Tag: Shawn Edwards

‘Return of the Shihan’ live screening just a teaser, says filmmaker who wants KC to build its own Hollywood 

By Tommy Felts / March 24, 2023

Kansas City’s “first superhero” is set to debut on the big screen for a live audience Saturday evening at the Gem Theater — the first installment of a planned “Return of the Shihan” TV series from local filmmaker Victor Wilson, Jr. Wilson — better known to many by his alter ego “Pudgy PoKCettz” — created…

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Getting the style just right for actor Harry Belafonte was a challenge for Warren "Stylez" Harvey. Belafonte portrayed the gangster Seldom Seen from Robert Altman's 1996 film "Kansas City"; photo by Julie Denesha

Warren ‘Stylez’ Harvey paints film legends set for induction into KC’s new Black Movie Hall of Fame

By Tommy Felts / April 1, 2022

Editor’s note: The following story was originally published by KCUR, Kansas City’s NPR member station, and a fellow member of the KC Media Collective. Click here to read the original story or here to sign up for KCUR’s email newsletter. Making careful brush strokes, Warren “Stylez” Harvey uses bold shades of blue in his bright Midtown studio. He’s painting a young…

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