Beandrea JulyinLEVELThe Ministry of DJ Sam ‘The Man’ Burns, DC’s House-Music LegendHis 40-year career turned dancers into parishioners, and partygoers into family·5 min read·Mar 16, 2020--1--1
Beandrea JulyinLEVELBlack Men, Watch the Russell Simmons DocumentaryAfter months of controversy, On the Record delivers a haunting #MeToo story that puts Black women first — but Black men were few and far…·6 min read·Jan 27, 2020--3--3
Beandrea JulyinLEVELMost Death Row Movies Are White-Savior Flicks in Disguise — Not These‘Just Mercy’ and ‘Clemency,’ both out this week, right some serious wrongs in the prison-drama genre·6 min read·Dec 24, 2019--4--4
Beandrea JulyinWomen and HollywoodHot Docs 2018 Women Directors: Meet Biljana Tutorov — “When Pigs Come”Biljana Tutorov is a director, producer, film curator, and VJ. In 2010 she founded Wake Up Films, an independent film production company…5 min read·May 3, 2018----
Beandrea JulyinWomen and HollywoodHot Docs 2018 Women Directors: Meet Margarita Cadenas — “Women of the Venezuelan Chaos”Margarita Cadenas served as a co-writer and producer for French Television, and has produced numerous commercials around the world. Her…4 min read·May 2, 2018----
Beandrea JulyinWomen and HollywoodHot Docs 2018 Women Directors: Meet Hind Bensari— “We Could Be Heroes”Hind Bensari’s first documentary short, “475: Break the Silence,” contributed to a movement in Morocco that succeeded in repealing a law…3 min read·May 1, 2018----
Beandrea JulyinWomen and HollywoodHot Docs 2018 Women Directors: Meet Cynthia Wade and Sasha Friedlander — “Grit”Cynthia Wade’s 2008 documentary “Freeheld” won an Academy Award, Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and 13 other awards. Her…6 min read·Apr 29, 2018----
Beandrea JulyinWomen and HollywoodTribeca 2018 Women Directors: Meet Dyana Winkler and Tina Brown— “United Skates”Dyana Winkler is a director, producer, and film festival programmer whose narrative screenplay “Bell” was a participant in the Sundance…5 min read·Apr 28, 2018----
Beandrea JulyinWomen and HollywoodHot Docs 2018 Women Directors: Meet Sarah Menzies — “Afghan Cycles”Sarah Menzies’ documentary films have screened at Telluride Mountainfilm, Banff Mountain Film Festival, Port Townsend Film Festival, and…6 min read·Apr 28, 2018----
Beandrea JulyinWomen and HollywoodHot Docs 2018 Women Directors: Meet Irene Lusztig— “Yours in Sisterhood”Irene Lusztig is a filmmaker whose work has been screened around the world, including at the Berlinale and MoMA, and on television in…7 min read·Apr 27, 2018----