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WHAT DOES THE DAPPER FOX SAY?: An Interview With PANDA Director Trent Dickens

Trent Dickens is somebody who’s accrued more than enough experience in his young life to venture into a variety of pursuits. The actor and oft dancer has since positioned himself behind the lens for his recent shortfilm debut, Panda, which even got Kevin Smith’s attention via Twitter at one point. Yes. That Kevin Smith. Panda goes live on Friday following my own review, and so at long last, we now take to our first interview to discuss his career and work going forward. Panda marks your directorial debut online soon but you got your start in entertainment as a dancer. Talk about that aspect of your career for us and your segue into film. My Mother is a dance teacher so I grew up in the studio. I always had a dream to make movies one day but had no idea how to go about it, dance was what I […]

Trent Dickens’ PANDA Is An Illusory Love Story With A Body Count

Lee B. Golden III

On par for the course of this year’s film festivals is actor and filmmaker Trent Dickens, just shy of a decade in the entertainment field and having worn multiple hats on a number of TV and film productions to date. His shortfilm debut now takes shape with Panda, a compelling, almost bewildering character drama at times that isn’t afraid to take a left turn somewhere in its reaffirming symbolic plot points and story tools. The choice of a panda mask is what intrigues me the most in that whenever I think of pandas, I’m reminded of viral videos of these adorable, playful animals with limited intellect who run amuck an can’t stand or sit still for long periods of time. With Dickens, as he immerses you in much of Mississippi’s dark, dreary, suburban millieu, our Panda (Jordan Salloum) is a grown man with multiple, dangerous addictions. Wherever he goes, the […]