*P. Frank Williams, a recipient of an Emmy and eight NAACP Picture Awards for his work in tv and movie manufacturing, has launched his multimedia manufacturing firm, For The Tradition By The Tradition Media Inc. (@FXCXC).
This enterprise comes on the heels of his current success directing and govt producing the highly-anticipated “Freaknik: The Wildest Celebration By no means Advised,” set to premiere on HULU this Thursday, March 21.
Williams has produced and directed a number of acclaimed initiatives centered round Black tradition and music. These embody TV One’s famend documentary sequence “Unsung” and “Unsung Hollywood,” BET’s award-winning sequence “American Gangster,” “Hip Hop Homicides” govt produced by 50 Cent and Mona Scott-Younger and movies similar to “Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan,” “A Hustler’s Ambition” by Common/Def Jam Data, and award exhibits similar to BET Awards and BET Hip-Hop Awards.
Williams explains, “After working in newspapers, magazines, TV, and movie for over 25 years, producing content material for main networks and streamers, I observed a recurring subject: tales about folks of coloration have been typically not being produced by folks of coloration themselves. For The Tradition By The Tradition goals to fill that void by guaranteeing illustration each in entrance of and behind the digital camera. Specializing in Black tradition, hip-hop, sports activities, true crime, and music, @FXCXC is a singular one-stop content material studio that handles all the pieces from concept era to manufacturing, enhancing, and supply. @FXCXC stands out as one of many first world tradition content material firms led by people who’re deeply rooted within the tradition they symbolize.”
The launch of the brand new multi-media enterprise follows Williams’ newest mission, directing and govt producing the eagerly awaited documentary “Freaknik: The Wildest Celebration By no means Advised,” in partnership with Swirl Movies & Mass Enchantment and co-executive produced by Jermaine Dupri, Luke Campbell, and 21 Savage. The documentary is a celebratory exploration of the boisterous occasions of Freaknik, the long-lasting Atlanta avenue social gathering that drew a whole bunch of 1000’s of individuals within the 80s and 90s, serving to put Atlanta on the map culturally. It takes a detailed take a look at the rise and fall of the occasion that started as a Black faculty cookout, impacting tradition, race, politics, and the 1996 Olympics.
“Freaknik left an simple mark on American and Black tradition. Its legacy is timeless. With ‘90s nostalgia in all places and millennials fascinated with their dad and mom’ enjoyable occasions, it has reemerged into the popular culture consciousness,” describes Williams. “Govt produced by Black music icons like Jermaine Dupri and Luther Campbell, ‘Freaknik: The Wildest Celebration By no means Advised’ additionally breaks down how Atlanta turned the capital of Black tradition that it’s in the present day. It laid the inspiration for the explosion of Black southern music and magnificence that dominates the world in the present day.”
“For many people golden period twenty-somethings coming of age within the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, Freaknik was our Woodstock, a avenue competition rooted within the power of American traditional movies like ‘American Pie’ and ‘Faculty Daze’. At its peak within the mid-’90s, Freaknik was a traffic-stopping, city-shuttering juggernaut cult traditional continuous social gathering. Us Gen Xers created this weekend-long rebel towards our dad and mom and authority that continues to resonate with audiences and other people everywhere in the world many years later.”
P. Frank Williams’ For The Tradition By The Tradition has manufacturing workplaces each in Burbank, CA, and Atlanta, GA. Keep tuned for official bulletins concerning upcoming productions with Tube, TV One, BET, and different companions. For more information: www.pfrankwilliams.comsupply: mediaandrepertoire.com
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