Sunday, February 1, 2015

Polynesian Football Doc Enjoys a Fast and Furious Sundance

Over the weekend, Tom Vainuku and Erika Cohn wrapped up a whirlwind bit of business in their hometown state of Utah. Their feature documentary In Football We Trust, which looks at the long reach of Polynesian football players in the NFL through the eyes of four young up-and-coming hopefuls in the Beehive State, premiered January 23rd at the Sundance Film Festival and encored January 27th and 31st.

Saturday, January 24, 2015

Revisiting the Beaumont Riot of 1943

The extended riot took place June 15th-16th, 1943. Stoked by a fatal white police officers-black suspect incident ten days earlier.

Sunday, January 18, 2015

DePaul Freshman Has Three Films in Production

It all started in Beverly Hills. Not that Beverly Hills; the one in Michigan.

Sunday, January 11, 2015

Saturday, January 3, 2015

The Life of a Female Bullfighter

In 1964, actor Gilbert Roland was in the audience at a bullring in Nogales, Mexico as Canadian-born "matadora" Carolyn Hayward prepared to do battle.