Cast Interviews

“AFTER THE LOCKDOWN: BLACK IN LA” FOCUSES ON THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

February 12, 2021 RGN staff

After The Lockdown: Black In LA Episode 6 can be seen at the Pan African Film Festival. The festival runs from February 28th to Sunday, March 14th Filmmakers Joy Shannon and Jonathan Burnett talk about their latest docu-series. After the Lockdown: Black in LA is a documentary that gives a voice to those who were […]

“FIRST BLUSH” QUESTIONS LOVE AND LOYALTY IN A MARRIAGE

February 1, 2021 RGN staff

AVAILABLE ON VOD ON FEBRUARY 2, 2021(Amazon, iTunes/Apple TV & OTHERS) Director/Writer Victor Neumark focuses his lens on the polyamorous relationship. We spoke with Victor and the lead actors Rachel Alig, Ryan Caraway, Kate Beecroft about the film ‘FIRST BLUSH” premiering tomorrow on VOD. Nena and Drew are a young, happy-ish married couple whose relationship is […]

AMERICAN SKIN CAST INTERVIEW WITH VANESSA BELL CALLOWAY AND SHANE PAUL MCGHIE

January 14, 2021 RGN staff

AMERICAN SKIN releases January 15, 2021, on Digital Platforms Written and Directed by Nate Parker AMERICAN SKIN weaves a layered story in the tradition of Sidney Lumet’s 12 Angry Men and Dog Day Afternoon, that follows a Black Iraqi War Vet, who after being denied a fair trial following the shooting death of his teenage son (and only child) by a white […]

CAN YOU HANDLE THE STORM WHEN IT COMES? MEET GRETL CLAGGETT WRITER/DIRECTOR OF STORMCHASER

December 29, 2020 RGN staff

Gretl Was Named The Inaugural Winner of AMC Network’s BEST FEMALE CREATOR Award At Stareable Fest 2020 For Stormchaser STORMCHASER, has been selected by more than 45 festivals to date, and has won multiple Best Director, Best Short Film/Pilot, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Acting, Best Ensemble Cast, Best VFX and Best Original Score awards. […]

‘TAKE MY HEART’ CAST INTERVIEW

December 25, 2020 RGN staff

‘Running out is easy, coming home’s complicated’ Written and directed by Anna Simone Scott ‘TAKE MY HEART’ is a powerful short about love and forgiveness. We spoke to director Anna Simone Scott and award-winning actor Kim Estes about the film. The film focuses on Mackenzie(played by Joy Sunday), an aspiring singer/songwriter who seeks redemption from […]

DIRECTOR SARA ROBIN TALKS ABOUT HER LATEST SHORT FILM ‘CRANBERRY NIGHTS”

December 16, 2020 RGN staff

When Trying To Fit In Can Destroy Your Life Director Sara Robin lines a light on Immigration in her latest short film Cranberry Nights. Told through the eyes of a teenager. Desperate to feel like a normal high schooler for once, 16-year old Juana sneaks out to party with her friends, while her mother works […]

INTERVIEW WITH CAST MEMBERS RAYVEN FERRELL & TEQUAN RICHMOND FROM “BLOOD ON HER BADGE” PREMIERING NOVEMBER 16TH ON TV ONE

November 11, 2020 RGN staff

TV One’s newest suspense drama film BLOOD ON HER BADGE premiering next Monday, November 16, 2020, at 8 P.M. ET/7C. We had a chance to chat with the lead actors Rayven Symone Ferrell (The Hate You Give, The Bobby Brown Story) Tequan Richmond (Boomerang, Everybody Hates Chris) on showcasing this ill-fated love affair. BLOOD ON HER BADGE tells a true-crime tale of Dee Johnson (Ferrell), a charming and eager young cop. […]

HOW DO YOU GET RID OF “FUCKING GHOSTS”? DIRECTOR JASON COOK KNOWS HOW

November 10, 2020 RGN staff

Jason’s Cook film FUCKING GHOSTS is hysterically funny. We had a chance to chat with Jason about his short film, showing today at the HollyShorts2020 Film Festival. If you miss today’s showing at 4 pm don’t worry the films stay on the platform for 24 hours. The HollyShorts Film Festival ends November 15th. For tickets […]

DIRECTOR CHRISTINA YOON ON THE PRESSURES OF BEAUTY

November 6, 2020 RGN staff

In a society focused on looks, the pressure to fit in and conform to society’s definition of beauty can be a psychological burden. Director Christina Yoon’s ‘Mirror’ focuses on a Korean immigrant with a severely scarred face who visits a black market hospital in Queens, New York to seek plastic surgery. We had a chance […]

VINCE VAUGHN AND KATHRYN NEWTON GET FREAKY

October 30, 2020 RGN staff

This November, on Friday the 13th, prepare to get Freaky with a twisted take on the body-swap movie when a teenage girl switches bodies with a relentless serial killer. A Body-Swap Mash-Up Slasher and Comedy Seventeen-year-old Millie Kessler (KATHRYN NEWTON, Blockers, HBO’s Big Little Lies) is just trying to survive the bloodthirsty halls of Blissfield […]