THE REWATCHABLES
When I posted this, I didn’t know there was video! Here is this in-depth video of Bill Simmons and his all star crew discussing BOOMERANG!
When I posted this, I didn’t know there was video! Here is this in-depth video of Bill Simmons and his all star crew discussing BOOMERANG!
Famed filmmaker and comic creator, Reggie Hudlin, will be a special guest at the 7th annual MECCAcon 2020 #MECCAcon2020! SATURDAY, Sept 19th!!
ONLINE via Streamyard, Facebook, and Youtube!
FULL GUEST LIST AND UPCOMING BIOS HERE:
https://meccacon.wordpress.com/2020/…/08/meccacon2020guests/
Donations are now being taken for our online convention. bit.ly/meccaconifftix
Reginald Hudlin is a writer, producer, director, and executive, born and raised in economically poor but culturally rich town of East St. Louis Illinois. Reginald grew up two doors down from the childhood home of Tina Turner, and two doors down on the other side from Brother Joe May, a famous gospel singer, placing him two doors away from heaven and hell. Warrington Hudlin Sr., Reginald’s father, ran his own insurance agency and was involved in a wide array of civic charities. He was the founding president of the local State Community College. Helen Hudlin, Reginald’s mother, worked in special education her whole life, from running a mental health center to designing and implementing teaching programs for gifted and learning disabled children. She worked full time while raising three boys and earning a PhD.
READ HIS FULL BIO MANY OF OUR OTHER 2020 GUESTS HERE & SHARE ::
https://meccacon.wordpress.com/2020/…/08/meccacon2020guests/
CHECK OUT HIS WEBSITE AND HERE ::
http://hudlinentertainment.com
The Rewatchables (@TheRewatchables) Tweeted:
They spend two hours discussing my second movie. Amazing.
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We met at the New Jersey Black Film Festival, which is the oldest black film festival in the nation. I had two of my short films in the festival. One was THE KOLD WAVES, about a white kid auditioning to be the drummer a black high school band. The other was REGGIE’S WORLD OF SOUL, a precursor of sorts to IN LIVING COLOR.
After the screening I met two young men who would become lifetime friends. One was Trey Ellis, an up and coming novelist. The other was Andre Harrell, who was a radio executive by day and a rapper by night as half of the duo Jekyll and Hyde. Andre quickly put his arm around me and said he was starting a new record label, Uptown, and we would be making movies together soon. That sounded good, but far-fetched. I asked about getting some music video work, which seemed a lot more attainable.
Andre came through with the videos. Two for 50k. Those videos put me in real show business. That led to a lifetime friendship. Dinners, parties, intense conversations about black culture, black people, everything. Andre’s journey from a Bronx-born MC who rocked parties in the park to marketing student in college to guy selling radio ads to manage and record executive gave him not only unique insights but the colorful and persuasive ability to articulate his vision. He left us way, way too soon.