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Exclusive: Nia Long is set to star in Dreams of the Moon, a film that’s inspired by a true story from Inner City Films. Long will also serve as an executive producer on the project, which is being directed by Alfons Adetuyi (Love Jacked). In addition, Eden Duncan-Smith, from the Netflix and Spike Lee-produced film See You Yesterday, will also star.

Set in 1971 against the backdrop of the secret Nasa Apollo 16 training mission, the indie tells the story of an African-American teenage girl who dreams of becoming an astronaut in her small mining town.

Denis Foon penned the screenplay. Inner City Films and Spier Films are producing the pic, which is slated to begin shooting this April in South Africa. This will mark the second collaboration between the two companies, which previously teamed on romantic comedy Love Jacked, starring Amber Stevens West, Shamier Anderson, Mike Epps, and David Keith.

Stars: Eden Duncan-Smith, Danté Crichlow, Astro, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Johnathan Nieves, Michael J. Fox, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Wavyy Jonez, Carlos Arce Jr., Patrice Bell, Khail Bryant, Waliek Crandall, Frank Harts, Allen Holloway | Written by Stefon Bristol, Fredrica Bailey | Directed by Stefon Bristol

See You Yesterday, directed by Stefon Bristol, follows two ambitious technologically and scientific prodigal teenagers C.J. Walker and Sebastian Thomas – played by Eden Duncan-Smith and Danté Crichlow respectively – who manage to create a time machine years after theorising such a scientific achievement. However, what soon starts as smooth sailing slowly broadens out into a dangerous game of trying to alter the past, resulting in damaging consequences that will change the lives of the two and all around them forever.

Of what seems to be just a simplistic and overly eccentric film intended for childlike audiences, soon blossoms into a captivating and socially relevant drama. Producer Spike Lee...

See You Yesterday is the latest drama from Netflix and comes from producer Spike Lee and is written and directed by Stefon Bristol. Eden Duncan-Smith stars in this time travel adventure that puts the spotlight on the effects of excessive police brutality. But is this just another mediocre Netflix original or is it worth adding to your queue ?

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Cinema and social commentary collide in entertaining and thought-provoking fashion in “See You Yesterday,” a mix of pop culture and true crime that feels tailor-made for a millennial Netflix audience. Stefon Bristol’s feature debut follows two African American Brooklyn teens as they try to use homemade time machines to undo a fatal police shooting — leading to an unforeseen set of calamitous new problems. With Eden Duncan-Smith’s stellar lead performance overshadowing some tonal uneasiness, the film should prove an appealing at-home option when it arrives on the streaming platform May 17.

Producer Spike Lee helped NYU student Bristol expand his short thesis film into full-length drama with a dynamic, lived-in depiction of East Flatbush that recalls Lee’s “Do the Right Thing.” That’s far from the only movie touchstone in “See You Yesterday,” as Bristol’s story begins with a cameo from “Back to the Future” star Michael J. Fox...

From Jordan Peele to Spike Lee, modern black cinema is branching out into all manner of genres and audiences. “See You Yesterday,” a Tribeca Film Festival first feature from Stefon Bristol (and produced by Lee), is a heavy-handed but slick foray into the world of science fiction.

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This playful drama set in East Flatbush (one of Brooklyn’s few remaining ungentrified neighborhoods) follows black teenage geniuses Cj (Eden Duncan-Smith) and Sebastian (Dante Crichlow) as they cope with their kooky families and grow up against the violent backdrop of police brutality.

Continue reading Police Brutality Drama ‘See You Yesterday’ Is Choppy & Charming Science Fiction [Tribeca Review] at The Playlist.

Plus One Photo: Guy Godfree

The winners of the Tribeca Film Festival Narrative Feature and Documentary Audience Awards were announced this afternoon. The Narrative Feature Audience Award went to Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer's Plus One, starring Maya Erskine, Jack Quaid, Ed Begley Jr., Rosalind Chao, Beck Bennett, and Finn Wittrock.

Gay Chorus Deep South Photo: Adam Hobbs

Stefon Bristol's See You Yesterday, produced by Spike Lee, with Eden Duncan-Smith and Dante Crichlow earned second place.

The Documentary Narrative Audience Award goes to David Charles Rodrigues's Gay Chorus Deep South on the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus's tour through the deep south with the Oakland interfaith Gospel Choir.

Second place went to Lesley Chilcott's Watson on Captain Paul Watson, co-founder of GreenPeace and Sea Shepherd.

Tribeca Film Festival Audience Award winners and second place finishers will join the jury award-winners with additional screenings on Sunday at...

Stefon Bristol’s debut feature “See You Yesterday,” which has Spike Lee as one of its producers, revolves around the ingenuity of two 16-year-old friends, Claudette and Sebastian (Dante Crichlow), who are working on a homemade time machine in Sebastian’s garage. The effects in this movie are as charmingly lo-fi as the backpack modules that they wear to travel back in time for 10-minute intervals.

“See You Yesterday” nods to some of its 1980s forebears by having Michael J. Fox turn up as one of their teachers at the Bronx High School of Science. Claudette is reading Stephen Hawking’s “A Brief History of Time” in his class, while Fox has his nose buried in Octavia Butler’s “Kindred,” a popular time travel novel from 1979. When Claudette tells Fox’s Mr. Lockhart about her time-travel backpack project, which she hopes will get her into MIT, Bristol keeps his camera...

The first trailer has been released for the Spike Lee-produced Netflix film See You Yesterday. The story follows two teens who end up building a time machine so that they can travel back in time and save their older brother from being shot and killed by a police officer.

The movie was directed by Spike Lee protégé Stefon Bristol, and this the synopsis:

High school best friends and science prodigies C.J. and Sebastian spend every spare minute working on their latest homemade invention: backpacks that enable time travel. But when C.J.’s older brother Calvin dies after an encounter with police officers, the young duo decide to put their unfinished tech to use in a desperate bid to save Calvin. From director Stefon Bristol and producer Spike Lee comes See You Yesterday, a sci-fi adventure grounded in familial love, cultural divides and the universal urge to change the wrongs of the past.

Netflix has launched the trailer for Spike Lee’s hard-hitting time travel drama, ‘See You Yesterday’.

Directed by Stefon Bristol and produced by Lee, Lee’s latest is a sci-fi adventure grounded in familial love, cultural divides and the universal urge to change the wrongs of the past.

The film stars Eden Duncan-Smith, Dante Crichlow, Brian ‘Astro’ Bradley, Johnathan Nieves, Marsha S. Blake, Wavvy Jonez, Myra Lucretia Taylor and Ron Bobb Semple.

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The film launches on Netflix May 17th

See You Yesterday Synopsis

High school best friends and science prodigies C.J. and Sebastian spend every spare minute working on their latest homemade invention: backpacks that enable time travel. But when C.J.’s older brother Calvin dies after an encounter with police officers, the young duo decide to put their unfinished tech to use in...

A high school science prodigy uses time travel to prevent the police shooting of her innocent brother in the new Spike Lee-produced film See You Yesterday. Netflix previewed the sci-fi/drama project, which debuts May 17th, with an intriguing trailer.

The clip opens with protagonists C.J. (Eden Duncan-Smith) and Sebastian (Danté Crichlow) listening to reggae on vinyl as they conduct scientific experiments and daydream of the future careers their groundbreaking invention might bring. “When we get this up and running, we gonna be out of here: Stanford, Morehouse,...

Most movies involving teens and time travel would likely find the young characters going back in time to win the lottery or show off for their other, dumber classmates, but See You Yesterday is changing things up with a timely take on the formula. Netflix has released the new trailer for the time travel film from producer Spike Lee, which finds C.J. (Eden Duncan-Smith) and her friend Sebastian (Danté…...

"It's about controlling something we obviously have no control over...!" Netflix has debuted the first official trailer for an indie time travel comedy titled See You Yesterday, produced by Spike Lee, and directed by Stefon Bristol making his feature directorial debut. This will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, then launch worldwide on Netflix in May, for those who are interested in seeing it. The sci-fi adventure drama is about two teenagers who build time machine backpacks. When one of the teen's older brother dies after an encounter with the police, the young duo decide to put their unfinished tech to use in a desperate bid to save him. Starring Eden Duncan-Smith as Cj, and Danté Crichlow as Sebastian, with a full cast including Marsha Stephanie Blake, Brian "Astro" Bradley, Johnathan Nieves, Wavyy Jonez, Ron Bobb Semple, and Myra Lucretia Taylor. This looks fun, and clever, and cool. I dig the backpack design,...

Meadowland director/cinematographer Reed Morano on Mirren Gordon-Crozier: "My costume designer is amazing." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

Olivia Wilde and Luke Wilson, with a terrific supporting cast that includes Elisabeth Moss, Juno Temple, Giovanni Ribisi, Kevin Corrigan, Merritt Wever, Scott Mescudi, Ty Simpkins and Eden Duncan-Smith in Meadowland, Reed Morano's subtle and intense directorial debut. John Leguizamo, Ned Eisenberg and a memorable non-speaking guest star in a cameo can be seen both here and in Michael Almereyda's thrilling Experimenter, evoking the "Familiar Stranger".

As a cinematographer, Morano had worked with Misty Upham on Courtney Hunt's complex Frozen River and her composer Adam Taylor did the score for John Wells' furious family drama, August: Osage County, in which Upham has one of the most chivalrous and applause-deserving scenes.

Olivia Wilde as Sarah in Meadowland fully goes there. Photo: Reed Morano

Morano's meadow is a place where the worst parental nightmare blooms.

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When the first trailer for Sony’s remake of Annie hit the web, my gut response was to involuntarily cringe in my seat. The brightly colored preview hit every wrong note for me, promising a traditional take on the play peppered with kid-friendly (read: unsubtle and forced) jokes and heavily auto-tuned musical numbers. So, admittedly, it wasn’t with great enthusiasm that I finally sat down to watch the final product.

Don’t get me wrong – I’m not someone who usually recoils from song-and-dance productions, or someone who haughtily looks down upon those movies that try their damnedest to leave you tapping your toes with a big, stupid grin on your face. What I am, however, is someone who’ll defend until my dying breath the importance of being earnest. And that is one trait that this new Annie lacks almost entirely.

The full tracklisting for the Annie soundtrack has been confirmed.

Cast members Quvenzhané Wallis, Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx and Rose Byrne's interpretations of the movie's classic songs all feature, as well as contributions from Sia and Beck.

The film's signature songs 'Tomorrow', 'It's The Hard-Knock Life' and 'Little Girls' have all been included, alongside new material. The soundtrack will be released on December 15.

Greg Kurstin - the Executive Music Producer for the film - has worked with Sia on three songs, including the film's promotional single 'You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile'.

Sia and Beck have collaborated on 'Moonquake Lake', while Sia has also recorded the song 'Opportunity', which is performed by Wallis in the film.

Annie is scheduled to open in cinemas on December 19 in the Us and December 26 in the UK. See the full tracklisting for the soundtrack below:

1. 'Overture' - Cast

2. 'Maybe' - Quvenzhané Wallis,...

Sia has contributed a new version of "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" to the forthcoming film redux of "Annie" and, boy, is it bonkers. It's mastered to the max, it's got new, original fillings (just like your teeth!), it's got Sia still working out whatever accent Sia does, and it's trashy as hell. I kind of love it. If the film is anything like the accompanying music video to this "Never Fully Dressed," then prepare for divine and obnoxious child actors forcing your mouth into a twisted dumb grin for its duration. A patent corporate smarm will act as a thin layer of wax on the "Annie" of old and transition it into a viral video-binging, non-stop comic, New York-worshipping, anti-cynical pill to swallow. And maybe it's best this way, because I am going to watch this movie so hard. One reason is because "Annie" was one of...