Stepin Fetchit, the character that Lincoln Theodore Perry created, made the Key West native a millionaire and gave him the life of a flamboyant celebrity during the Depression. But his trademark ...
Having disrupted film financing and distribution models, global streaming platforms are now subverting storytelling preconceptions. That, in short, is latest shakeup prompted by the ongoing seismic ...
If Stepin Fetchit could have written his own legacy, he’d have described himself as a pioneer in American cinema, a comedian whose talents helped secure a place for black faces in the formative years ...
The Locarno Film Festival’s annual StepIN think tank dedicated to pressing issues faced by the independent film community saw a select group of mostly European industry executives thrash out some of ...
“The Americans are coming,” argued European Producers Club’s Alexandra Lebret during Locarno’s StepIn’s wrap-up session. And it can be a good thing. “They want to benefit from lower costs and tax ...
During his time, Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry’s success could have been considered the epitome of any man’s dream, regardless of race. Born in Key West, Fla., in 1892 to Caribbean parents, ...
The Locarno Film Festival‘s unique StepIn industry think tank, which is going online this year due to the pandemic, will delve into the future of the theatrical experience, production, film festivals ...
Although he never won an Oscar, Lincoln Perry was America's first black movie star. But for that distinction, Perry paid a heavy price -- he is best known as the character of Stepin Fetchit, a ...
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