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The “WIRE” Returns to TV – ‘The Avon Barksdale Story – Legends of the Unwired’

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E1 Music has announced that the company will be releasing “The Avon Barksdale Story- Legends Of The Unwired” in March 2010. Fans of HBO’s The Wire should recognize Avon Barksdale as the character played by actor Wood Harris on the award winning series. In the docudrama, the real Nathan Avon “Bodie” Barksdale tells all to actor Wood Harris. The Avon Barksdale Story has already won an award at NY International Independent Film & Video Festival. The film is said to be a true insider’s view into the drug and gang wars that plagued Baltimore, MD in the 1980’s. — I … Continue reading The “WIRE” Returns to TV – ‘The Avon Barksdale Story – Legends of the Unwired’

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Coming To DVD: Jazz in the Diamond District

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About the Film Jazz in the Diamond District chronicles the summer of one Washington, D.C., native, Jasmine “Jazz” Morgan, who joins a Go-go band in hopes of becoming a singing sensation. This rhythmic journey through the nation’s capital was shot entirely on-location in Washington, D.C. and highlights the rarely-seen residential neighborhoods of the city and the volatile energy of Go-go music and the D.C. underground hip-hop scene. The film stars Wood Harris (HBO’s “The Wire,” PAID IN FULL, NEXT DAY AIR) and D.C.’s own, Clifton Powell (RAY, DEAD PRESIDENTS, NEXT FRIDAY), and will introduce native Washingtonians, Monique Cameron, Erica Chamblee, … Continue reading Coming To DVD: Jazz in the Diamond District