the concept of slavery in 1860, and essentially where Williams opens his adaptation of the book by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi.The organizing structure of “Stamped from the Beginning” is to connect modern issues of racial inequity to things that were born in …Condensing 85 years of a storied Harlem theater’s history into a feature documentary isn’t easy, and “The Apollo,” directed by Roger Ross Williams, makes a conventional but entertaining go ...Stamped from the Beginning: Directed by Roger Ross Williams. With John Toon, Angela Davis, Lynae Vanee, Alexa Rachelle Jennings. A hybrid documentary/scripted feature based on Dr. Kendi's National Book Award-winning "Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas".Roger Ross Williams. 842 likes · 2 talking about this. Roger Ross Williams won the 2010 Academy Award for his documentary short subject film called Music...Stamped from the Beginning: Directed by Roger Ross Williams. With John Toon, Angela Davis, Lynae Vanee, Alexa Rachelle Jennings. A hybrid documentary/scripted feature based on Dr. Kendi's National Book Award-winning "Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas".Roger Ross Williams Shoshana Guy Naimah Jabali-Nash Christine Turner Kamilah Forbes Phil Bertelsen Jonathan Clasberry. Executive Producers Exec. Producers. Shoshana Guy Nikole Hannah-Jones Roger Ross Williams Caitlin Roper Kathleen Lingo Oprah Winfrey. Studios. Lionsgate Television One Story Up Productions …Roger Ross Williams (born September 16, 1962; Easton) is an American documentary director, producer and writer and the first African American director to win an Academy Award (Oscar), with his short film "Music by Prudence"; this film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film in 2009.NEW YORK OFFICE: 68 Jay St. Ste 320 Brooklyn, NY 11201 Tel: +1 718 852 6420. PUBLICIST: Frank Publicity Clare Anne Darragh Tel: +1 646 861 0843 [email protected] ROSS WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR, “CASSANDRO,” “STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING”AND “THE SUPER MODELS”: Yes, it’s great to be here. Thank you. MARTIN: So, Academy Award-winning director..