Debra Martin Chase (born October 11, 1956) is a two-time Emmy nominated motion picture and television producer and former lawyer who is the first African American woman to have a solo producing deal at a major studio. Her company, Martin Chase Productions, is affiliated with the Walt Disney Company and ABC Studios. Chase was born in Great Lakes, Illinois, but moved to … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African-American Movie Producers
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Monday Open Thread: African-American Movie Producers
This week's open thread will focused on the men and women who raised money to get some well-known successful black movies made. Nelson George (born September 1, 1957) is an African-American author, columnist, music and culture critic, journalist, and filmmaker. He has been nominated twice for the National Book Critics Circle Award. George attended St. John's … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: African-American Movie Producers
Sunday Musical Brunch: Porgy and Bess
Good Morning POU! Last week we featured some great movie musicals in the afternoon thread. Today we're gonna celebrate another classic that has been featured numerous times on broadway, film and stages around the world many times, the great Gershwin classic: Porgy and Bess. Set in the early 1900s in the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, … [Read more...] about Sunday Musical Brunch: Porgy and Bess
#TGIT: Scandal – #PapaPopeIsBack
Daddy's home! … [Read more...] about #TGIT: Scandal – #PapaPopeIsBack