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Stomp The Yard
Director: Sylvain White
Release Date: January 12th, 2007
Role: Duron
Rated: PG-13
Plot: DJ (Columbus Short), and amazing underground street dancer, hasn’t been in college for a day before he’s entranced by a lovely co-ed, April (Megan Good). Working as a gardener to pay the bills, DJ doesn’t it in with the wealthier students around campus, but one thing does catch his attention – the rival fraternity competitions known as “stepping”. With April’s help, DJ learns about the legacy and heritage behind the fraternities and decides to join up. Now part of an official step group, DJ must balance rehearsals, work, and school, while at the same time winning the heart of the girl of his dreams. With the National Step Championship drawing closer, DJ must learn to stop dancing as an individual, and to start stepping as part of a team.
This Christmas
Director: Preston A. Whitmore II
Release Date: November 21st, 2007
Role: Michael “Baby” Whitfield
Rated: PG-13
Plot: This is the story of a solidly middle-class African-American family that reunites for Christmas for the first time in seveal years. Ma’dere (Loretta Devine) is the Matriarch who’s Los Angeles home is where the vast majority of the story takes place. As with any family gathering there are topics that are best not discussed. When they are discussed here they end up in fights -verbal or physical (an excellent sister-on sister catfight stands out here). One sister is encouraging the siblings to sell the family dry cleaning business and split the profits. One brother is running from loan sharks. One brother is AWOL from the Marine Corps and One sister has brought along the man she’s dating at a historically Black college. Despite what the trailers and TV commercials may lead you to think this is not a warm syurpy comedy. There are dramatic moments, violence and course language. It is however very much a slice-of-life that not enough hollywood features present. This family, warts and all, is definitely not a hollywood feel-good film with blackfaces. It is authentic in it’s portrayal of themes facing African-Americans in particular but Americans in general.
Takers
Director: John Luessenhop
Release Date: August 27th, 2010
Role: Jesse Attica (The Runner)
Rated: PG-13
Plot: A seasoned team of bank robbers, including Gordon Jennings (Idris Elba), John Rahway (Paul Walker), A.J. (Hayden Christensen), and brothers Jake (Michael Ealy) and Jesse Attica (Chris Brown) successfully complete their latest heist and lead a life of luxury while planning their next job. When Ghost (Tip T.I. Harris), a former member of their team, is released from prison he convinces the group to strike an armored car carrying $20 million. As the “takers” carefully plot out their strategy and draw nearer to exacting the grand heist, a reckless police officer (Matt Dillon) inches closer to apprehending the criminals.
12 Strands: Matrix
Director: Colin Tilley
Release Date: September 27th, 2010
Role: Chris Brown
Rated: Unrated
Plot: 12 Strands: Matrix is a mini-movie/music video for Chris Brown’s Matrix. The video revolves around Chris Brown being chased by paparazzi, and feeling like everywhere he goes, someone is following him. The video is a first of 12 parts, revolving around Chris Brown’s life in a new way. 12 Strands: Matrix was directed by 21 year old Berkeley native Colin Tilley, who has also directed Chris Brown’s Deuces, and No Bullshit videos, and many more, including Justin Bieber’s, U Smile, and Ciara’s, Speechless.
