Director and writer Tanya Hamilton has nabbed some big industry names for her debut “Night Catches Us“. The film stars Anthony Mackie (riding high on the success of “The Hurt Locker”), Independent ...

A new film, set in the mid-1970s, offers a dramatic look at the Black Panther Party through fictional characters, in the years after that movement's heyday. "Night Catches Us" tells the story of a ...

Film director Tanya Hamilton isn’t a household name yet, but the craftsmanship of her new film, Night Catches Us, will certainly make her one. The film takes a complicated look at the Black Panther ...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tanya Hamilton (born in Spanish Town, Jamaica) is an American film director and producer. She came to the United States at the age of eight, and settled in ...

Driven by Anthony Mackie's powerful performance and a thumping soundtrack, the film could catch the attention of an urban theatrical audience. By James Greenberg, The Associated Press More Sundance ...

Tanya Hamilton’s first feature-length film, Night Catches Us, stems from her fascination with a family friend’s story of receiving a one-year jail sentence for organizing a 1965 sit-in at the White ...

Jon is a Denver-based entertainment journalist. In addition to writing news stories for ScreenRant, Jon has contributed to various entertainment news websites, including American Songwriter, Ranker, ...

In Tanya Hamilton's Night Catches Us, ex-Black Panthers confront the ways in which their former radicalism has since shaped their lives, years after they cut ties with the organization. Set in 1976, ...

Social dissent told through a personal story is the focus of “Night Catches Us,” screening in the 2010 New Directors/New Films series. The debut feature from Tanya Hamilton exposes the realities of ...