Black film pioneer Robert Townsend reflects on his classics and the new directors that inspire him. - NBCBLK
Robert Townsend attends the 50th NAACP Image Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 30, 2019 in Hollywood, California.It's the age of reboots and sequels in television and film — and actor and director Robert Townsend has been teasing his fans on social media by asking about their interest in follow-ups to some of his most popular works.
For now, the only reminiscing Townsend has been up to is through his 2018 documentary"The Making of The Five Heartbeats." The doc goes behind the scenes of the making of his 1991 musical drama which follows the rise and fall of a 1960s R&B group and is loosely based on the real-life vocal group The Dells and other R&B artists and quintets.
And indeed there are plenty fascinating bits in the documentary. There's footage of then-child actors Jussie and Jurnee Smollett, model and future"Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Cynthia Bailey and singer R. Kelly auditioning for roles. Audiences learn that the scenes at the church with Eddie King Jr. and with Donald"Duck" Matthews and his little sister were almost cut from the film.
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