Tribeca Film Festival - Jordans, Viola Davis
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Social media stars were in attendance at the world premiere of The American Meme, a documentary that follows the journey of four social media disruptors including Paris Hilton, Josh Ostrovsky (@TheFatJew), Brittany Furlan, and Kirill Bichutsky (@slutwhisperer). Other stars who came out to support the cast included Hailey Baldwin, Nicky Hilton and husband James Rothschild, Brittany’s fiance Tommy Lee and more.
On the red carpet, The Fat Jew was showing off the tattoo he got of Paris Hilton’s signature on his arm. Also, Paris Hilton brought her own light to brighten up her interviews on the red carpet.
Real-life husband and wife Julius Tennon and Viola Davis were on hand at the premiere of their new ABC docu series The Last Defense, in which they serve as executive producers. The emotional series exposes flaws in the American justice system through in-depth examinations of death row cases.
During a panel following the screening, Davis referred to James Baldwin’s quote about loving America and reserving the right to criticize it before giving her greatest criticism of the country, one about the criminal justice system. She talked about how our country gives us the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but it does not do a good enough job defending that right through the criminal justice system. She went on to talk about the advice she gives her daughter: “I tell my daughter everyday life isn’t fair,” but shared her thoughts that, “in the criminal justice system, it has to be fair.”
Fat Joe, Kid Ink, and Gizzle hyped up the crowd at the end of the night with a musical performance following the world premiere of Dexton Deboree’s new documentary Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 about the creation of the Air Jordan and how it launched the sneaker craze and intersected with music, sports, celebrity, and sociopolitical issues. It features interviews with Spike Lee, Jason Sudeikis, and Michael Jordan. All talent walking the carpet showed up wearing their favorite pair of AJ1s including Deboree who showed up in a pair of red and blacks to match the red carpet.
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