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Exclusive Interview w/ ‘Dope Fiend’ Director Ron Elliot FREE SMITH JULY 6, 2017 0 444 0 0 The world of filmmaking is one difficult nut to crack for many, so the independent route becomes the way to go for them. One filmmaker making some waves on the underground movie scene is Ron Elliot. The son […]

By Richard Johnson Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com Deer, (seated, centre) on the set of Dope Fiend on location in New York. WHEN Dope Fiend premieres at Newark International Film Festival in the United States on September 9 and 10, viewers will see local actress Sakina Deer, who assumes the production’s female lead. Deer is familiar […]

Urban Crime Drama Hits North American VOD Platforms on August 29th Los Angeles, CA – Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios, has acquired the North American rights to the urban crime drama. DOPE FIEND debuts on VOD through Freestyle Digital Media on August 29, 2017. DOPE FIEND tells the gritty story of crooked business developers […]

“Dope Fiend” a film by Ron Elliot is an electrifying film that will keep your eyes glued to the screen and your wheels turning as the storyline unfolds. The film set in the belly of the beast Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. In the middle of gentrification a Brooklyn drug dealers finds himself involved in more than the […]

Urban Crime Drama Hits North American VOD Platforms on August 29th Los Angeles, CA – Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios, has acquired the North American rights to the urban crime drama. DOPE FIEND debuts on VOD through Freestyle Digital Media on August 29, 2017. DOPE FIEND tells the gritty story of crooked business developers […]

*Brooklyn, NY – Dope Vision, the production team behind the film, announces the official world premiere of it’s highly anticipated film – a slick and powerful piece that has both critics and film fans near-fiending for more. “Dope Fiend” is scheduled to debut at the Inauguration season of the 2016 Newark International Film Festival, which […]

“Dope Fiend” New York Screening THE BROOKLYN BOROUGH OF NEW YORK CITY, NY – AUGUST 02: (L-R) Director Ron Elliot poses with actors Marquise Jackson and Leo Arias at the “Dope Fiend” New York Screening at Tilly’s on August 2, 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage) […]

AllHipHop Staff Sep 17, 2016 “THIS IS A STORY ABOUT POWER, FAMILY, POLITICS & COMMUNITY” (AllHipHop News) Filmmaker Ron Elliot and former drug dealer Shawn “Turtle” Lindsey came together to produce the new independent movie Dope Fiend.The film is loosely based on Turtle’s life and addresses the issue of gentrification.Dope Fiend stars Malik Yoba, Tobias Truvillion, Andra Fuller, Hisham […]

I sat down with Nydia Simone to talk about her film The Lost Book of Rap and hear her perspective on the Cannes Film Festival as a filmmaker in the Short Film corner. Simone mentioned her previous experience at the Cannes Film Festival as an intern, and how that experience helped her to learn the business and […]