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4 Shots From 4 Films: Special John Singleton Edition

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking.

As I mentioned earlier, today would have been the 57th birthday of John Singleton, the first black filmmaker to ever receive an Oscar nomination for Best Director.  It’s time for….

4 Shots From 4 John Singleton Films

Boyz N The Hood (1991, dir by John Singleton, DP: Chuck Mills)

Poetic Justice (1993, dir by John Singleton, DP: Peter Lyons Collister)

Higher Learning (1995, dir by John Singleon, DP: Peter Lyons Collister)

2 Fast 2 Furious (2003, dir by John Singleton, DP: Matthew Leonetti)

Music Video of the Day: Act a Fool by Ludacris (2003, dir by John Singleton)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today would have been the 57th birthday of the late director, John Singleton.

Today’s music video of the day is one that Singleton directed.  This song (and Ludacris himself) were both featured in Singleton’s 2003 film, 2 Fast 2 Furious.  I can remember when 2 Fast 2 Furious first came out.  There were a lot of jokes about the stylized title and also the idea of even making a sequel to a film like The Fast and the Furious.  That shows how much people knew back then!  Today, almost all sequels have a stylized title (though perhaps Die Hard 2: Die Harder deserves as much credit for that as 2 Fast 2 Furious) and The Fast and The Furious franchise appears to be immortal.

Enjoy!