#Ricky Powell: The Individualist

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Ricky Powell: The Individualist

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3 years ago today the world lost Ricky Powell, one of the most interesting people I’ve ever known. You can get to know him by watching The Individualist docu on him:

Trailer:

He was a NYC legend! 🧢📸📻

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More Ricky Powell photos from the Individualist

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natasha in a doc about ricky powell

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Geeked out hard at “Contact High: A visual History of Hip Hop” at the Museum of Pop in Seattle. Had to take a selfie in front of the Ricky Powell wall, especially after seeing the documentary “The Individualist” recently. (at Museum of Pop Culture) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaNMaI_JuLx/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Ricky Powell: The Individualist

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tvrundown USA 2021.12.10

Friday, December 10th:

(exclusive): Peanuts: "For Auld Lang Syne" (apple+, new holiday special), Crossing Swords (hulu, season 2 available, all 10 eps), Play-Doh Squished (IMDbTV, family competition special), The Now (Roku, dark comedy series premiere, all 14 eps), Punk'd (Roku, reboot season 2 available, all 10 eps), Aranyak (netflix, Hindi crime thriller series premiere, all 8 eps), How to Ruin Christmas (netflix, dark comedy season 2 available, all 4 eps), "Saturday Morning All Star Hits!" (netflix, adult comedy premiere, all 8 eps), "Tiger King: The Doc Antle Story" (netflix, docuseries, all 3 parts)

(streaming weekly): The Expanse (amazon, final season 6 opener), LOL: Last One Laughing (amazon, Mexican comedians compete, first 2 eps), The Wheel of Time (amazon), Twentysomethings (netflix, reality series premiere, first 6 eps), Dickinson (apple+), Swagger (apple+, penultimate), The Shrink Next Door (apple+, penultimate), Dr. Brain (apple+, season 1 finale), Invasion (apple+, season 1 finale), Home Sweet Home (Peacock, primetime), The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock, primetime)

(streaming movies): "Encounter" (amazon, sci-fi thriller feature, ~110mins), "Anonymously Yours" (netflix, Mexican teen romance, ~100mins), "Back to the Outback" (netflix, animated family comedy feature, 95mins), "Still Out of My League" (netflix, Italian rom-com, ~2hrs), "The Unforgivable" (netflix, drama feature w/Sandra Bullock, ~2hrs), "Two" (netflix, Spanish creepy thriller, ~70mins)

(original made-for-TV movies): "Holiday in Santa Fe" (LIFE, 2hrs+), "A Dickens of a Holiday!" (HALL, ~2hrs), "A Daughter's Deceit" (LMN, 2hrs), "American Refugee" (EPIX, a Blumhouse horror film, 95mins), "Ricky Powell: The Individualist" (SHO, music documentary, 2hrs)

(earlier - hour 0): Spongebob Squarepants (NICK, "Road to Christmas") /   / Rugrats (NICK, "Traditions" reboot special)

(hour 1): S.W.A.T. (CBS**), Shark Tank (ABC), The Wall (NBC), The Last Cowboy (CMT)

(hour 2): Magnum P.I. (CBS**), Nancy Drew (theCW**)

(hour 3): Blue Bloods (CBS**), Day of the Dead (SyFy), "How To" with John Wilson (HBO), Tha God's Honest Truth (COM)

(hour 4 - latenight): The Graham Norton Show (BBCAm)

[**fall finales: S.W.A.T. (CBS) moves to Sundays beginning Jan.2nd; Nancy Drew (theCW) resumes Jan.7th; Magnum P.I. (CBS) resumes Jan.7th; Blue Bloods (CBS) resumes Jan.7th ]

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Friday, December 10, 2021 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: FOR AULD LANG SYNE (Apple TV +) FAMILY DINNER (discovery +) PLAY-DOH SQUISHED (IMDb TV) A DICKENS OF A HOLIDAY (W Network) 8:00pm RICKY POWELL: THE INDIVIDUALIST (Crave 3) 9:00pm PAPER & GLUE (MSNBC) 10:00pm

WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT HOLIDAY IN SANTA FE (Premiering on December 11 on Lifetime Canada at 8:00pm) CROSSING SWORDS (TBD - Much) A DAUGHTER’S DECEIT (TBD - Lifetime Canada)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME/CRAVE/NETFLIX CANADA/CBC GEM:

AMAZON PRIME CANADA ENCOUNTER THE EXPANSE (Season 6) LOL: LAST ONE LAUGHING MEXICO (Season 3)

CBC GEM BOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD CALL THE MIDWIFE SEASON 7 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL CALL THE MIDWIFE SEASON 8 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL THE CHEF ESCAPE TO THE CHATEAU (Season 8) THE GREAT NEW YEAR’S BAKING SHOW CRAVE TV CHRISTMAS EVER AFTER COMEDY CENTRAL’S A CHRISTMAS CLUSTERFUNKE CRIBS INTERNATIONAL (Season 2B) DANCING THROUGH CHRISTMAS THE DOORS DOUBLE SHOT AT LOVE (Season 3) FLORIBAMA SHORE (Season 4B) FREE ANGELA AND ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS THE GLASS CASTLE JOSHY THE LIMEY MASTERCHEF CANADA: A HOLIDAY SPECIAL MURDER SHE BAKED #2: A PLUM PUDDING MYSTERY PITCH PERFECT 2 RICKY POWELL: THE INDIVIDUALIST SHOPLIFTERS OF THE WORLD SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY SPENCER’S BIG HOLIDAY SPECIAL TEEN MOM (Season 9B, Reunion Part I&II) WHO KILLED MARIE-JOSÉE? (Season 1) YOU MAKE IT FEEL LIKE CHRISTMAS

DISNEY + STAR CHRISTMAS… AGAIN? THE QUEEN FAMILY SINGALONG

NETFLIX CANADA ANONYMOUSLY YOURS ARANYAK (Season 1) BACK TO THE OUTBACK HOW TO RUIN CHRISTMAS: THE FUNERAL SATURDAY MORNING ALL STAR HITS! STILL OUT OF MY LEAGUE TIGER KING: THE DOC ANTLE STORY   TWENTYSOMETHINGS: AUSTIN TWO THE UNFORGIVABLE

NHL HOCKEY (SN) 7:00pm: Penguins vs. Capitals (SN Now) 8:00pm: Hurricanes vs. Flyers (SNPacific/TSN3) 10:00pm: Jets vs. Canucks

NBA BASKETBALL (TSN/TSN4/TSN5) 7:30pm: Knicks vs. Raptors (SN1) 7:30pm: Nets vs. Hawks (SN Now) 8:00pm: Bucks vs. Rockets (SN1) 10:00pm: Celtics vs. Suns

FIXING UP CHRISTMAS (City TV) 8:00pm:  Party planner Holly must persuade architect Theo that a festive event will build his business, while he thinks a digital presentation is enough to win the commercial contract he is after.

MAN, WOMAN, DOG (Nat Geo Canada) 8:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE):  A herding dog works; Labs meet their mark; Canadian dogs smell to survive.

A CHRISTMAS DANCE REUNION (Super Channel Heart & Home) 8:00pm:  Sparks fly between a successful attorney and her childhood dancing partner as she leads the charge to recreate a beloved Christmas tradition at Winterleigh Resort.

TRAVEL MAN: 48 HOURS IN... (CBC) 8:30pm: Dubrovnik

SHOPLIFTERS OF THE WORLD (Crave) 9:00pm:  During the summer of 1987, four friends embark on a night of partying to mourn the sudden breakup of the British band The Smiths. At the same time, an impassioned fan takes a disc jockey hostage and forces him to play nothing but Smiths tracks.

CRIME BEAT (Global) 10:00pm:  In the fall of 2016, a football player went out with his teammates to celebrate an important win when tragedy struck; witnesses explain what they saw that fateful night and how Hicks was blindsided.

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Ricky Powell, 59, Dies; Chronicled Early Hip-Hop and Downtown New York

Ricky Powell, the downtown New York Zelig who with his point-and-shoot camera documented the early years of hip-hop’s ascendance as well as a host of other subcultural scenes and the celebrities and fringe characters who populated the city, was found dead on Monday in his West Village apartment. He was 59.

The death was confirmed by his manager and archivist, Tono Radvany, who said a cause had not yet been determined. Mr. Powell learned he had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease last year and had ongoing trouble with his heart.

Mr. Powell — often referred to, lovingly, as “the Lazy Hustler” — oozed vintage New York City charm and pluck. An inveterate walker, he pounded the pavement with his camera and snapped photos of whatever caught his fancy: superstars, well-dressed passers-by, animals.

Crucially, he was proximate to the emergence of the Beastie Boys, which catapulted him into an unanticipated career as tour photographer and key entourage member, giving him a front-row seat to the worldwide explosion of hip-hop beginning in the mid-1980s.

“Although Ron Galella was his hero — he was the original paparazzi — I used to tell Ricky that you also have the flavor of Weegee,” the once-ubiquitous New York street photographer, said Fab 5 Freddy, the early hip-hop impresario and a longtime friend and photo subject of Powell’s. “He was always in the inner circle, one of the only — if not the only person — taking photos.”

Mr. Powell’s photographs were intimate and casual, a precursor to the offhand hyper-documentation of the social media era. They often felt fully inside the moment, living it rather than observing it. His subjects were varied: Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, captured on the street outside a gallery opening; Francis Ford Coppola and his daughter, Sofia, at one of her early fashion shows; Run-DMC posing in front of the Eiffel Tower; a pre-superstar Cindy Crawford in a nightclub bathroom; people sleeping on park benches.

“He wasn’t trained, he didn’t know how to compose a shot, he didn’t know what an aperture was,” said Vikki Tobak, editor of the photo anthology “Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop” (2018) and curator of a traveling exhibition of the same name, both of which included Mr. Powell’s work. “But you could feel his curiosity about the people he photographed, so none of that really mattered. He made people laugh and feel at ease; you see all that in his photos.”

Ricky Powell was born on Nov. 20, 1961, in Brooklyn and grew up mostly in the West Village. He attended LaGuardia Community College in Queens and graduated from Hunter College in Manhattan with a degree in physical education.

His mother, Ruth Powell, was a schoolteacher — he did not know his father — but also, more crucially, a habitué of downtown clubs like Max’s Kansas City, where she would bring Ricky while he was still a child. She is his only immediate survivor.

“I grew up quick, dude. Fast,” Mr. Powell says in “Ricky Powell: The Individualist,” a documentary about his life that was to have its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival last year but was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. It is now scheduled for this year’s festival, in June.

Josh Swade, who directed the documentary, said Mr. Powell had a raw social and cultural intelligence, “from being just out in the streets of New York in the ’60s and ’70s, fending for yourself.”

The actress Debi Mazar met Mr. Powell when they were both teenagers riding bicycles around downtown Manhattan. They were, she said, “children of the city.” Together, they went to the Paradise Garage, the Mudd Club and other hot spots. “Every door opened for Ricky,” Ms. Mazar said. “When we would walk into a club, we were the cool kids. He had this savoir faire, this electricity.”

Fab 5 Freddy recalled that “New York was a polarized place when we met,” but that Mr. Powell ���was comfortable around Black kids in an era when you didn’t just go into other areas.”

He became a fixture at the Fun Gallery, Danceteria, the Roxy and more, moving alongside graffiti writers, rappers, punk-rockers, artists and the other creative eccentrics who populated New York’s vibrant, jagged downtown world. He played on the graffiti artist Futura 2000’s softball team, the East Village Espadrilles.

“It was almost like he was invisible, too,” said Futura, as he is now known. “He was always scoping, looking for a picture he could take.”

After he graduated from college, Mr. Powell sold ices from a street cart for a time, offering to spike the treat with rum for an extra dollar. He would photograph people on the street during his shifts, including stars of the scene like Basquiat. He was already friendly with the Beastie Boys, who had just signed a recording contract with Def Jam, and one day he bought himself a plane ticket to join them on the road — they were opening for Run-DMC on the Raising Hell Tour — and never looked back.

Mr. Powell became a crucial part of the Beastie Boys ecosystem — partying hard, sometimes keeping track of the luggage, playing one of the nerdy protagonists in the “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party!)” video and much more. He was name-checked on “Car Thief,” a track from the group’s 1989 album, “Paul’s Boutique,” and was well enough known to have his own groupies.

“When he showed up, that’s when the party started,” Mr. Radvany said.

All the while he was taking photos, and they quickly became essential artifacts. Mr. Powell was a documentarian of a demimonde that was often too busy living loudly to stop and reflect. Over the years, his images appeared in Paper, Ego Trip, Mass Appeal, Animal and other magazines. He also released several books, including “Oh Snap! The Rap Photography of Ricky Powell” (1998), “The Rickford Files: Classic New York Photographs” (2000) and “Public Access: Ricky Powell Photographs 1985-2005” (2005).

“I liked being part of the crew, just hanging. The entourage, per se, but also being a photographer taking relevant pictures simultaneously,” Mr. Powell says in the documentary. “I think you have to get a degree in humanistic behaviors before you can master the two together.”

Futura said: “He had the gift of gab, very much a New Yorker. He epitomized that for me. I know my own kind.”

For several years in the 1990s Mr. Powell had a public access television show, “Rappin’ With the Rickster,” in which he swapped a still camera for a video camera but maintained the loose, unpredictable energy that he both gravitated toward and generated on his own. (A DVD collecting the show’s greatest hits was released in 2010.)

He was by the Beasties’ side for a decade, but he parted ways with them in 1995 as the group was leaving its old rowdy, disruptive and boorish ways behind. “It got mature,” Mr. Powell says in the documentary. “They did what they did, but I still stayed me.”

After he returned to New York, Mr. Powell struggled to find purpose, and for a time he grappled with drug addiction.

He hadn’t always been sure how to leverage his crucial archive of an underdocumented era. “He could have parlayed the connections into a profitable operation,” Mr. Swade said. “But you have to show up for that.”

Eventually he began working with Mr. Radvany, who set out to organize his archives, and collaborating with brands that licensed his old work or commissioned him for new projects channeling his eau-de-New-York energy. He would also narrate live slide-show presentations of his old images, telling the stories behind the photos.

“When I started with him he was down and out, and I had to help him build income,” Mr. Radvany said. “He loved social media. He was the lazy hustler — he could sit on his futon and sell prints.”

And he never moved from his small West Village apartment, which teemed with the effluvia of a life immersed in the epicenter of the city: contact sheets, sneakers, basketball jerseys, vintage magazines and records, endless mementos of the development of New York’s contemporary creative culture. He was, even after all these decades, one with the scene he captured.

“You didn’t see him as a photographer,” Fab 5 Freddy said. “He was a cool kid in the mix who would take out the camera, take a few shots, put it away and say, ‘Pass the joint over here.’”

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Gone 1 year today. Miss this legendary character. If you have SHO watch “Ricky Powell: The Individualist” in his honor. Invisible jazz cigarettes in heaven. 🧢📻📷🚬

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We Are One: A Global Film Festival Başlıyor

COVID-19 salgını yüzünden iptal edilen birçok prestijli film festivali, ilk kez düzenlenen We Are One: A Global Film Festival çatısı altında ortak bir programla Youtube’a taşındı. 20’den fazla festivalin kendi seçkileriyle katıldıkları online etkinlik, bu şekilde daha geniş kitlelere ulaşmayı ve yapılacak olan bağışlarla salgından zarar gören kesimlere destek olmayı amaçlıyor. Festival’de yer alan etkinlikler ve film gösterimleri, festivalin internet sitesinde belirtilen gün ve saatte ''We are One'' Youtube kanalından izlenebilecek. Aklınızda tutmanızda fayda olabilir; filmlerin büyük bir bölümü festival boyunca erişime her an açık olabilecekken bazı filmler yalnızca bir defa gösterilecek. Bu yüzden sitede yer alan etkinlik takvimini kontrol etmeniz mantıklı olabilir. Online festival 7 Haziran'da sona erecek. Le Coup Des Larmes, 31 Mayıs 19:45 İlk gösterimini Venedik Film Festivali’nde yapan Le Coup Des Larmes, geçtiğimiz yıl birçok festivalden ödülle döndü. Online prömiyerini ise We Are One’da yapacak olan film, Florence isimli bir aktrisin yeni rolü için Fransa kırsalında çıktığı yolculuğu anlatıyor. Ricky Powell: The Individualist, 31 Mayıs 00:30 Aslında bu yıl iptal edilen Tribeca Film Festivali’nde gösterilmesi planlanan Ricky Powell: The Individualist belgeseli, online prömiyerini We Are One’da yapıyor. 80’lerden 2000’li yıllara New York sokaklarının entelektüel nabzını tutan efsanevi fotoğrafçı Ricky Powell’ı anlatan belgesele ek olarak, festivale özel olarak gerçekleştirilen Ricky Powell söyleşisini de Youtube üzerinden festival boyunca izleyebilirsiniz. No One Left Behind, 31 Mayıs 18:45 21 Grams ve Babel gibi başarılı filmlerin senaryosunu yazan Guillermo Arriaga’nın 2019 yılında çektiği bu 31 dakikalık kısa film, gizli bir görev için Meksika’ya gitmek zorunda kalan Amerikan askerlerinin şaşırtıcı hikayesine odaklanıyor. Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet, 6 Haziran 18:25 Karlovy Vary Uluslararası Film Festivali’nin We Are One için seçtiği bu film, festivali oluşturan en eski yapımlardan biri. New York’lu özel dedektif Nick Carter’ın, etçil bir bitki olan Adele’i izlemek için Prag’a kadar uzanan yolculuğunu anlatan yapım, film noir unsurlarının Amerika dışındaki başka bir coğrafyada nasıl komediye dönüşebileceğinin somut bir ispatı. Ticket of No Return/Bildnis einer Trinkerin, 1 Haziran 16:00 Geçmişini unutmak için Berlin sokaklarında dolaşan bir kadının hikayesini anlatan Ticket of No Return, Almanya’nın sıra dışı kadın yönetmeni Ulrike Ottinger imzası taşıyor. Ottinger’in 1979 yapımı filmi, toplum ve birey arasındaki mesafeye ve farklılıklara odaklanırken, filmin kahramanı She’nin giydiği kıyafetlerle 40’lı yılların Hollywood ihtişamına da göz kırpıyor. Read the full article

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Arranca 'We Are One', el certamen que reúne en YouTube a 21 grandes festivales de cine

Fotograma de 'Eeb Allay Ooo!', una sátira que ganó el Premio Golden Gateway del Festival de Bombay. El certamen ofrece 100 películas de 35 países seleccionadas por 21 festivales de cine, que incluirán 13 estrenos mundiales y 21 estrenos online.La crisis del coronavirus ha obligado a los festivales de cine tradicionales a adaptarse al medio digital a marchas forzadas. Menos de dos meses han tardado sus organizadores en presentar el prgrama formada por filmes de 35 países. Ahora, por fin, desde el viernes 29 de mayo hasta el domingo 7 de junio, los espectadores de todo el mundo podrán disfrutar, de forma gratuita, de 'We Are One: A Completo Film Festival', un plan que reúne en Youtube a los 21 festivales de cine más importantes del mundo. Entre otros contenidos, el certamen ofrece más de 100 películas, clases magistrales y actuaciones musicales.Impulsado por el Festival de Cine de Tribeca y en el que participan, entre otros, los certámenes de Venecia, Berlín, San Sebastián, Sundance, Toronto, Sarajevo y Mumbai, el festival ha tenido como principal objetivo la solidarirdad con el manifiesto y con los artistas, cuyos estrenos se han trillado muy afectados por la pandemia.Los títulos que podrán estar a través del canal de YouTube han sido elegidos por comisariados de varias nacionalidades. Entre las 100 películas seleccionadas, destacan 13 estrenos mundiales, 31 estrenos online y cinco estrenos internacionales online.En la programación destacan filmes como 'Ricky Powell: The Individualist', un documental sobre el proverbial fotógrafo callejero que cuenta con entrevistas realizadas a Natasha Lyonne y LL Cool J; el estreno de 'Eeb Allay Ooo!', una sátira que ganó el Premio Golden Gateway del Festival de Bombay sobre repelentes de monos profesionales; y el estreno mundial de 'Iron Hammer', un emotivo documental dirigido por Joan Chen sobre la suerte olímpica del balonvolea chino Jenny Lang Ping.El Festival de San Sebastián, por su parte, ha estimado tres títulos: 'Los pasos dobles' (2011), largometraje de Isaki Lacuesta que ganó la Concha de Oro, y dos producciones sobre civilización y cocina vascas, 'Dantza' (Telmo Esnal, 2018) y 'Mugaritz BSO' (Felipe Ugarte, Juantxo Sardon, 2011).Adicionalmente, el manifiesto tendrá entrada a más de 50 cortometrajes de documental y ficción, como el estreno mundial de 'The Yalta Conference Online', creado en monopolio para el festival por el director japonés Koji Fukada; así como los primeros cortometrajes de Dreamworks Animation, 'Bilby', 'Marooned' y 'Bird Karma'.La programación de series acoge el estreno mundial de 'Losing Alice', thriller psicológico israelí protagonizado por mujeres y 'And She could be next', una serie documental de dos episodios sobre las experiencias de las mujeres de color que se postulan para un cargo político.'We Are One' organiza, asímismo, una serie de charlas seleccionadas para la ocasión. Algunas fueron celebradas en ediciones anteriores de diferentes festivales, mientras que otras han sido diseñadas especialmente para este evento.Algunas de estas conversaciones o clases magistrales estarán protagonizadas por cineastas como Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Soderbergh, Song Kang-ho, Bong Joon-ho, Guillermo del Toro, Jane Campion y Claire Denis.La selección de verdad posible 360 constará del documental nominado al Emmy 'Travelling While Black' y 'Atlas V', una historia de ciencia ficción protagonizada por Bill Skarsgård, así como títulos adicionales con conocidos protagonistas como John Legend, Oprah Winfrey y Lupita Nyong'o.Igualmente habrá actuaciones musicales especiales, incluida una sesión de DJ de 30 minutos a cargo de Questlove.Cine y SeriesPelículas Read the full article

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We Are One: YouTube Film Festival’s Full Schedule Includes Talks From Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Soderbergh & More

YouTube isn’t here to save the film festival season, but the platform’s We Are One event is surely attempting to fill the void left by the numerous canceled events due to COVID-19 this year. And with the online festival expected to begin later this week, the platform announced its first-ever line-up consisting of over 100 films, including 13 world premieres, 31 online premieres, and five international online premieres.

Of the features, a couple of notable selections include documentaries “Ricky Powell: The Individualist,” which follows the story of the legendary street photographer, and “The Iron Hammer” from director Joan Chen about legendary Chinese Olympic volleyball star Jenny Lang Ping.

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Watch: trailer for RICKY POWELL: THE INDIVIDUALIST

Watch: trailer for RICKY POWELL: THE INDIVIDUALIST

Josh Swade (director of The Black Keys, Diplo, Major Lazer, Gary Clark Jr. shorts, as well as Rick Was Here, One and Done, among others)comes the upcoming documentary RICKY POWELL: THE INDIVIDUALIST. This morning, they have released their first trailer and key art (Iinks below). The documentary is set to premiere tomorrow, Saturday May 30th at 5:30pm ET at WE ARE ONE: A GLOBAL FILM FESTIVAL.  

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TheGoodLife! “Camp Nice” 2017 – Super Re-Cap Extravaganza!

Have you ever wished you could go back to some of the experiences of your youth but in your adult body with all the wisdom and sense of self you’ve acquired since? We have too. And as firm believers that anything is possible, we’ve taken it a step further and turned that wish into a reality! Welcome to Camp Nice, the ultimate summer camp for adults! What started as an idea for a little camp excursion for the autumnal equinox has evolved over the past four years into a one of a kind communal adventure for family and friends of TheGoodLife! This year was far and beyond the most epic Camp Nice yet! Moving to a new location nestled in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains along the Great Appalachian Valley, Camp Nice 2017 was a private wilderness paradise that included a lake and fleet of boats, miles of hiking terrain, an archery range, an arts & crafts hut, even a haunted cabin in the woods! On top of that there were literally acres of available camping zones, a central cabin village, and both bathing and kitchen facilities meaning campers could go as camp or as glamp as they wanted, no judgement here! If that wasn’t enough, we had the generous support of Burton Snowboards, Cutty Sark Whisky, ABK Beer, and Unreal Snacks, who all contributed in major ways to amplify the Camp Nice experience. From Burton providing extensive camping equipment from their collection with Big Agnes to Cutty Sark throwing a multi-course “Pioneer Dinner” cooked over the fire to ABK keeping Camp Nice hydrated with beer for a week to Unreal Snacks hooking up the best s’mores this side of the Mississippi, this years sponsors were next level. And so were the campers. Representing the wide diversity of TheGoodLife! Fam, 2017’s crop of campers were a radical group of artists, musicians, photographers, models, writers, chefs, activists, and athletes, whose collective creative energy was unmatched. Needless to say, we created some beyond epic experiences! Please settle in and get ready for some major camp vibes as we present the Camp Nice Super Re-Cap Extravaganza! All film photography by Craig Wetherby. Words by Tim Brodhagen. Can’t wait for next year!!

Calling all campers…

Yung Sig was one of the first to arrive…

And she got settled in pretty nice at her lakeside tent zone in the Burton x Big Agnes classic!

Next up was Akira & Amaya…

Our new camp mascot Hubert the Heron swooped on by for a sunset welcome…

While Siggy earned the first Boating Badge!

Akira & Amaya got right on Fire Badge duty as soon as the sun set…

Fire Badge EARNED!

Welcome to CAMP NICE! We have arrived!!

The ambitious duo were up bright and early to earn their Fishing Badges!

Captain Blue was there at weigh in to make sure they had some keepers!

Blue popped up the Red Hook Snack Bar and got his Grill Master Badge on with the quickness!

Tono was enjoying the goodness!

Becky, Bree & Cass got theirs!

And so did Rata…YUM!

You know Pat wasn’t sleeping on this either.

Then it was time to start smoking the meat for the Cutty Sark Pioneer Grill!

YUP! Very official!

And might as well add some ABK Beer to the mix!

We were definitely STOCKED UP!

Plenty of Cutty to go around too!

As we got into the night the drinks started flowing!

Blue was focused!

But it was well worth the wait! We all eat right at Camp Nice!

Very NICE!

Thanks to John & Jennifer for getting down with us!

Oscar the Owl was feeling the Cutty merch too!

Now it was S’Mores time! And our friends at Unreal came thru with the healthy vegan goodness!

WHOA!!!

S’MORE PLEASE!!

Toasted bagels were definitely on the breakfast menu!

Our library got a nice upgrade this year with Ricky Powell’s latest creation The Individualist! Thank you!

Yup! Even The Lazy Hustler came thru this year!

Next up was Arts & Crafts time with some custom Camp Nice screen printing with Tono!

Heather whipped up a nice one!

Everyone got their tie dye on!

Blotto got busy!

These guys were earning all the badges!

Erika was a pro!

Chenoah got crafty with it too! Thank you Cass!

Petey aka DJ Smoke L.E.S. was in the house!

Joe’s Pizza!

Arts & Crafts Badges for all!

All the colors were definitely pretty trippy…

Now it was time to earn some Archery Badges with Coach Becky!

These guys were on another level!

Hannah was a sharp shooter..

And so was Timbo!

Emma was pretty on point!

Blotto had that eagle eye!

It was unseasonably hot out so we had to get back in the water! Hannah couldn’t wait!

Siggy & Sable were ready to go!

Chenoah was down too!

Cass was doing it right!

Even tho Pat was trying to harsh her mellow…

Looked very refreshing!

  After some fun in the sun it was time start chilling hard in the hammock. Hannah earned her Rigging Badge!

Pat didn’t waste any time…after all he had a very chillactive day!

Cass was down too!

Catch of the Day!

Paella Time!

Thats right…

OOOF!

Sunsets were proper!

Moonsets were better!

But Becky’s Dutch Oven Peach Cobbler was even better…

Becky is kinda the BEST if you haven’t heard…

She’s always down for an adventure…

FEARLESS!

Siggy & Sable are pretty badass too!

YEAHERRR!!!

Cass got higher than most…

Emma earned style points…

TJ dropped in!

Sable got her eagle on!

Too much fun ! ! !

Sebas was a natural!

Aimz was glowing with joy!

Teamwork makes the dream work! Especially when wearing Pats Pants!!

But wait…Back to Becky…She even shoots arrows in a kimono!!

WINNING AT LIFE!

Miranda stays WINNING!

And so does Erika!

TJ was winning too!

Jesse thought he had the advantage with his non-regulation sharp shooter specs on but got disqualified…

TJ clinched the big WIN!

Archery Badge EARNED!

After a rough day at the archery range The Zen Brothers got their midnight lakeside set crackin!

Next morning Amie was first one to step up to get her Fire Badge…

EARNED!!

George liked to sleep late…

Rise & Shine!

Mermaid Badges were waiting to be earned…

Siggy earned hers!

Now time to earn some more Boating Badges…right after this quick photo shoot tho! Brian was getting it in!

Chenoah earned her Boating Badge…

So did Pat & Cass…

All the pups were trying to earn their Boating Badges too!

They were out in full force!

Ranger Larry even took our camp kitty out for a cruise! Willy B just wanted some fish!!

Boating Badge EARNED!

Now time to chill…

Or keep earning more badges…

Nothing gets by Sig Nasty! Gaming Badge EARNED!

TheGoodLife! FC was representing at Camp Nice!

Miranda’s been down since day one!

Willy B knows whats up!

Bree luvs the pups…

Mo loves everyone!

And Willy B loves hunting for chipmunks!

Miranda loves knitting!

Amaya was all love!

Sam is lovely…

Camp Nice is for lovers…

No haters allowed! G-O-O-D-L-I-F-E-!

It was the chillest of chill…

NAMASTE!

And all that good shit…

Speaking of good shit…EDAN brought those records of warmth for our enjoyment…

Ricky was digging the selections!

And EDAN stayed digging for those gems!

Life was lovely!

Blotto’s breakfast tacos were lovely too!

And so is Bree…

Willy gets all the lovin…

Ricky wasn’t mad…

Saftey First says the Substitute Lifeguard…

No worries here…

Blue kept on reeling ’em in!

Pat was just cruizin…

Fun activities for everyone!

Who’s got next??

Still got game…

The Pasta Queens came ready to ball!

Sam got an ill jumpshot!

And they didn’t play around in the kitchen either…

Pasta for everyone! Cooking Badge EARNED!

BOOM!!

More S’Mores!

Best dessert ever!

Then things got LIT!

The tunes were perfect! The Dardy’s came thru!

Then it was time to go find the haunted cabin!

Things started to get weird!

We all needed a hug after that experience…

The freaks definitely come out at night!

The rest of the VT Crew finally joined us and Ranger Larry was there with the warm welcome.

Matt Kruz of the Gnarmads rode his bike up from NYC to join in the festivities! Beer Badge EARNED!!

Ricky definitely earned his Beer Badge too!

Pat shredded every obstacle he found!

And The Dardy’s were showing off their skills too!

Jozie brought her A-Game!

Amanda had a mean shot too!

Back down at the lake water sports were in full effect!

It was popping!

Spirits were definitely high!

Blue was in the zone!

We eat what we catch!

And then we play!

Horseshoe Champs!

Gaming Badge EARNED!

Fireside Stick & Poke…Arts & crafts Badge EARNED!

Mermaid Badge EARNED!

We couldn’t ask for a nicer night! The moon set over the lake was EPIC!

As the morning approached the fog slowly rolled in…

It was pretty eerie but beautiful…

Misty Mornings

Pat was losing his grip…

Emel was in rare form…

Chenoah, The High Priestess, was taking it all in…

Break Night Badge EARNED!

Farnum showed up and decided to move right in! Camp Nice for LIFE!

It wasn’t bad at all…

We weren’t quite ready to leave just yet…

So we grabbed our trusty cruisers and headed down for a final wood run! Thank you Shimano Bike NYC!

It was all downhill from here…

Woodsman Squad!

Everyone pitched in…

Ranger Larry put in some quality time but had to break out….

One last paddle around the lake to say peace to our homie Hubert…

Really gonna miss these Strawberry Sunsets…

And we OUT!

Final catch!

Not to shabby!

Blue was happy!

Set them free…

Last light!

Camp Nice was exceptionally nice this year…

All our hard work definitely paid off but it was now time to finally say goodbye…

Major THANK YOU to all those who supported and survived CAMP NICE! Til next year…