Filming In Brooklyn

On last night’s Colbert Report Don Cheadle talked a little bit about filming Brooklyn’s Finest in Brownsville.  (In fact, Stephen asked him a question about it similar to one that I asked director Antoine Fuqua.)  The whole interview is good, but if you just want to see the Brooklyn part, it starts at 4:52.  Brooklyn’s [...]

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A couple weeks ago I sat down with Ahsaan Mitchell, a Brownsville native, who filmed a behind-the-scenes documentary about what happens to a neighborhood like Brownsville when a big Hollywood production moves in for the summer.   His is an amazing story: part luck, part imagination, part determination.  Most of all it’s about grabbing on to [...]

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Director Antoine Fuqua didn’t grow up in Brooklyn. And he didn’t grow up in South Central L.A., where his other cop drama, Training Day, takes place. He grew up in Pittsburgh, and got his first taste of filming when a TV production moved into his neighborhood. According to Brooklyn’s Finest producer John Thompson, Mr. Fuqua [...]

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