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Comprised of the sons and grandsons of runaway American slaves, the league helped pioneer the sport of ice hockey changing this winter game from the primitive "gentleman's past-time" of the nineteenth century to the modern fast moving game of today. In an era when many believed blacks could not endure cold, possessed ankles too weak to effectively skate, and lacked the intelligence for organized sport, these men defied the defined myths. [more] |
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1/21/2013: Warren Beatty joins Stryker-Indigo Filmworks, Will Oversee Canadian Productions
STRYKER-INDIGO MEDIA - New York City (January 20, 2013) Stryker-Indigo New York announced today that Mr. Warren Beatty has joined their Filmworks Division as a Producer and Marketing Representative. A resident of Toronto, Ontario, Mr. Beatty is a twenty-five year veteran of the Canadian entertainment industry.
Warren Beatty's introduction to Canada's entertainment industry was in 1989 as an actor. Appearing in films, television series and numerous commercials he accumulated enough credits within eleven months to gain ACTRA membership. Prior to acting Warren was a Reserve Air Force Officer and a Crew Scheduling Supervisor with Canada's largest charter airline Wardair. He was also a Big Brother and a volunteer coach of Basketball, Football and Baseball for fourteen years at Jarvis Collegiate.
In 1993 Warren was invited to bring his extensive organizational skills & industry knowledge into Brooke Talent. Since then, Warren has offered full representation to both union and non-union talent. Brooke Talent has since become an agency that represent both emerging and established talent in the entertainment industry and is ideally positioned to help them further their career goals.
Warren Beatty currently oversees Vancouver, Calgary, and Toronto-based AAB Talent Management (www.aabtalent.com) with his business partner, Thomas Yee.
From 2007-2008, Mr. Beatty was employed as the Canadian Production and Marketing Manager on the Stryker-Indigo New York documentary BLACK ICE. The documentary went on to win the Best Short Film Documentary Award at the 2008 10th Annual Roxbury International Film Festival in Boston, Massachusetts.
When he is not working in the Canadian entertainment industry, Mr. Beatty is actively involved in the promotion of African-Canadian history. From 2006 - 2008 he served as a Special Advisor to the Board of Directors of the Black Ice Hockey And Sports Hall of Fame and Conference. Mr. Beatty is a current member of the Society of North American Historians And Researchers (SONAHR) serving as President of SONAHR FILM. Mr. Beatty will work with Stryker-Indigo New York to develop film and video production operations in Canada.
This announcement marks a return by Stryker-Indigo to Canada. In 2008, the company shut down its Canadian video production and book publishing operations after years of efforts to develop and market Canadian-themed entertainment content. The company subsequently sold off its Canadian book and manuscript library, while holding on to its Canadian digital film and stock footage archive.
In 1944, John Grierson, the head of the National Film Board of Canada, wrote that if Canadian filmmakers were to succeed, they would have to develop Canadian-content flagship companies in New York City, the entertainment capital of the world. Seventy-years later, Stryker-Indigo New York, founded in 1996 by Canadian historians George and Darril Fosty, is believed to be the only Canadian-owned media company headquartered in New York City.
According to Darril Fosty, vice-president of Stryker-Indigo, "We are a growing company, and are looking forward to working again on Canadian projects. We have always believed that there was a place for Canadian films and books and that it was possible to create quality Canadian productions that would appeal to global audiences and marketplaces."
1/21/2013: Kwan Hearns joins Stryker-Indigo Filmworks as Producer and Marketing Representative
STRYKER-INDIGO MEDIA: New York City (January 20, 2013) Stryker-Indigo New York today announced that Mr. Kwan Hearns has joined their company's Filmworks Division as a Producer and Marketing Representative. Mr. Hearns will be based in Hollywood, California and will represent Stryker-Indigo in the promotion and development of future Stryker-Indigo feature films and documentaries.
Kwan Hearns was born in Wayne, Michigan, forty miles outside of the city of Detroit. Raised in a musically rich environment, he gained valuable experience as lead guitarist for the Chris Peterson Blues Band (Chris Peterson is a former back up singer for Frank Zappa). After several years of performing in the metro Detroit, Michigan - Windsor, Ontario circuit, he was accepted to the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.
While at Berklee, he studied with some of the best musicians and educators in the world including legendary saxophonist and former Jazz Messenger Billy Pierce as well as Larry Baione. It was at Berklee where he performed his first professional recording session as the primary guitarist on the HBO documentary "Sonny Liston: The Life and Death Of A Champion."
Before graduating Berklee College, Mr. Hearns composed and sold three national jingles and was subsequently awarded the 1997 Berklee Achievement Award. Upon graduation, he moved to Los Angeles, California where he was introduced to Tonight Show Band leader Rick Minor and was able to record for a segment of Fox's Cedric The Entertainer. Since the late 1990s, he has performed and/or recorded with Pete Escovedo (Santana,) Jon Fishman (Phish), John Bigham (Miles Davis Group, Fishbone), and many others. In recent years, he has also worked in the motion picture industry appearing on several shows including: The District, ER, King Of Queens and others as a call-back extra.
According to George Fosty, president of Stryker-Indigo, the company has a number of projects in development which are planned to be unveiled including but not limited to: Theatrical, Home Entertainment, and Television. Said Fosty, "In the past, Stryker-Indigo has relied on third-party entertainment industry representatives or outside agencies to promote our documentary films, pitch our motion picture concepts and options, as well as promote and distribute our published works. As a result, we have not always been happy with the outcome. We are now at a point where we believe it is in the best interests of Stryker-indigo to have our own in-house representatives and production and marketing teams working in Hollywood. We are looking forward to having Mr. Hearns join our team and to work with us to expand our media operations and presence in Southern California."
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