The Friendliest Town is a documentary observing and investigating the complex story of Kelvin Sewell, the first African American Police Chief of a small Maryland town, directed by journalist Stephen Janis. We got an opportunity to sit down with the team behind it.
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The Knockturnal recently caught up with all of your fan favorites from the One Chicago franchise, including Jesse Spencer, Kara Killmer, Taylor Kinney, and Miranda Rae Mayo from Chicago Fire, S. Epatha Merkerson, Nick Gehlfuss, and Brian Tee from Chicago Med, and LaRoyce Hawkins and Patrick Flueger from Chicago P.D.
Exclusive: Hip-Hop Pioneers Kurtis Blow & Crazy Legs Look Back at the Rise of B-Boy Ode ‘The Breaks’ Amid 40th Anniversary
You can’t hear the “Kurtis Blow” without thinking about his iconic song, “The Breaks,” or how it ignited B-Boys like Crazy Legs who took the floors popping up around the urban disco scenes. Hip-hop pioneers Kurtis Blow and Crazy Legs took The Knockturnal on a trip down memory lane where music is alive and well in the heart of New York City.
Interview with ‘Moonlight’ Stars Trevante Rhodes and Andre Holland
Moonlight, directed by Barry Jenkins and based on a play by Tarell Alvin McCraney, tells a three-chapter coming of age story about a young black gay man who struggles to come to terms with his identity while growing up in urban Miami during the “War on Drugs” era.