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Bowl, typicallytheyear’smost-watchedprogram.Theseriessettles With drivingmusicthatfi Since thestorywaspublished, The NABJhassaidCBSsta- The TimessaidDunnhad Since 2009,Dunnhasbeen The accusationswereoutlined “CBS iscommittedtoadiverse, Peter Dunn, Her latestchaptercomesinthenewCBSseries“TheEqualizer”as The arenawherefellowJerseyitesBruceSpringsteenandFrank Latifah isgettingherlicksandkicksinonthreesetsbuiltinside “I’m sostokedthatwe’recomingonaftertheSuperBowl,”Latifah The post-SuperBowlslothasprovidedmonstrousratingsoverthe The footballgameoffersthepotentialofahugelead-inaudienceto The showdebutsFeb.7inthecovetedtimeslotfollowingSuper rst Blackwomantoportraytheroleinfranchise. ve other peoplewithnew Boston, Philadelphia This imagereleasedbytheSundanceInstituteshowsReeceShearsmithinascenefrom‘InEarth,’anoffi and others. ❑ CBS hasplacedtwo seniorvicepresi- red forcooperat- presidentofthe whohasdiedat Tributes are New red up led a and Los ternational community againstthe our countryandmobilized thein- South Africansinspired millionsin dedication tothefreedom ofall tors whosecreativegeniusand great orchestraofmusicalances- him Hugh Masekela,AbdullahIbra- South Africanmusiciansincluded ship. Otherprominentexiled “Jonas Gwangwaascendstoour Ends” and“IntheSameBreath”-areoftenstrikingfor do spirit,theresults-including“Homeroom,”“HowIt Even inanindependentfi fullest lookyetofmoviemakingunderthepandemic. “Malcolm &Marie.”ButSundancewillsupplythe the heistcomedy“LockedDown”andromance demic haverecentlyhitstreamingplatforms,including feat ofmakingamoviein2020. at thefestivalwhomanagedseeminglyimpossible during quarantine.Buttherearenumerousfi before thearrivalofCOVID-19-manythemedited and deliveredtoSundance? how couldfi given theconstraintsongatheringssincelastMarch, birth -afreshcrop,newwavethanSundance.But there. it hasalsoreshapedmanyofthefi Park City,Utah,festivalintoalargelyvirtualevent,but Thursday. Thepandemichastransformedtheannual that willdebutattheSundanceFilmFestivalbeginning completed -documentary,isoneofthe74featurefi to do?Howarewepossiblygoingfi land. “Thenshortlyafterthatitwas:Whatarewegoing moment,” Nickssays,speakingbyZoomfromOak- third actturnsvirtual? denly emptied,theschoolmusicalcanceledandyour mentary aboutschoollifewhenthehallwaysaresud- color,” hesays. “Something like‘TheBreakfastClub’withkidsof the lifeofmulticulturalteenagersOakland. institutions, Nickshadsetouttodocumentayearin tially, Nicks’film.AfterchroniclingotherOakland tling ofpromandgraduationceremonies,but,poten- an announcementthatwouldsignalnotjustthescut- templating thecancellationofschool. and othersmilltogetherinaclassroom,excitedlycon- when thepandemichit. P At Sundance,pandemicdramasunfold and cult conditions.Itjustgave A handfulofhigh-profi The majorityoffi No festivalmorerepresentsanannualcinematicre- “Homeroom,”Nicks’fi “The fi But howdoyoumakeanintimate,observationdocu- Soon, theprincipalisheardoverloudspeaker- “It’s intheBay,”saysonestudentofvirusashe students ofOaklandHighSchool,inCalifornia, eter Nickshadformonthsbeendocumentingthe Variety Miriam Makeba. rst orderofbusinesswasjustcapturingthat lmmakers gettheirmoviesmade,edited cer whousesher Sinclair BroadcastingendsEricBolling’s weeklyshow By JakeCoyle lms showingthisyearwereshot lm worldpredicatedonacan- le fi ttingly titled-andultimately lm lms madeduringthepan- Film lms thatwillunspool wnw Dunn Gwangwa areas oftheshow. tous violence.Asanexecutiveproducer,herinfl up forsomeonewho’sbeingbullied,”shesaid. unless youweredefendingyourmother,brother,you’resticking ourselves, taughtusallthesemoves,andthentoldnevertousethem police offi fi roles. and ViolaDavis-allofwhomwereGoldenGlobe-nominatedfortheir hour-long networkdrama,joiningTeresaGraves,KerryWashington believes LatifahisjustthefourthBlackwomantoplayleadonan thrown off-balance. 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That showspawnedfi from the1980swithawhiteman(EdwardWoodward)intitlerole. said Latifah,aself-proclaimed“huge”footballfan. ght, somethingsheandherbrotherlearnedasyoungstersfromtheir nish thismovie?” While Latifahlovesactionandfi “My fathertaughtushowtofi Latifah getstocruiseonamotorcycle(apassioninreallife)and Debra MartinChase,anexecutiveproducerontheshow,saidshe Latifah’s characterisadivorcedsinglemomtoteenagedaughter. “I didwatchtheoriginalseriesasakid,”Latifahsaid.“WhatDenzel The crimedramaisbeingreimagined,followingtheoriginalseries “We’re acrossthestreetfromGiantsStadium,forcryin’outloud,” lmmakers cer-father. ‘Homeroom’ acoming-of-agetale lms lms in2014and2018starringOscarwinnerDen- lms hasbeenincredible.Wewantedtodosome- the kindofself-refl isn’t aboutthepandemic,butit’sclearlyaproductof eve ofanimpendingasteroidapocalypse.Themovie her newlyvisibleyoungerself(CaileeSpaeny),onthe ter-Jones) walkingaroundadesolateLosAngeleswith sions, theybeganoutliningafi look like.” world butwhatourfutureasfi vulnerability andalotofuncertaintynotjustaboutthe “The Craft:Legacy”and“BandAid.”“Alotoffear dle, alittlebitscared,‘Thisisgoingtomyfi something.’ Andsomepeoplewerekindofinthemid- people weresupereager,like:‘Yes,I’mdyingtodo scenes mostlyonpatios,backyardsanddoorsteps. misen, HelenHunt,NickKroll-forcameos,andshot world wasinanexperimentalplace,”saysLister-Jones. emotions,” saysLister-Jones,theactress-fi did reallyterrifyme,”saysLister-Jones.“Manydays To dosowhenwewereinsucharawemotionalstate quently diffi of dailylifeinthepandemic,makingacomedywasfre- haven’t evenleftthehouse.’” Drawing fromtheirownanxietiesandtherapyses- “Some peopleweren’tready,”saysWein. They calledupactorfriends-OliviaWilde,FredAr- “It wassortofexperimentalinnaturebecausethe “That adjustmentwasbringingupsomanyintense “It takesahugeamountofenergytoproducefi Given thealwaysfl pandemic normalinLosAngeles. Wein, whoaremarried,werealsotryingtoadaptthe be opentomakethoseadjustmentsandseeit.” ries -howandwhythingsarerevealed.Youjusthaveto it,” saysNicks.“That’spartofwhyIlovedocumenta- rative thatbeganinthebeginning,wejustdidn’trealize Floyd protests,thatrefl a coming-of-agetale,rivenwithactivismandGeorge tive shootingopportunities.“Homeroom”morphedinto of thestudents’owncellphonefootageandmoreselec- Nicks decidedtocontinueproduction,relyingonamix ing toeradicateoffi sponding toahistoryofpolicebrutality,hadbeenpush- age andrealizedhehadarichthread.Thestudents,re- their resourcefulness. The writer-directorsZoeLister-JonesandDaryl “We startedtorecognizethatwehadapowerfulnar- With schoolclosed,Nickssiftedthroughhisfoot- cult -notjustlogistically butemotionally. ght atayoungage,howtodefend ghting, shedoesn’tgoinforgratui- Ramaphosa apartheid system,”President of the Jazz Epistles, a group that of theJazzEpistles, agroupthat to prominencein1959 asamember Soweto said inhistribute. 1985, buthesurvived,Ramaphosa was bombedbyapartheidforcesin musical activismthathishome Raised in Johannesburg’s Raised inJohannesburg’s So potentwasGwangwa’s ection itbroughton. Uncertainty uctuatingemotionalrollercoaster cers fromthehigh-schoolcampus. township, Gwangwa rose township, Gwangwa rose cial selectionofthePremieressectionat2021SundanceFilmFestival.(AP) ected alargerawakening. saidinatribute. uence extendstoall lmaboutawoman(Lis- lmmakers wasgoingto lmmaker of lmmaker Cyril rst thing.I Chinese lab.” saying “it’sdamnnearcertainthisvirushastohavebeenalteredina theory. COVID andshippedittoChina.Thereisnoevidencebackupthat suggested July afterBollingfeaturedaninterviewwithaconspiracytheoristwho occasionally appearedon“AmericaThisWeek”forinterviews. reached. a formerFoxNewsChannelpersonality,couldnotimmediatelybe sional opportunities.”Thecompanydidnotelaborate,andBolling, ter thisweek’sepisode“asErichasdecidedtopursueotherprofes- company ownsin81marketsacrossthecountry,willshutdownaf- cized formisstatementsaboutthecoronaviruspandemic. “America ThisWeek”showwith LOS ANGELES: In October,Bollingwasreportedlyeditedbyhisbossesagainafter One episodeof“AmericaThisWeek”waspulledfromtheairlast Bolling wassympathetictoformerpresident Sinclair saidtheshow,whichhasbeensenttostationsthat lm. culture, in2010. outstanding contribution inartsand South Africa’shighest honorfor awarded theOrderofIkhamanga, racial equality.Gwangwawas which wereviewedaspromoting it restrictedjazzperformances posed astateofemergencyin1960, When theapartheidregimeim- included MasekelaandIbrahim. fah isabadass.’Theegoinmewantsthemtosaythat.” she said.Latifahadded:“Hopefully,they’llstarttosay,‘Damn,Lati- for centuries,fromHatshepsuttoStaceyAbramsKamalaHarris,” Black womenontelevisionandinaleadrole.We’vebeenequalizing brains. That’swhatyouhaven’tseenenoughof,particularlyfrom He wasnominated foranOscar “I wanttoseeRobynfi Dr. AnthonyFauci realize shewasstartingafi and widespreadtollofChina’sone-childpolicy,didn’t documentary “OneChildNation”analyzedthepersonal in NewJerseywhoseSundanceprize-winning2019 YouTube footageshotworldwideinasingleday. “Life inaDay2020.”It’scomposedof15,000hours but that’sexplicitlythepurposeofKevinMacdonald’s ding resort.Mostfi in Texas,withthecastquarantiningtogetheratawed- “The BlazingWorld”withaskeletalcrewlastAugust mer. CarlsonYoungshotherfantasy-horrorthriller Earth,” ahorrorfi about?” (AP) April, Istartedthinking:OK,nowwhatisthefilm worse. Itchangedthefilm,”saysWang.“InMarch, like thatshouldn’tbehappeninginthesamewayor that Americaisamoreadvancedsocietyandthings than itoriginallystartinginChina.Ihadthisnotion grew. in America,too.Thescopeof“IntheSameBreath” another regime.Soon,shewasorganizingfilmcrews saw adifferentbutcomparablevirusresponsefrom spread beyondChina,andintheUSresponse,Wang reality. ture theyawninggapbetweenpartypropagandaand working with10cinematographersinChinatocap- feature film.HBOcameonboard.AndWangstarted film. Thenthescopeofoutbreaknecessitateda to newsoutlets.Thenshestartedplanningashort At first,shetriedhandingoffwhathadgathered chive them.” later itwouldbedeleted.Thatcompelledmetoar- Wang. “Iwouldseesomethingandthentenminutes about theoutbreakbeingcensoredinrealtime,”says posts shesawcomingoutofChinainJanuary. just kepttakingscreenshotsandrecordingsocial-media pandemic sprint. 3,500 featurefi tures, butit’snotforlackofsubmissions.Morethan so incredibletoseethewaysinwhichitnourishedme.” or aloud,‘Ican’tdoit.’Bytheendofthatday,itwas when wewentouttoshootbeforeIwouldsayquietly TheSinclairBroadcastGroupsaysitisendingits Nanfu Wang,theChina-borndocumentarianbased “The outbreakintheUSshockedmeevenmore But moretwists,ofcourse,followed.Theoutbreak Wang wasinthemidstofseveralotherprojects. “I wasseeingtheinformationaboutvirus, British fi Sundance’s slateisdownfromtheusual120fea- lmmaker BenWheatleymade“Inthe lms weresentin.Somemadeina lm setinthepandemic,oversum- Also: manufacturedthevirusthatcauses lms madein2020aretimecapsules Eric Bolling, ght, notjustwithherhands,but lm whenshedid.Atfi tively. 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