Thandie Newton Discusses Role As Dr. Condoleezza Rice In ‘W’ and Role In ‘RocknRolla’
Jawn Murray from Black Voices recently sat down with the beautiful and talented Thandie Newton to discuss her role as Condoleezza Rice in the film ‘W’, as well as her role in RocknRolla as a stern financial advisor. » Read more…
Filmmaker Shalini Kantayya heats things up with her latest film RED
Jamati: Thank you Shalini for granting Jamati this interview. Can you let the readers know a little bit about yourself?
I am a filmmaker, eco-activist, and reality show survivor committed to using media as a tool to transform culture. » Read more…
Idris Elba talks about his role as a detective in “The Prom”
What attracted you to the film?
IE: It was just that I hadn’t done a thriller like this, and I like to play different parts, and I hadn’t played too many cops, and the script was decent.
From ‘The Reaping’ to ‘28 Weeks Later’, this film falls within the same genre like the others. Do you have a liking to this genre? » Read more…
Exclusive Interview With Accomplished Filmmaker Stan Barua
Jamati: Hello Stan, I want to thank you for doing this interview for Jamati. Can you just let the people know where you’re from and what your occupation is? » Read more…
The Day of My Wedding
This short film was the official selection of the 2007 Roxbury Film Festival in Boston and the Independent Film Festival in Florida. The film was broadcast on The Education Channel of Tampa, Florida in the summer of 2007. The film was also selected for broadcast on The Best Shorts program on BETJ (Black Entertainment Television) in August, 2007. » Read more…
Exclusive Interview with Law & Order Actor Bambadjan Bamba
Bambadjan Bamba is a rising star. He was in the Off- Broadway play “Till the Break of Dawn.” He played “Toulouse” a french MC. He worked on The Sopranos where he had a nice speaking role playing an African student (Somalian) and he showed off his versatility with African accents. » Read more…
Keeping Up With Dentaa
Vivian “Dentaa” Boateng is the host of OBE TV’s hit multi-segmented entertainment programme, “The Dentaa Show”. She was born in Juasu in Ghana but moved with her family to the UK at the age of 5. She soon developed interests in singing, acting and dancing. Her charisma and confidence during school plays and talent shows developed her passion and charted the path to her current career. Dentaa obtained her GCSE qualifications at the Walthamstow School for Girls and her A Levels in Media Studies, Sociology and Performing Arts at the Leyton Sixth form College. She also has a degree in paediatric nursing from the Buckinghamshire University. In 2005 she has achieved relative stardom by touring around the globe promoting her released solo Gospel album. » Read more…
Thato Rantao Mwosa Makes Botswana Proud With Her Films
Thato Rantao Mwosa started her own production company called SaBantu Productions, which in translation means “for the people of the African Diaspora” in 2005. She won the coveted “Emerging Filmmaker Award” at the 2005 Roxbury Film Festival for her film, “Don’t tell me you love me,” which addresses the issue of domestic violence within the immigrant community. Her first film, “Don’t leave me,” a short narrative on HIV/AIDS, was the official selection of the New York Shot Film Festival early 2005. In early 2007, she produced her third film, “The Day Of My Wedding,” which was the official selection of the 2007 Roxbury Film Festival in Boston and the Independent Film Festival in Florida. The film was broadcast on The Education Channel of Tampa, Florida in the summer of 2007. In August 2007, “The Day Of My Wedding” was selected for broadcast on The Best Shorts program on BETJ (Black Entertainment Television). Thato makes films because she loves the power of film, the power to reach into people’s emotional realms, to educate, enlighten, inspire and move them. Jamati caught up with the busy wife and mother and she filled us in on her journey as film maker. » Read more…
Pamela Nomvete
Pamela Nomvete was born in Ethiopia. She graduated from the Welsh College of Music and Drama and worked in England for some years before immigrating to South Africa in 1994. She gained noterity in the South African soap opera Generations. Her character Ntsiki Lukhele was so convincing that she was slapped in the face for it by someone in a restaurant because they didn’t like her character! The role won her a Duku Duku Best Actress award. » Read more…
Actress Caroline Chikezie’s Making Major Moves
When Caroline first told her parents of her acting aspirations, they took action and sent her a boarding school in Nigeria. Small problem. They didn’t tell Caroline about this development. Caroline thought she was going to Nigeria for a 2 week holiday. She tried everything to get back to London even a hunger strike but her parents stood their ground. They wanted her to follow her father’s footsteps and become a doctor. It took 12 years for one parent to come around. Her father still has not accepted her career choice. » Read more…
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