Moviegoers should think twice if they expect searing exposé or impassioned drama from a film called Driving While Black. What they will get in Paul Sapiano's low-budget indie, co-scripted by star Dominique Purdy, is shambling slice-of-life comedy in which the scent of weed competes with any intimation of real-world outrage. Though some will take offense, those ready for a quick time out from fight-the-power indignation may well roll with the picture, which relies on the charms of Purdy, an off-screen musician known as Koreatown Oddity.
Purdy's Dimitri is a Los Angeles artist who makes rent by delivering pizzas — a gig...
Purdy's Dimitri is a Los Angeles artist who makes rent by delivering pizzas — a gig...
- 2/8/2018
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stars: Dominique Purdy, Sheila Tejada, John Mead, Joseph Ansalvish, Richard Assad, Julian Bane, Mayank Bhatter, Joni Bovill | Written by Dominique Purdy | Directed by Paul Sapiano
What to say about Driving While Black..? A dark comedy spending a week in the life with a young black male living in Los Angeles, having to deal with the trials and tribulations of racial profiling. Making that job interview is ten times harder when he is always being pulled over for being young and black. Doesn’t sound much like a comedy right? But a comedy Driving While Black most certainly is!
Dimitri (Dominique Purdy) is a young 20 something black male living in La. He is a talented artist who is getting all manner of grief from his mum and overbearing girlfriend about his dead end pizza delivery job and his unrealistic dreams of becoming and actual paid artist, when all he really wants to do is smoke weed…...
What to say about Driving While Black..? A dark comedy spending a week in the life with a young black male living in Los Angeles, having to deal with the trials and tribulations of racial profiling. Making that job interview is ten times harder when he is always being pulled over for being young and black. Doesn’t sound much like a comedy right? But a comedy Driving While Black most certainly is!
Dimitri (Dominique Purdy) is a young 20 something black male living in La. He is a talented artist who is getting all manner of grief from his mum and overbearing girlfriend about his dead end pizza delivery job and his unrealistic dreams of becoming and actual paid artist, when all he really wants to do is smoke weed…...
- 1/2/2018
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
Contending with 21st-century over-policing is still a challenging realism in many inner-city neighbors, but filmmaker Dominique Purdy is determined to shine some humor on the situation. The lead actor of the upcoming comedy, ‘Driving While Black,’ who also co-wrote the script with director Paul Sapiano, is exploring, with love, the black experience in everyday interactions […]
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- 12/14/2017
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
If Juliette’s career falters in the second half of Nashville‘s fifth season, perhaps she can make a living out of her favorite hobby: finding trouble where there is none.
As you’ll see in this new trailer for the upcoming episodes — which get underway on Thursday, June 1, at 9/8c — Ms. Barnes undergoes challenges both professional (a slight backstage panic attack) and personal (the likely completely made-up fear that Hallie and Avery are growing closer than they should be) while the rest of Music City deals with its own drama.
VideosNashville: First Footage of Rachel Bilson, Kaitlin Doubleday — Plus:...
As you’ll see in this new trailer for the upcoming episodes — which get underway on Thursday, June 1, at 9/8c — Ms. Barnes undergoes challenges both professional (a slight backstage panic attack) and personal (the likely completely made-up fear that Hallie and Avery are growing closer than they should be) while the rest of Music City deals with its own drama.
VideosNashville: First Footage of Rachel Bilson, Kaitlin Doubleday — Plus:...
- 5/25/2017
- TVLine.com
Review: 'The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story' Episode 5 'The Race Card' Does Not Flinch
Last Week's Review: 'The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story' Episode 4, '100% Not Guilty': Swag Giveth, Swag Taketh Away Opening StatementAfter a brief but powerful flashback to Johnnie Cochran during his Ada days, getting pulled over for "Driving While Black," we're in the thick of the action, as both sides compare their cases and get ready for battle. A pre-trial hearing is a disaster for the prosecution, thanks to Christopher Darden requesting that "a racial slur" be forbidden from use and Cochran slapping that idea down with an outraged speech about Darden's implication that there are "words black people can or cannot handle" (a word Cochran's not afraid to throw in Darden's face immediately afterward). The big issue is Detective Mark Fuhrman, who Marcia Clark insists on putting on the stand to testify regarding the physical evidence, despite the fact that his past record more than hints at him being racist.
- 3/2/2016
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
Read More: New Orleans Film Society Announces 26th Annual New Orleans Film Festival The New Orleans Film Festival concluded on October 22 and has just announced the winners of its 2015 Audience Award winners. Audiences selected 10 winners from a selection of more than 190 films, including 68 feature-length and 124 short films. The Noff Audience Awards represent the people's choice favorites at this year's festival. Here are the winners of the 10 categories. Audience Award: Spotlight Film:"Room," dir. Lenny Abrahamson Audience Award: Narrative Feature"Driving While Black," dir. Paul Sapiano Audience Award: Documentary Feature"Harry & Snowman," dir. Ron Davis Audience Award: Louisiana FeaturePrize: $5,000 equipment rental package from Hollywood Rentals"Delta Justice: The Isleños Trappers War, dir. David DuBos Audience Award: Narrative Short"Actresses," dir. Jeremy Hersh Audience Award: Documentary Short"Boxeadora,"...
- 10/28/2015
- by Tarek Shoukri
- Indiewire
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