montereymedia

[montereymedia]

Khan Chittenden in CANOPY 

[montereymedia]

Khan Chittenden in CANOPY 

[montereymedia]

khan chittenden. 

[montereymedia]

Khan Chittenden

[montereymedia]

Aaron Wilson’s debut WWII drama #Canopy gets its first official trailer.

Canopy follows the story of an Australian fighter pilot shot down in combat during WWII, Singapore 1942.

[montereymedia]

Khan Chittenden in CANOPY 

[montereymedia]

Khan Chittenden in CANOPY

[montereymedia]

Kawennahere Devery Jacobs

[montereymedia]

OPENS TODAY!

HALF OF A YELLOW SUN

Olanna (Thandie Newton) and Kainene (Anika Noni Rose) are glamorous twins from a wealthy Nigerian family. Upon returning to a privileged city life in newly independent 1960s Nigeria after their expensive English education, the two women make very different choices. Olanna shocks her family by going to live with her lover, the “revolutionary professor” Odenigbo (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and his devoted houseboy Ugwu (John Boyega) in the dusty university town of Nsukka; Kainene turns out to be a fiercely successful businesswoman when she takes over the family interests, and surprises even herself when she falls in love with Richard (Joseph Mawle), an English writer. Preoccupied by their romantic entanglements, and a betrayal between the sisters, the events of their life seem to loom larger than politics. However, they become caught up in the events of the Nigerian civil war, in which the lgbo people fought an impassioned struggle to establish Biafra as an independent republic, ending in chilling violence which shocked the entire world. A sweeping romantic drama, HALF OF A YELLOW SUN takes the sisters and their lovers on a journey through the war which is powerful, intensely emotional and, as the response of readers around the world has shown, it is a story which can touch everyone’s heart. Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor (Academy Award and Golden Globe Winner 12 Years a Slave star; 5 time Golden Globe nominee; Independent Spirit Award Winner; American Gangster, Children of Men, Endgame, Kinky Boots, Dirty Pretty Things), Thandie Newton (Winner of BAFTA Award, Crash, Mission Impossible II, The Pursuit of Happiness, The Chronicles of Riddick, Beloved, For Colored Girls), Anika Noni Rose(Dreamgirls, For Colored Girls)  "THE FILM IS GORGEOUS, EVOCATIVE, AND EASILY THE HIGHLIGHT OF NEWTON'S ACHIEVEMENTS AS AN ACTRESS" - VANITY FAIR "GREAT PERFORMANCES FROM RICHLY DRAWN IMAGES... CHIWETEL EJIOFOR, TURNING IN YET ANOTHER SUPERB PERFORMANCE THIS YEAR." - INDIEWIRE "AN EPIC AND STRIKING ADAPTATION… POWERFUL AND MOVING PERFORMANCES" - SCREEN DAILY "A BRILLIANT DIRECTING DEBUT" - THE HUFFINGTON POST

[montereymedia]

Beyonce Loves HALF OF A YELLOW SUN. now playing in NYC!

[montereymedia]

John Boyega, one of the stars of HALF OF A YELLOW SUN (based on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's novel) has just been confirmed to star in the new STAR WARS: Episode VII!

[montereymedia]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/redwood-highway-film-review-696633

[montereymedia]

NO GOD NO MASTER writer/director, Terry Green, and star David Strathairn both spoke with WBAI New York's Arts Express with Prairie Miller. Listen to their interviews here: 

Terry Green: http://audioport.org/audioport_files/pmiller@wbai.org/608_1-1_20140402_69661.mp3

David Strathairn: http://audioport.org/audioport_files/pmiller@wbai.org/608_1-1_20140409_69884.mp3

[montereymedia]

[montereymedia]

THE NEW YORK AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL RETURNS TO THE FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER MAY 7-13 FOR ITS 21st EDITION

Centerpiece film is the much-anticipated Half of a Yellow Sun,directed and adaptedby Biyi Bandele and starring Thandie Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Anika Noni Rose

NEW YORK (March 31, 2014)—The Film Society of Lincoln Center (FSLC) and African Film Festival, Inc. (AFF) will present the 21th New York African Film Festival (NYAFF) May 7-13. Organized under the banner theme “Revolution and Liberation in the Digital Age,” the initial leg of the festival includes eleven features and eight short films from various African nations and the Diaspora. The NYAFF continues throughout May at the Cinema at the Maysles Documentary Center and the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s BAMcinématek.

NYAFF audiences will get a sneak peek before the May 16 theatrical release of the critically acclaimed film Half of a Yellow Sun, based on the internationally best-selling novel of the same name by National Book Critics Circle Award–winning Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Directed by Biyi Bandele, the Centerpiece selection stars Thandie Newton and Anika Noni Rose as glamorous twins navigating life, love and the turbulence of the Biafra (Nigerian Civil) war in 1960s Nigeria. The Monterey Media release also includes a powerful performance by recent Oscar-nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor. Directly following the New York premiere of the film on Friday, May 9, the Centerpiece Gala will be held at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music’s Mary Flagler Cary Hall (450 West 37th Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues). Regular festival prices apply for the movie, and tickets can be purchased on FilmLinc.com. Tickets for the screening and benefit are $200 and available online at www.africanfilmny.org.

[montereymedia]

Harvey Keitel and Gerard Depardieu star in A FAREWELL TO FOOLS. Opening Friday, April 4th at Downtown Independent Theatre in LA.

[montereymedia]

GIRL ON A BICYCLE is now available on DVD, Netflix, iTunes, Amazon and Vimeo on Demand.