‘Kenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn’ Review: Reel Affirmations 2023

EXCLUSIVE: Writer, director Todd Turner’s film The December Cross starring Jennifer Esposito (Fresh Kills), Kellan Lutz (Twilight), Judd Hirsch (The Fablemans), Grace Van Dien (Stranger Things), Neal McDonough (Minority Report), Mila Harris (No Exit), and Stelio Savante (Infidel), has landed a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement to start principal photography in Kentucky.

A Prison Break reboot is in the works!

EastEnders fans are buzzing with excitement, convinced another character is set to return following the surprise reappearance of Dean Wicks. The baddie, played by Matt Di Angelo, was last seen on the popular BBC soap seven years ago but made a dramatic comeback to Albert Square in Monday's Halloween episode, 30 October. Dean, who was chased out of Walford back in 2016 after it came to light that he had sexually assaulted Linda Carter (Kellie Bright), has now returned to seize an opportunity as the Beale family's new business partner.

EXCLUSIVE: Yemi Bamiro (Fight the Power) has been set to direct Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story, a documentary spotlighting the life and work of activist, cultural icon, and renowned photojournalist Kwame Brathwaite, which Wayfarer Studios (Ezra, It Ends With Us) is developing in partnership with Misfits Entertainment (McQueen, Rising Phoenix), The Creative Coalition, and The Kwame Brathwaite Archive.

EastEnders fans believe they've figured out another big return, just as rumours swirl about villain Dean Wicks making a comeback. Last week, reports suggested that actor Matt Di Angelo is returning to the BBC One soap after seven years, having last appeared in 2016 when his character was acquitted of attempting to assault Roxy Mitchell, played by Rita Simons.

Overall Rating for this Program: ★★★★☆, CRITIC’S PICKThis year’s “Transitions” program kicks off with a sweet, honest portrayal of young love in Daisy Friedman’s As You Are (★★★☆☆).Millie and Piper, an inter-abled lesbian couple played by Bri Scalesse and Estefanía Giraldo, navigate their expectations around spending the night together for the first time and must reckon with their own sexuality and vulnerability as so many couples do.Although the two have an early moment of tension around Millie’s use of a wheelchair, that tension reveals itself to be about a deeper insecurity on Piper’s part. In this way, Friedman takes a refreshing approach to depicting disability on film, making sure it is present and acknowledged, but taking care to tell a three-dimensional love story around it, too.Honey & Milk (★★★☆☆) drops us into the end of a mature relationship, following the story of a couple who has decided to end their partnership and must dismantle their lives.We are dropped into the final weekend of the relationship between Grayson, who has begun to transition, and Alice, who loves and supports her partner but struggles to grieve the impending loss.While there is little in the way of narrative payoff and the short seems uncertain of exactly what it wants to build towards, the chemistry between the two is believable, it nevertheless stands as a beautifully shot portrait of a love that outlasts a relationship that must end so one half can be free to thrive.The program takes a heartrending turn with Our Males & Females (★★★★☆), a brief, deeply affecting short from Jordan.

We often take advantage of our queer privilege in ways many spend their entire lives hoping for. In Iran, a place not known for its pro-LGBTQ attitudes, queerness is something you hide, and hope never comes out, but that doesn’t erase it.

Follow the Protocol, set during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Brazilian filmmaker, who writes, directs, and stars as protagonist Francisco, opens on a familiar pandemic scene: the mind-numbing nothingness of being stuck indoors.

Follow the Protocol, set during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Brazilian filmmaker, who writes, directs, and stars as protagonist Francisco, opens on a familiar pandemic scene: the mind-numbing nothingness of being stuck indoors.

Reel Affirmations features three days of live screenings, from Friday, Oct. 21 to Sunday, Oct. 22, at the centrally-located Eaton Hotel‘s intimate, state-of-the-art screening facility.The festival will continue on Monday, Oct.

An attempt at a Kramer vs. Kramer-style custody battle through the lens of a gay marriage, Our Son (★★☆☆☆) offers an interesting premise and a semi-notable cast, but not much more.The biggest obstacle is a script that more often than not sounds like a 1980s soap opera.

Young love is a well-trodden theme in LGBTQ cinema, but rarely is it depicted with such quiet assuredness as in this standout international feature.Norwegian Dream (★★★★★, CRITIC’S PICK) centers on 19-year-old Robert (a dazzling Hubert Milkowski), the latest Polish immigrant to land on the Norwegian island of Sotra and the newest worker at a fish factory already stuffed to the gills with Polish transplants.We’re offered little information as wide-eyed Robert is put into his uniform and assigned a mentor, Ivar (Karl Bekele Steinland), who gets him up to speed with the cutting and gutting.The film’s trajectory becomes clear when Robert’s Polish comrades, led by roommate Marek (Jakub Seirenberg), tease and make racist jokes about Ivar as he dances in the factory car park during a break.Robert hangs back, studying Ivar with barely concealed intrigue, a trend that continues into the group’s raucous night out after a long shift. Robert drinks and watches Ivar — a gaze that is returned when the alcohol takes over and Robert breaks out of his shell just enough to let loose on the dancefloor.You can probably guess where this is going, but don’t let the familiar “young love in a tough place” narrative fool you.

Plays Friday, Oct. 20, at 3 p.m. at The Eaton.The days of masks, distancing, and endlessly googling symptoms may be long gone for many, but not in Fábio Leal’s Follow the Protocol (★★★☆☆), set during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.The Brazilian filmmaker, who writes, directs, and stars as protagonist Francisco, opens on a familiar pandemic scene: the mind-numbing nothingness of being stuck indoors.

Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas divorce saga, the actress has apparently unfollowed former sister-in-law Priyanka Chopra on social media.The “Game of Thrones” star, 27, has clicked the little white button to de-follow Nick Jonas’ wife on Instagram.The “Love Again” star, 41, has also seemingly followed suit, removing herself as a friend of Turner on the platform.Turner still follows her husband, 34, as well as his brothers Nick, 31, Kevin Jonas, 35, and his wife, Danielle Jonas, 37.While Chopra has been married to the “Jealous” singer since 2018, she has been pals with Turner ever since.Joe and Turner announced their split after four years of marriage in September. They share daughters Willa, 3, and Delphine, 1.The divorce got messy when Turner sued him last month for the return of their girls to their “forever home” in England.The estranged couple then entered into a custody mediation in New York City, and they reached an “amicable resolution” earlier this week.Additionally, the musician filed to dismiss his Miami divorce case and they decided they will split custody of their daughters.

temporary agreement regarding child custody, according to court documents obtained by The Post. They determined earlier this week that they will split custody of their daughters Willa, 3, and Delphine, 1.The children will spend roughly 20-day periods at a time bouncing between the US with Jonas and the UK with Turner. The temporary agreement goes through Jan.

EXCLUSIVE: Film Independent has set seven filmmakers for the 2023 edition of its Producing Lab, an intensive program designed to help creative, independent producers develop their skills and further their careers. The list includes Camila Grimaldi & Farah Jabir (AmeriGirl), Rob Cristiano (Gone by Morning), Daniel Tantalean (In the Summers), Valeria Contreras (Not My Name), Annalisa Shoemaker (Obsolete), and Fiona Hardingham (Smoke Country).

Page Six and TMZ, the estranged couple believed an “amicable resolution on all issues between them is forthcoming” after starting a four-day mediation last week.Now, a temporary agreement has been made for the rest of the year.In a joint statement via People, the couple said: “After a productive and successful mediation, we have agreed that the children will spend time equally in loving homes in both the US and the UK.

Our Flag Means Death (★★★★☆). The pirate comedy from David Jenkins was quietly released on MAX last year with little fanfare but quickly caught attention as the tale of the show’s queerness spread.

BreAnna Bell Yvette Nicole Brown, Tig Notaro, and Tembi Locke have been announced as speakers for the 2023 End Well Symposium, Variety has learned exclusively. Led by End Well founder Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider, Brown joins the event as host as she guides the audience through conversations surrounding end-of-life care.

in a since-deleted selfie. The bracelet's beads were arranged to spell the word “fearless” in a clear reference to Swift's song and album. But the bracelet felt, too, like a on how Turner is feeling just over a month after she and Jonas revealed their divorce in a joint statement.It makes sense that Sophie Turner would feel particularly connected to Swift these days.