Happenings
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March 17
Illuminate Speakers Series
Footage now available of Amani’s presentation on Black women in storytelling and performance at the hClub in Hollywood.
February 29
The Fast and the Furious: A Musical Parody at Dynasty Typewriter
Come laugh yourself into a diesel powered frenzy as Amani revisits her audience-loved role of Tyrese in the Time Out Magazine recommended Fast and the Furious, A Musical Parody at the iconic comedy theater Dynasty Typewriter.
September 25
Los Angeles Athletic Club’s Ailey’s Los Angeles: The Dancer As Athlete
Amani will be curating and moderating this panel of Los Angeles dance legends as they discuss Alvin Ailey's LA roots, his continued influence on today's modern dance, and the coalescence of dance and athletics.
October 18 & 21
New Orleans Film Festival
Amani will be joining fellow cast members at the New Orleans Film Festival screenings of filmmaker Shatara Michelle Ford’s debut feature Test Pattern.
*This hard hitting drama, in which Amani plays “Nurse Peg,” premiered at the Blackstar Film festival, taking home the Producer’s Award. It won best narrative feature at the New Orleans Festival.*
Illuminate Speakers Series
Footage now available of Amani’s presentation on Black women in storytelling and performance at the hClub in Hollywood.
February 29
The Fast and the Furious: A Musical Parody at Dynasty Typewriter
Come laugh yourself into a diesel powered frenzy as Amani revisits her audience-loved role of Tyrese in the Time Out Magazine recommended Fast and the Furious, A Musical Parody at the iconic comedy theater Dynasty Typewriter.
September 25
Los Angeles Athletic Club’s Ailey’s Los Angeles: The Dancer As Athlete
Amani will be curating and moderating this panel of Los Angeles dance legends as they discuss Alvin Ailey's LA roots, his continued influence on today's modern dance, and the coalescence of dance and athletics.
October 18 & 21
New Orleans Film Festival
Amani will be joining fellow cast members at the New Orleans Film Festival screenings of filmmaker Shatara Michelle Ford’s debut feature Test Pattern.
*This hard hitting drama, in which Amani plays “Nurse Peg,” premiered at the Blackstar Film festival, taking home the Producer’s Award. It won best narrative feature at the New Orleans Festival.*
Press
“Hitchcock Reimagined: Watch Starnes’ Kismet Music Project Flip the Male Gaze in Their Video for ‘Best’”
Spindle Magazine
“A Conversation About Black Women in Comedy That Won't Make You Dumber”
Jezebel
“‘Ask a Slave’ talks race and gender issues in the age of YouTube“
Washington Post
“Laugh So You Don't Cry at This New Web Series on Hollywood Racism”
Jezebel
“She's trying to make it in Hollywood, but what she's uncovering is pretty troublesome.”
Upworthy
“Black Comediennes, Azie Mira Dungey and Amani Starnes, Discuss Lack Of Black Women In Comedy”
Madame Noire
“Indie Spotlight: Mixed Race Actress Displays ‘United Colors Of Amani’”
Tubefilter
Spindle Magazine
“A Conversation About Black Women in Comedy That Won't Make You Dumber”
Jezebel
“‘Ask a Slave’ talks race and gender issues in the age of YouTube“
Washington Post
“Laugh So You Don't Cry at This New Web Series on Hollywood Racism”
Jezebel
“She's trying to make it in Hollywood, but what she's uncovering is pretty troublesome.”
Upworthy
“Black Comediennes, Azie Mira Dungey and Amani Starnes, Discuss Lack Of Black Women In Comedy”
Madame Noire
“Indie Spotlight: Mixed Race Actress Displays ‘United Colors Of Amani’”
Tubefilter