John Singleton: A Celebration – Four Brothers

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DESCRIPTION:
Throughout the 2022–23 academic year, the USC School of Cinematic Arts, the USC African American Cinema Society, and USC Visions and Voices will host a series of screenings honoring the life and career of trailblazing filmmaker, iconic Angeleno, and USC alumnus, John Singleton (1968–2019). Screenings will take place at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and the David Geffen Theater at the Academy Museum, with conversations to follow featuring cast and crew.

Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, André Benjamin, and Garrett Hedlund co-star in this emotionally powerful, action-packed tale of brotherly love, betrayal, and revenge from  John Singleton. After their adoptive mother is gunned down during a grocery store holdup, the estranged brothers reunite to seek revenge and take matters into their own hands. Defying police orders, the four begin turning their old Detroit neighborhood upside down searching for the mastermind behind the brutal killing. Along the way, they discover they are bound by ties thicker than blood.

Panelists:

Billy Fox (Editor) has lent his talents to more than 30 feature films, television dramas, and mini-series. His most recent project, Devotion, tells the story of the first black U.S. Navy aviator in the Korean War. Fox’s feature films include Straight Outta Compton, Hustle & Flow, Dolemite Is My Name, Black Snake Moan, Footloose, and Coming 2 America. Fox was editor and co-producer on the celebrated HBO mini-series Band of Brothers for Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg and is the recipient of 15 other major awards, including the Peabody Award, the BDA Award, an International Monitor Award, the Humanitas Award, and the P.G.A. Golden Laurel award.

Greg Hedgepath (Supervising Sound Editor) works as a supervising sound editor in Los Angeles, California. He attended the University of Maryland and later received his AA degree in electronics while working at National Public Radio in Washington D.C. as a music mixer. After NPR he worked at George Lucas’ Skywalker Sound for six years, then moved to Los Angeles as a re-recording mixer at an independent post facility. He later joined the union as a sound supervisor/editor at Sony Studios. After Sony, Greg became an independent sound supervisor and sound designer. He designed the tornados for Twister and was a sound designer on the film Speed, which won the Oscar for sound. Greg has worked on over 90 films and TV shows including Frozen, The Incredible Hulk, The Hunger Games, Selma, Straight Outta Compton, Seal Team, Coming 2 America, and the upcoming White Men Can’t Jump.

Warren Drummond (Storyboard Artist) was born and raised in Jamaica Queens, New York. Attending the High School of Art and Design and the School of Visual Arts, Warren’s storyboard career began in the early ’90s with films like Above the Rim and 2nd Unit work on Die Hard with a Vengeance, and The Devil’s Own. After working on A Beautiful Mind, Drummond embraced Los Angeles, and worked on films such as 2 Fast 2 Furious, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Straight Outta Compton, and Fences. Warren also storyboards television shows such as NCIS: New Orleans, Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, and Grey’s Anatomy. In 2018, Warren made his directorial debut with the short Unknown Caller, which was written by and stars his son, Josh Drummond.

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Presented by the USC School of Cinematic Arts, the USC African American Cinema Society, and USC Visions and Voices.