Heineken announced its first ever Affinity Award. Aimed to empower and recognize the work of African American filmmakers and encourage them to continue to craft stories that share their experiences and visions, the winner of this award, will be honored with a $20,000 cash award and year-round project support from the Tribeca Film Institute. »
Ryan McGinley’s Beautiful Rebels on Nowness.com. Ryan McGinley’s Beautiful Rebels (via www.nowness.com) The Celebrated Artist Reveals the Unexpected Magic of Shooting his Butterfly Film For Edun Six species of African butterflies flutter about the tattooed torso of Bradley Soileau and the candy floss-colored hair of Charlotte Free in artist Ryan McGinley’s dynamic video portraits »
Joshua Kissi : What started as a casual joke has now come to fruition. You may remember Jesse Boykins III, an independent artist and good friend of mine, from our last musically-influenced editorial Sartorial Sounds. A song featured on his latest EP inspired me a great deal: potent lyrics dipped in substance and awareness, »
INFLUENCERS In-depth Series features Steve Stoute, Founder and CEO of Translation, a brand management firm that arranges strategic partnerships between Pop Culture icons (Jay-Z, Gwen Stefani, Lebron James, Justin Timberlake, etc.) and Fortune 500 companies. In this episode, Steve Stoute discusses the concept of cool, how new cultural codes are redefining traditional corporation communication. He »
INFLUENCERS is a short documentary that explores what it means to be an influencer and how trends and creativity become contagious today in music, fashion and entertainment. The film attempts to understand the essence of influence, what makes a person influential without taking a statistical or metric approach. Written and Directed by Paul Rojanathara and »
Looking at her photography you would think Yumna was an established photographer who has been in the business for years. However Yumna is a 21 year old college student, living in New York City, with a love for art and photography. I first saw her blog a few months ago and was automatically drawn to her photography skills »
How many times have you bought or read through a fashion magazine and realized there were virtually no models who are women or men of color? The Colour of Beauty is a short documentary, which follows model Renee Thompson and her struggles to make it as a black model in the business. As she says, »
