Jaafar Jackson, the nephew of Michael Jackson, has been chosen to portray the King of Pop in the upcoming biopic Michael, directed by Antoine Fuqua and produced by Graham King. According to Shadow and Act, the 26-year-old singer, who is the son of Jermaine Jackson, will take on the lead role in the film, which […]
Dayton, Ohio urban farmer Eric Means will be the host of FlavorzTV channel on WatchJaro. The streaming platform has picked up the pilot season of the FlavorzTV channel, highlighting food and culinary arts around Dayton. As the first season is wrapped, the show is seeking brave, talented guests to showcase their cooking skills, as well […]
‘Silver & Gold’ continues to dominate its way through the film festival circuit. The Jaro Media original series has been named an official selection to nine different festivals, garnering 18 nominations, with 6 wins. Now the series can add three more victories to its total as it’s been announced that ‘Silver & Gold’ is a major […]
Jaro Media officially has a hit on its hands. Following last month’s launch of their first platform-branded digital series, ‘Silver & Gold’ has been named an official selection of five different film festivals, nominated for ten different awards, and has won four. The Alonge Hawes helmed heist series was bestowed with the Critic’s Choice & Outstanding Achievement […]
By Ron Mwangaguhunga From Frieze and VOLTA to Art Basel and the Dakar Biennale, the 2022 art festival season was blazing hot, as this year has thus far been groundbreaking for diaspora art. After two painful years of lockdowns as well as halfhearted lockdowns, exhibitions have started to open up again, just like they did […]
Alonge Hawes didn’t need much forewarning that he’d have a successful evening during the awards ceremony of the 6th annual Minnesota Webfest. Following the enthusiastic audience response to his world premiering series ‘Silver & Gold’ and ‘Good Black Man’; Hawes walked into the Annex du Nord Art Hostel with 9 nominations (with a surprise 10th […]
With two world premieres and four nominations heading into next week’s Minnesota Webfest, Alonge Hawes must have been feeling pretty good. Now both he and his creative team have further reason to be in a celebratory mood as the distinguished film festival has announced, via their second-round nomination reveal, that both ‘Silver & Gold’ and […]
After many months which saw the platform hype the project with a series of visual teasers, posters, and stills, Jaro Media has finally announced the official release date for their first platform branded original series ‘Silver & Gold’. The Alonge Hawes created digital series will premiere with a special two episode launch on Tuesday, October […]
Following July’s announcement that Alonge Hawes would premiere two brand new digital series at the 6th annual Minnesota Webfest, the festival has announced that Hawes has garnered 4 nominations at the upcoming event. The upcoming Jaro original series ‘Silver & Gold’ has garnered nominations in the writing and genre series categories as has the original […]
Karris Morgan, Andre Eaton Jr., and Herman Spearman are joining Jaro Media’s upcoming original series ‘Silver & Gold’.
