Tag: Alrick Brown

Alrick Brown – Writer/Director of the Award-winning Sundance Film “Kinyarwanda”

  One of the things we pride ourselves on with The Double Down Film Show show is that we talk to tomorrow’s indie filmmaker’s today, such is the case with one of our early guests, Writer/Director – Alrick Brown, who is back to discuss the incredible rise of his first feature, Kinyarwanda, an intense and [...]

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NYU Alums Represent at Sundance 2011

Hey good people, after a busy winter hiatus I am back on the blog scene. I’ve been spending some much neded time with the family, finishing up some projects for some of my corporate clients and getting deep into writing my next book, The Shut Up and Shoot Freelancer’s Guide which I’ll be sharing exclusive [...]

It’s a First Feature Double Header on the Next Double Down Film Show

The next Double Down Film Show will be a special double-header with not one, but two hot up-and-coming directors discussing their first feature films out this year. First up is NYU film grad, Hue Rhodes, who wrote and directed, St John of Las Vegas which came out earlier this year. Hue changed careers from software [...]

The New Kids on the Filmmaking Block

I just wanted to tell you all about some filmmakers to watch. My man, Rashaad Ernesto Green, who’s a grad film student here at NYU, just made the “official” list by Indiewire magazine of Ten Exciting New Voices in Black Cinema. His new film entitled, Premature, has recently screened on HBO (and may still be [...]

A Powerful New Short – ‘Us: A Love Story"

Just wanted to give a share with everyone a short film that I recently had the pleasure of viewing. It’s called “Us: A Love Story” and it’s by a serious up and coming filmmaking talent and personal friend, Alrick Brown. Some of you may be familiar with Alrick from the reality series, Film School, which [...]