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Stars: Brody Bett, Alexandra Paul, Jared Laufree, Kareem Ferguson, Chris Demm | Written by Jeff Cox, Daniel Robinette, Michael Scott, Aaron Sorgius, Kayla Stuhr, Jeremy Tassone, Cooper Thornton | Directed by Daniel Robinette

A young boy named Solomon (Brody Bett) who we quickly realize is blind and tethered to the cabin he lives in, checks animal traps with a long stick as his mother Nidia looks on. Back home she oversees his efforts to gut and clean a squirrel caught in one of them.

Years later the now grown Solomon (Jared Laufree) lives alone, his mother having vanished with no explanation. He lives alone, but still follows the three rules she drilled into his head. To always give back to the forest which provides for him, when his will is almost gone, find comfort in their song, and, most importantly, never, ever let go of the rope.

Director Daniel Robinette, who is...

"Whatever's out there ain't going to go away if you keep feeding it." Gravitas has revealed the first official trailer for Tethered, an indie horror film made by filmmaker Daniel Robinette. Deep within the woods of North Carolina, miles from civilization, a blind teenager and the hunter he befriends are tormented by a mysterious creature lurking in the woods. His only other stimulation is a tape recorded message containing three mysterious rules: The First Rule: When you hunt or scavenge, do it for two—one for the forest and one for you.The Second Rule: When your will is almost gone and you feel like giving up, find comfort in singing our song.The Third Rule: You must never, ever let go of the rope. The film stars Alexandra Paul, Kareem Ferguson, Jared L. Cook, Brody Bett, and Chris Demm. This looks solid for a tiny budget indie flick. Here's...

Exclusive: Actor Robert Lasardo is making his feature directorial debut with the crime thriller American Trash, starring in the pic currently in production in Los Angeles, alongside Costas Mandylor and Lorelei Linklater.

Set amidst a social crisis in the decaying world of Los Angeles, American Trash watches as the city freefalls into environmental ruin, chaos and a complete drug epidemic. Milles Carpis (Lasardo) leans on the support of some new age hippie friends as they guide him away from violence when the woman he loves (Linklater) is murdered, subsequently turning to Detective Anderson (Mandylor) for help in his search for her killer.

Diana Ramos-Santiago Carter, Josh Webber and Jerry G. Angelo are producing the film scripted by Lasardo.Lasardo is represented by Dtla Entertainment Group; Mandylor by Global Creatives Agency and Anthem Entertainment; and Linklater by Linda McAlister Talent and The Green Room.

From creator/director/producer Masha Dowell, and producers Nicolle M. Whalen, and Ashunda Norris, comes a new web series, titled Oscar Watch Us, Oscar Watch Us is a weekly series that showcases 10 actors of color as they perform monologues from the 2013 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences best actor/actress nominee/winner list. The mission of the project, according to the Dowell, is to "allow the world to see that casting should be classless, race-less, and fun."Featured talent includes: Andrew Tyree, Scott Williams, Kareem Ferguson, Rachae Thomas, Renee-Marie Brewster, Tobie Windham, Jon Gentry, Masha Dowell, Donzaleigh Abernathy,...

My screening of Lamont Pierre’s, “Talking with the Taxman about Poetry,” had all the trappings of a mysterious blind date. I did not know anything about the films storyline, I did not know anything about the director, and I did not have concrete intentions of actually seeing the film. It all happened by happenstance. Yet, I screened it, and I was deeply inspired by it, and I believe that you should catch it while you can at the 2013 Pan African Film Festival. The film tells a story about a writer named Theodore (Kareem Ferguson). He is an eccentric, intelligent, and depressed writer. He financially supports himself as a teacher. This film begins...

Continuing with pre-festival coverage of the 2013 Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles, next month... Here's another highlight of this year's event that attendees may want to have on their to-see lists.  Making its World Premiere at the Paff, a feature film written & directed by lamont pierré for Freedom Writer Pictures, titled Talking With The Taxman About Poetry. Its synopsis reads: An uninspired writer is manipulated back to life when an enigmatic trumpet player causes an awakening in him through the powerful medium of the written word. The film stars Kareem Ferguson, Steph Jones, Diarra Kilpatrick, Vanessa Simmons, and Sal...

Written & Directed by lamont pierré for Freedom Writer Pictures, the film is titled Talking With The Taxman About Poetry, and its synopsis reads: An uninspired writer is manipulated back to life when an enigmatic trumpet player causes an awakening in him through the powerful medium of the written word. The film stars Kareem Ferguson, Steph Jones, Diarra Kilpatrick, Vanessa Simmons, and Sal Stowers. The film appaers to be in post-production, although I couldn't tell from the info that's available on its Facebook page or website (update your social media pages, websites or blogs for your projects folks, please. It makes my job a lot easier).  Watch...

Written and directed by filmmaker Lamont Pierre, Talking With The Taxman About Poetry is an indie drama interlaced with poetic flow.

The film stars Kareem Ferguson, singer Steph Jones, Diarra Kilpatrick and Vanessa Simmons (daughter of Joseph “Reverend Run” Simmons and co-founder of Pastry Shoes).

The synopsis for the film states:

Living a comfortably meaningless, anonymous, non-existent life as a recently fired substitute teacher, Theodore, an uninspired writer and literary scholar, is manipulated back to life when a local, lowly, enigmatic trumpet player, Seven, causes an awakening in him of passion, contradiction, and purpose through the medium of the written word.

This will be the third feature film by Pierre who’s previous films have screened at various film festivals including the San Francisco Black Film Festival and Atlanta Underground Film Festival.