by Jazz Tangcay November 16, 2018 “If I marry a Queen, will I be a King?” jokes icon Shaquille O’ Neal. To many, he’s already a king. He is one of the greatest basketball players in the history of the NBA.…
Film Review: Poignant ‘Killer Bees’ Stings You Right in the Heart By Mark Johnson – Nov 16, 2018 Located in the South Fork of Suffolk County, in the heart of the infamously rich triangle of towns that make up the…
By PETER SBLENDORIO | NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | NOV 18, 2018 | 7:45 PM Shaquille O’Neal dominated on the basketball court — and he’s keeping busy off of it. The four-time NBA champion has enjoyed a successful post-playing career…
OCTOBER 19, 2018 4:16pm PT by Scott Feinberg Oscars: Shaq Enters the Race With Basketball Doc ‘Killer Bees’ (Exclusive) The Lakers legend and fellow producer Larry Gagosian, the noted art dealer/gallerist, will bring the film to Hollywood for a special…
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“Meeting Shaq and Jimmy Fallon was a once-in-a-lifetime for them,” By Jack Graves | August 16, 2018 – 9:48am The Hive was swarming Friday as Shaquille O’Neal shot hoops with youngsters and who, prior to a screening of Ben and Orson Cummings’s documentary…
By Calin Riley On a dreary and rainy Saturday, with a crush of cars crawling their way west down Montauk Highway into Bridgehampton’s main street, Carl Johnson pulled two office chairs out of a nearby classroom and into the empty…
By Drew BuddThe cast and crew of “Killer Bees”—the documentary on the Bridgehampton boys basketball team—returned to where it all started at The Beehive, the tiny home gym of the Bees, this past Friday for a special community screening of…
Bridgehampton students got the surprise of a lifetime on Friday when Jimmy Fallonand Shaquille O’Neal showed up at their school during a screening of “Killer Bees,” a documentary about the high school’s basketball team. O’Neal, who produced the flick, and…
SPORTS NEWS NBA GREAT IN BRIDGEHAMPTON FOR SCREENING OF KILLER BEES AUGUST 14, 2018 BY | STEPHEN J. KOTZSHARE A small group of about 50 students, employees, and other community members were crowded into a small section of bleachers usually…
Dan Rattiner’s Stories A Bridgehampton ‘Killer Bees’ Movie Review Gets It Right Stephen Whitty reviews the sports documentary for Film Journal International. Stephen Whitty with intro by Dan Rattiner August 11, 2018 The movie that local boys Ben and Orson Cummings made about…
Taylor Swift Sparkles Onstage, Plus Jimmy Fallon, Eva Longoria, Paris Jackson & More From Hollywood to New York and everywhere in between, see what your favorite stars are up to GRACE GAVILANES August 12, 2018 06:00 AM Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images…
SAT, 11 AUGUST 2018 AT 12:34 PM Jimmy Fallon & Shaquille O’Neal Play Basketball with Kids in the Hamptons Jimmy Fallon and Shaquille O’Nealshoot hoops while playing basketball with students at Bridgehampton High School on Friday (August 10) in Bridgehampton,…
By DAILYMAIL.COM REPORTER PUBLISHED: 01:33 EDT, 11 August 2018 | UPDATED: 01:47 EDT, 11 August 2018 He’s known for wearing a sharp suit while hosting The Tonight Show. But on Friday Jimmy Fallon decided to change things up for a…
Ian Begley ESPN Staff Writer Interesting project from Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal: O’Neal is the producer of a documentary that follows the Bridgehampton (NY) High School basketball team and its coach as they defend their state title amid racism,…
The movie uses basketball as a way to explore how Bridgehampton’s African-American community is being squeezed out by new development and rising real-estate prices. By Rafer Guzmá[email protected] @raferguzman July 23, 2018 6:57 PM In his senior year at Bridgehampton…
Gentrification’s Killing The Soul Of Basketball In The Hamptons The upcoming documentary Killer Bees puts the spotlight on how the rich history of Hampton hoops is slowly being erased. By Keith Nelson July 26, 2018, 01:51 PM EST You…
By ROBERT ABELE JUL 26, 2018 | 12:35 PM The “Killer Bees” of this modest, appealing sports documentary aren’t competitive apiarists but rather a high school basketball team in that New York enclave of moneyed celebrity, the Hamptons. And yet…
This documentary chronicles the wins and losses of a hard-luck team in an upscale town. By Stephen Whitty Jul 26, 2018 Reviews Specialty Releases The new line about playing sports isn’t that it builds character—it reveals it. And, sometimes, it…
Killer Bees NYT Critic’s Pick Directed by Ben Cummings, Orson Cummings Documentary, Sport 1h 25m By Jason Zinoman July 26, 2018 Every new high school basketball documentary must contend with the long shadow of the 1994 masterpiece “Hoop Dreams.” While…
MOVIES Meet the ‘Killer Bees,’ the high school basketball team that symbolize the untold story of race, income inequality and gentrification in The Hamptons Ben and Orson Cummings talk us through their riveting documentary on the sports team By Gregory…
O’Neal is not alone. There has been a perpetual misconception that the Hamptons façade—luxury, wealth, racial homogeneity—is the complete Hamptons reality. But for every million-dollar mansion, there is someone who cleans it; every glass of wine, a migrant worker who…
The Cummings film is Academy Award-eligible By Jack Graves | July 5, 2018 – 10:48am The last time Jamari Gant showed his mother, Lakisha, a computer, over the Christmas break, it had come to grief. Jamari Gant, who played…
By Christine Sampson – July 2, 2018 Jamari Gant’s college friends are always surprised when they find out he has appeared in a documentary film. “They say, ‘Can I see it?’ They’ve been bugging me to watch it,” said…
‘Killer Bees’ Doc Reveals Other Side of Hamptons in High School Sports Tale 7:05 AM PDT 7/3/2018 by Hilary Lewis As New Yorkers flock to the Hamptons this summer, there’s another side of Bridgehampton that most vacationers don’t see. The new…
Onda Beauty Opens On Main Street by MISSY HARGRAVES Photographed by SÉAN ZANNI MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2018 “If you can’t eat it, you shouldn’t put it on your body!” says co-founder Larissa Thomson, who along with Naomi Watts and Sarah…
Killer Bees will be opening in theaters in New York City and LA on July 27th! The movie will play at Cinema Village in New York City and at the Monica Film Center in Los Angeles. After a theatrical run…
Sunday, June 10, 2018 | 1:00pm | TIFF Bell Lightbox | Cinema 4 Buy tickets Killer Bees 2018, documentary, US, 82 min, dirs: Benjamin Cummings & Orson…
SFF FOCUS: SPORTS IN CINEMA Since the earliest days of media, sports were among the most iconic events captured on lm. Sports are a hallmark of our culture that celebrate human achievement, community and grit. Films that document achievements in…
TV News Desk Mar. 21, 2018 The Sarasota Film Festival (SFF) today announced its full line-up, including its Centerpiece, Spotlight, Narrative Feature Competition, Independent Visions Competition, Documentary Feature Competition, Narrative, Documentary, and Short Films. The Festival also announced its…
MARCH 10, 2018 BY DAN RATTINER “It’s crazy. I’ve been going to the Hamptons for 20–30 years and I thought the Hamptons was all about rich people. But there’s another side of the Hamptons that you really don’t see. And…
‘Killer Bees’ Documentary Picked Up By Film Distributor Gravitas Productions, Will Be Released To Download This Summer Feb 6, 2018 9:27 AM By Drew BuddThose who weren’t able to see “Killer Bees” at the Hamptons International Film Festival back…
SCHEDULE OF FILMS Killer Bees Categories: DocumentariesAbove and Beyond Sidebar Tucked into a corner of the Hamptons, amid Long Island’s forest of gaudy monuments to wealth and second homes, is a community and a basketball tradition that few outside of…
SBIFF’s Sporty Side Films About Tennis, Fencing, Basketball, and Marathons Screening This Year Wednesday, January 31, 2018 by JOHN ZANT The opening weekend of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival means one thing to most sports fans — Super Bowl Sunday!…
Killer Bees Categories: DocumentariesAbove and Beyond Sidebar Tucked into a corner of the Hamptons, amid Long Island’s forest of gaudy monuments to wealth and second homes, is a community and a basketball tradition that few outside of it know.…
We are pleased to announce that Killer Bees has been picked up for distribution by Gravitas Ventures. Gravitas plans to release the film on all VOD platforms in August. We’ll announce the date when we get it; in the meantime…
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED – BEST SPORTS DOCS OF 2017 Killer Bees Tucked into a corner of the Hamptons, amid Long Island’s forest of gaudy monuments to wealth and second-second homes, is a community and a basketball tradition that few outside…