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Vaudeville-Inspired Short, MICKEY & THE FLY, Will Bug You Into Finding True Love

Actor and dancer Marc Fajardo has a bit of a knack for early twentieth century entertainment, a quality most notably viewable in his newest online shortfilm, Mickey & The Fly. The idea was conceived together in the last several years with director Evan A. Baker, who have worked on a number of projects prior during their six year friendship. “I’ve always loved physical comedy and the works of Chaplin and Buster Keaton…” says Fajardo. “…What I love about vaudeville is that it uses the body for self expression which I feel very comfortable with because of my experience doing hip-hop back in college. And also, using the environment as part of the act, it’s utter genius to me.” As it stands, Fajardo‘s long term goal is to do a take the style and expand it into a modern take using hip-hop, something which he’s already began conceiving in the form […]

ReDefinition Films Presents: A TASTE OF CAPOEIRA: BATIZADO TIME!!!

Lee B. Golden III

Independent filmmaker Kamal Robinson is currently in the middle of working a series of feature-length documentaries centered on the Brazilian martial art, Capoeira. Initially filmed in Los Angeles two years ago, A Taste Of Capoeira: Batizado Time!!! is reportedly the second in a series of films produced under Robinson‘s banner, ReDefinition Films focused on Capoeira and the lives it touches on a daily basis. This time around, Robinson puts explicit focus on the events and workshops in the days leading up to the main ceremony for Capoeira Brazil’s annual Batizado, emcee’d by CBLA’s own Mestre Boneco and organized by his staff and other participants. And aside from the training and martial aspects of Capoeira, Robinson‘s new film will immerse you in the various interpersonal lives and stories of purveyors and teachers impacted by Capoeira, offering just a slice of a much more global community that comes together in various parts […]

Watch Shaun Charney Get His Kicks With A CAPOIERA GIRL!

Lee B. Golden III

For the most part, it has been a busy week on my end and work, on top of certain technological impediments have kept me from being able to keep up with a lot of content. So when I decided to kick myself up real quick and head over to independent filmmaker Shaun Charney‘s YouTube platform at Dragon Phoenix Entertainment, I was delighted to see a new little gem he worked on with actress, stuntwoman and friend of Film Combat Syndicate, Michelle Jubilee Gonzalez. In the video, we get to see a minute of some pretty cool Capoiera choreography, accompanied by a few extra minutes of Charney and Gonzalez just having fun like kids, and it’s a must-see for anyone who has ever had a childhood. I spoke to Charney on several subjects regarding the video, including his opinions on Capoiera and other martial arts styles for the screen, and believe […]

The New Shortfilm Trailer For YOU CAN'T HEAR ME, YOU CAN'T SEE ME Will Leave You Holding Your Nuts!

Lee B. Golden III

While director Awi Suryadi awaits his latest solo directorial offering in the upcoming Indonesian street racing actioner, Street Society, his latest partnership with co-director Dicky Fa will soon sail the winds of the internet with the release of the spectacular martial arts comedy shortfilm, You Can’t Hear Me, You Can’t See Me. Currently standing as a conceptual cinematic preamble to a hopefully much larger feature-length offering, the new shortfilm stars Andrew Suleiman and Verdy Bhawanta in a story of two friends, a blind soldier and a mute cat-burglar who are forced to fend off a small group of robe-wearing masked assailants bent on kidnapping their female host, a blind hipster songstress whose own music turns everything else off. Film Combat Syndicate previously had the pleasure to report on a private screener of the new shortfilm along with the public airing of some behind-the-scenes fight training footage illustrating some of the […]