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This episode of The Write Time features Don P. Hooper, a writer and filmmaker of Jamaican heritage (and a programmer in a former life). His short story “Got Me a Jet Pack” is part of the New York Times bestselling anthology Black Boy Joy. His directing work has been featured in the Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival, the NY TV Film Festival (award winner), the New York City Horror Film Festival, the New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival (award winner), and more. He does voice-over in video games and documentaries. True True is his debut novel.Don is interviewed by Abimbola Cole Kai-Lewis who is an Ethnomusicologist and educator with the New York City Department of Education and an adjunct assistant professor at York College–City University of New York.
Don P. Hooper is a writer and filmmaker of Jamaican heritage (and a programmer in a former life). His short story Got Me a Jet Pack is part of the New York Times bestselling anthology Black Boy Joy. His directing work has been featured in the Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival, the New York City Horror Film Festival, the New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival (award winner), and more. He does voice-over in video games and documentaries. True True is his debut novel. In this episode, Don helps us learn more about his debut novel and asks us to think further about how this book can expand the conversation on what it means to see and value one another's humanity. Order the book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/true-true/18888323 Connect with the author: https://twitter.com/madclownetry Learn more about Tricia's three part online series as mentioned at the top of the show: https://chaptersinternational.com/mailer/tricia_friedman_OWCEEGAI-1.html
Don P. Hooper is a writer and filmmaker of Jamaican heritage (and a programmer in a former life). His short story “Got Me a Jet Pack” is part of the New York Times bestselling anthology Black Boy Joy. His directing work has been featured in the Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival, the New York Television Film Festival (award winner), the New York City Horror Film Festival, the New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival (award winner), and more. He does voice-over in video games and documentaries. True True is his debut novel.Connect with Don P. Hooper:TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@MadClownetryInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/MadClownetryKingVisionsWebsite: https://www.DonPHooper.com Learn more about Aikan Acts Performing Arts Program: 1:1 Consultation: https://aikanacts.samcart.com/referra...Adult Acting Class: https://aikanacts.samcart.com/referra...Pre-Teen Acting Class: https://aikanacts.samcart.com/referra...Teen Acting Class: https://aikanacts.samcart.com/referra...Get a GreenLight Debit Card for Your Children:https://share.greenlight.com/96453721Register for Free Online Financial Literacy Courses:https://maliksfirstjob.banzai.org/wellness/collections/teaching-kids-financesPurchase Malik's First Job: Financial Principles for Teens:www.maliksfirstjob.comFollow Malik's First Job on Social Media :Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maliksfirstjobInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/maliksfirstjobTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/maliksfirstjob
HMSG Interview Tarik Davis! "Predator 2"Tarik Davis is an actor/writer/avid pop culture consumer based in New York City with a 20 year history of acting, performing improv and writing comedy. He strives to cross-pollinate performance styles and audiences in all his work. Currently you can see Tarik on The Amber Ruffin Show (two seasons available on Peacock TV) as Amber's announcer, side kick and real life friend!Tarik has appeared in multiple commercials and television shows such as Late Night with Seth Meyers, Ray Donovan, Friends From College, Last Week Tonight: with John Oliver and more.Recently Tarik performed in the critically acclaimed Freestyle Love Supreme at the Kennedy Center and at The Booth Theater, in the Broadway run in NYC (2021) - and he hopped in for a weekend as a very special guest of the cast on their final leg of their tour at the Pasadena Playhouse - where Teri roped him into this interview!In early 2017, Tarik shot a six-minute comedic horror short entitled Page One along with his brothers Don P. Hooper, LeMar McLean and producer Evan Kaufman . This short is based on a full length horror / comedy script that Tarik has been working on for the past 10 years. Tarik also has and continues to write multiple shorts, sketches, monologues and articles which have been published in print and online.We finally got Julia to dive into the Predator universe with Tarik's iconic choice of Predator 2 (1987) starring the great Danny Glover. We discuss the alternate casting that could've drastically changed this movie and so much more!We hope you enjoy this fresh episode!!Support the show
Tarik Davis (The Amber Ruffin Show, Brothers From Another Planet) competes to cheer Josh up. Since Tarik famously serves as Amber's sidekick on The Amber Ruffin Show, he answers questions about various sides in a game of...Picking Sides. After setting a new all-time Make My Day high score, Tarik donates his $100 prize to Fair Fight. Plus, he gives an exceptionally generous and moving pep talk! Check out clips from The Amber Ruffin Show: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAmberRuffinShow Listen to Brothers From Another Planet, Tarik's podcast with LeMar McLean and Don P. Hooper: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brothers-from-another-planet/id1517840182 Donate to Fair Fight: www.https://fairfight.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What do an academy award winning South Korean drama and a 90s Ice-T action thriller have in common? That's the question we address this month with the hosts of the Brothers from Another Planet podcast Lemar McLean, Tarik Davis, and Don P. Hooper. You read that right. This month we have not one, not two, but three guests! This month we address how both Ernest Dickerson's Surviving the Game and Bong Joon Ho's Parasite are stories of how for those without money, capitalism may truly be The Most Dangerous Game, one rigged to be unwinnable. And we consider the question: "Are rich people the Most Dangerous Parasite?" Don P. Hooper is a writer and filmmaker of Jamaican heritage. He was a staff writer for the 2017-2020 Writers Guild of America East Awards and his directing work has been selected and featured in the NYC Horror Film Festival, The New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival (award winner), Martha's Vineyard AA Film Festival, and more. His poetry has been featured in Unión de Periodistas, the “Ransack” chapbook and the “Jerk Apricots and Chains” chapbook. He does voice-over in video games and documentaries. He proudly reps Brooklyn, all day, every day. Tarik Davis is an actor/writer/avid pop culture consumer based in Brooklyn, NY. Past experience includes performing for Upright Citizens Brigade in New York, Boom Chicago in Amsterdam and The Second City in Chicago. Tarik wrote and stars in Page One, a short horror film that was featured in the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival and the Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival. Tarik is a regular performer at The Pit with Comedy People's Time and The Baldwins and at UCB Hell's Kitchen with Baby Wants Candy. Tarik joined Freestyle Love Supreme in July 2019 at the Kennedy Center in D.C. and made his Broadway debut with FLS at the Booth Theater in December 2019. You can also catch Tarik as a main cast member in the Netflix series The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show and as the on camera announcer for The Amber Ruffin Show on Peacock and on the weekly podcast, Brothers From Another Planet. LeMar McLean produces the podcasts Brothers From Another Planet and The Taped Off TV Podcast. Since producing the web series Breakfast in Bed and the short film Page One, he's focused on screenwriting in the social justice horror/thriller space. Listen to Brothers from Another Planet! Learn more about Lemar! Learn more about Tarik! Learn more about Don! Parasite on Rotten Tomatoes Surviving the Game on Rotten Tomatoes Ebert.com on Parasite Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel on Surviving the Game Janet Maslin on Surviving the Game Vulture Interview with Bong Joon Ho Shawn Setaro Interview with Ernest Dickerson on The Cipher All music in the episode is by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thecelluloidmirror/message
This week we're talking about the most awkward prom ever with writer/performer/podcaster Don P. Hooper stopping by to watch the horror classic Carrie for the first time. Join us as we talk about horror movies that scared us growing up, blunt 1970s teaching methods, old-school movie effects, the Carrie musical episode of Riverdale, real-life Get Out moments and much more. Follow Don on Twitter and check out Jamtown Films to see his horror short film Page One and other work. Also give a listen to his podcast Brothers From Another Planet. For a smart, feminist perspective on Carrie and other horror films, check out the Switchblade Sisters podcast and Graveyard Shift Sisters. Like Movies My Friends Have Never Seen on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. You can also get the show on iTunes and Stitcher. Or paste the RSS feed into the preferred podcast player of your choice to get new episodes when they're released.
Tarik, LeMar, and Don P. Hooper celebrate the increasing blackness of the MCU, up and coming black animated series to look out for, Turn Me Loose starring Joe Morton, and water. PLUS, they discuss the WNBA’s mishandling of the player protests in response to America’s toxic racial chaos. Download Brothers From Another Planet on iTunes […]