The BBC have commissioned Riverhorse to produce a new feature documentary on the legendary Scottish manager of Liverpool FC, Bill Shankly.
HostileWorld: Interactive Film Project
Our second collaboration with Digital Training Solutions (DTS) sees the launch of HostileWorld, an online learning platform designed as a central resource for learning materials related to security and other areas of risk.
Creative England to fund Hustlers doc
Creative England invests in Hustlers Convention, which tells the story of the seminal 1973 album of the same name. The documentary, Executive Produced by Public Enemy’s Chuck D, is Riverhorse’s latest project on the roots of rap. It is a co-production between Riverhorse, Chuck D’s company BTN Eastlink, Warehouse 51, owned by former Sky Vision […]
Chuck D joins Hustlers Project as Exec Producer
The legendary Chuck D comes on board as Executive Producer of “Hustlers Convention” Riverhorse’s latest documentary feature about the Grandfather of Rap and his epic album of the same name. A defining figure of Hip Hop, Chuck D describes Nuriddin’s “Hustlers Convention” as a ‘verbal bible to understand the streets.’ “Very rarely does ‘Hustlers Convention’ […]
Philadelphia Statue for Frazier
After years of campaigning and fundraising by fans, boxing legend Joe Frazier will finally have a statue in his adopted home of Philadelphia thanks to donations from Bernard Hopkins and Golden Boy Promotions. The Philadelphia Museum of Art steps were made famous in the 1976 Rocky film written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. In an […]
Chicano documentary available on DVD
A new documentary film about Mexican-American/Chicano identity is now available on DVD exclusively for educational institutions. “Under the Bridge” is a critically acclaimed documentary on Mexican-American identity that challenges audiences to think about native culture and immigration in a whole new way. The film tells the story of San Diego’s Chicano Park, which was created […]
Hustlers Convention
Riverhorse has embarked on a new feature doc project on one of music’s forgotten masterpieces, Hustlers Convention. It is a tale within a tale of ambition, greed, of culture and identity and of an ongoing struggle to get paid. Released in 1973 by founding member of The Last Poets, Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, under the […]
Silicon Valley partnership for Riverhorse
Riverhorse and Silicon Valley start-up, Crowdtilt, are working together on a new crowd funding platform, Crowdhoster, to raise funds for the film company’s latest project, Hustlers Convention. In 1973, a fast-talking hustler by the name of Sport played a huge part in the birth of Hip Hop. Brought to life by Lightnin’ Rod aka Jalal […]
Riverhorse projects added to US National Register of Historic Places
The subjects of two of Riverhorse’s film projects have been added to the US National Register of Historic Places this year. On 30 April, Joe Frazier’s North Philadelphia Gym was added to the register by the US National Parks Service. Stephanie Meeks, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, who last year added the […]
Joe Frazier doc DVD release
“Joe Frazier: When the Smoke Clears” will be released on DVD in North America on 29 January 2013. Over four years in the making, “Joe Frazier: When the Smoke Clears” tells the story of the real Joe Frazier and includes intimate interviews with the heavyweight champ shortly before his death in 2011. A campaign to […]
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