The Knockturnal spoke with Michael K. Williams, Tim Clancy and David Simon about the season 6 premiere episode of HBO and Vice’s show “Raised in The System.”
“Queen Sugar” will arrive on OWN on Tuesday, May 29th and Wednesday, May 30th in a two-night premiere event.
“Queen Sugar,” the critically acclaimed drama series from Academy award-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay (“A Wrinkle in Time,” “13th,” “Selma”), executive producer Oprah Winfrey and Warner Horizon Scripted Television, returns for its third season with a two-night premiere event on OWN Tuesday, May 29, and Wednesday, May 30 (10 p.m. ET/PT each night). The series will regularly air Wednesday nights at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Continuing a creative initiative established in the show’s first season, series creator/executive producer DuVernay has once again assembled an all-female directing team for the third consecutive season. Season 3 directors include DeMane Davis, Patricia Cardoso, Shaz Bennett, Maria Govan and Lauren Wolkstein, several of whom will be making their television directorial debut, with additional names to be announced.
Acclaimed filmmaker Kat Candler serves as season three showrunner. Candler’s award-winning film “Hellion” played in competition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, and she was a participant at the Sundance Creative Producing Lab. She is also a grant recipient of the San Francisco Film Society/Kenneth Rainin Foundation.
Easily binge-able and tightly packed with memorable lines, it’s easy to turn Neo Yokio’s six episodes into a much longer story.
This past Tuesday night I had the honor of attending the Season 2 Premiere of one of the best and most authentic shows on television, This is Us, at NEUEHOUSE HOLLYWOOD in Los Angeles.
The Tribeca TV Festival presented by AT&T kicked off with many premieres and panels. The second season premiere of Blackpills’ web series, ‘Pillow Talk’ was one of them starring ‘Suits’ actor Patrick J. Adams.
This past Thursday, September 7th at the Bing Theater at LACMA in Los Angeles, Film Independent held a screening of the first two episodes of One Mississippi’s second season.
On July 11th, the JAY Z room at the 40/40 club was crammed with bloggers, journalists and tastemakers eager to see the premiere of BET’s On Tour with Meek Mill.
The special follows the days leading up to rapper Meek Mill’s concert in his home town of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The twist of the series is that his story is recounted by his team, who he affectionately calls the Dreamchasers, comprised mostly of his family and friends. They chronicle the beginning of his career to where the rapper is now.
The series opens with Robert Williams aka Meek Mill, discussing his criminal history. He divulges his struggles with the law and says he has been on probation for 16-years of his life. But despite his legal trouble, he feels obligated to provide for his team because they all rely on him.
“I really thought my whole life would be in the streets, but Meek definitely helped me get away from it,” said aspiring rapper Omelly, first cousin to Meek Mill. “Now I don’t have to risk my life.”
As the special comes to a close, Meek Mill performs to a sold out crowd the intro to his album Dreams and Nightmares which debuted in 2012, but is a Meek Mill classic and fan favorite. As the guests begin to leave the sold out arena, the camera transitions to Meek sitting in a dark room.
“A lot of people aren’t going to understand me, and if you don’t understand me it’s okay,” said the Philly rapper. “Tupac had to die for people to understand him, but I’m not going to die before you understand me.” “I don’t care if it takes one year, two years or four, you will understand me one day.”
The R&B star is set to judge the new show alongside other dance superstars.
NBA star turned culture critic Charles Barkley launches a new series, American Race, premiering this week on TNT.
IFC’s latest comedy, ‘Brockmire’, follows a disgraced sports broadcaster making a comeback. It stars Hank Azaria, Amanda Peet, and Tyrel Jackson Williams. We got an interview with Azaria and Williams, as well as the executive producer & writer Joel Church-Cooper. Be sure to check out Season 1 when it starts airing Wednesday, April 5th at 10 PM!