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Deer makes debut

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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…










Freestyle Digital Media acquires urban crime drama ‘Dope Fiend’ for August release

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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…










Newark International Film Festival Screening of “Dope Fiend” A Ron Elliot Film

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“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…










Freestyle Digital Media acquires urban crime drama ‘Dope Fiend’ for August release

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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…










“Dope Fiend” set to World Premiere at The Newark International Film Festival

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In New York City, real events are often every bit as exciting, intriguing and shocking as well crafted fiction.  The urban drama “Dope Fiend”, based on a true story, illustrates that to the fullest in it’s recently released teaser trailer promising what is sure to be an unforgettable look…










‘Dope Fiend’ Feat. Debut of 50 Cent’s Son Set for World Premiere at Newark Int’l Film Festival

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*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…










“Dope Fiend” New York Screening

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“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,…










Urban Crime Drama ‘Dope Fiend’ Premieres Today On VOD Aug. 29

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  Debuting on VOD through Freestyle Digital Media on August 29, 2017 is the urban crime drama Dope Fiend, written and directed by Ron Eliot and starring Andra Fuller, Malik Yoba, Hisham Tawfiq, Tobias Truvillion & Marquise Jackson. In a methodical scheme for gentrification, Profit (Fuller), a notorious but respected drug dealer, finds his family…










Trailer: ‘Dope Fiend’ Set to World Premiere at The Newark International Film Festival (Malik Yoba, Andra Fuller)

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“Dope Fiend” With Starz Network’s “Power,” executive produced by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, currently unfolding over its third season, its fitting that a new film co-starring 50 Cent’s first-born son is about to make its world premiere. Initially developed as a television pilot to follow in the footsteps of hits like “Empire” and…










EXCLUSIVE: Ron Elliot, Shawn “OG Turtle” Lindsey & Marquise Jackson Talk ‘Dope Fiend’ (VIDEO)

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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…










Ron Elliot, Turtle, And Marquis Jackson Talks About New Movie Dope Fiend

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Culture of Cannes

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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…