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Joseph Guillermo Jones II (born July 15, 1976), better known by his stage name Jim Jones, is an American rapper and original member of The Diplomats, also known as Dipset. He is Co-CEO of Diplomat Records. Jones is also a noted video director under the name CAPO, for artists including Cam'ron, Remy Ma, and State Property.
In 2004, he released his first solo album, On My Way to Church. The release of his second album, Harlem: Diary of a Summer in 2005, coincided with Jones' landing an executive position in A&R at E1 Music. A year later he was on his third album, which spawned his biggest single to date, "We Fly High". In 2006, he formed the rap group, ByrdGang. He also has his own freestyle inline skating team, Dipskate, which he plans to take to the X Games in the near future. On April 5, 2011 Jones released his 5th studio album, Capo.
Jim Jones was born in the Tremont section of The Bronx and was raised in Harlem. His mom, Nancy Jones, is Aruban and his late father was Puerto Rican and was raised mainly by his maternal grandmother. In an essay for Fader magazine, he stated that his mother would allow him to ride the train from their residence at 176th Street and Jerome Avenue to 110th Street and Lexington Avenue. He attended Catholic school but later began cutting church to loiter and play hooky at the train station. In Jim Jones' The Come Up DVD, Vol. 19, he tells stories about growing up with rapper Freekey Zekey. Jones claimed he would stay at a store a block from the church he attended, and would go in and hang out with the owner; when the owner left, Jones said he took all the money in the register and the candy and would sell it in school; he was later expelled.
Actors: William Russ (actor), Kym Jackson (actress), Wolfram de Marco (composer), Willie C. Carpenter (actor), Malcolm Bacani (costume designer), Kareem Ferguson (actor), Leandro Cano (actor), Scott St. Blaze (actor), Cristian Plesh (miscellaneous crew), Enrique Latapí Silva (miscellaneous crew), Tracy Carr (actress), Lais Pedroso (actress), Sheila Thiele (actress), Richard Lee (actor), Nick de Graffenreid (actor),
Plot: In this dramatization of the Jonestown Massacre, one woman comes face to face with history's most notorious cult leader, Jim Jones, in a battle to save his people. On November 18, 1978, one thousand Americans took their lives in the name of revolutionary suicide, a name mankind would interchange with Jim Jones. Just days before The Peoples Temple Church fell to mass suicide, reporter Jessica Levin accompanies a United States Congressman to investigate the living conditions in Jonestown, and allegations that Jones employs psychological tricks and violence to trap his followers against their will. But the community is a sea of smiling faces that sing praises of their leader. In order to unveil the truth about Jonestown, Jessica must go straight to its heart, and confront Jim Jones himself.
Genres: Drama, History, Short, Thriller,Actors: Lotta Weber (writer), Alex Walker (director), Alex Walker (composer), Lotta Weber (producer), Alex Walker (writer), Alastair Sill (actor), Nina Lindholm (editor), Rebel Dean (actor), Kezrena James (actress), Shoreya Hill (actress),
Plot: A short film set in the late 70's centered around the Peoples Temple and the massacre of Jonestown. Portraying the emotional struggle of Andrew, Jim Jones' right hand man as he is torn between his loyalty to the cult leader and saving an innocent woman and her child's life. This plays out over the course of a few hours in the town meeting hall as Jones is giving a speech to the people.
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Nick Trivundza (editor), Nick Trivundza (director), Nick Trivundza (writer), Ryan Todd (producer), Cole Panther (actor), Torrey Loomis (producer), Lexie Findarle Trivundza (actor), Lexie Findarle Trivundza (producer), Reed Daniels (actor), Erin Gilley (actress), Matt Boone (actor), Brian Boone (actor), Gordon Hayden (actor), Josh Jones (producer), Brian Boone (actor),
Plot: Imagine the Green Movement getting a gun. When the time comes to change the world, Jim Jones has decided to make a movie but not just another version of an 'Inconvenient Truth' or 'The Eleventh Hour.' Jim Jones has decided preaching to choir is great and all, but broadcasting the assassination of GPO (Global Position Oil)'s CEO might be a more direct message. And that one bullet only costs fifteen cents. One shot is all it takes.
Keywords: blood, eco-terrorism, environmental, gun, interview, news-footage, oil-spill, one-take, point-of-view-shot, revolutionActors: Liam Nazemi (producer), Liam Nazemi (writer), Liam Nazemi (director), Nathan Andrew (actor), Tania Tobiano (costume designer),
Genres: Short,Actors: Donnie Wahlberg (actor), Oleg Taktarov (actor), Alan Blumenfeld (actor), Malachy McCourt (actor), Barry Primus (actor), Ajay Naidu (actor), Al Pacino (actor), John Leguizamo (actor), Adrian Martinez (actor), 50 Cent (actor), Edrick Browne (actor), Robert De Niro (actor), Brian Dennehy (actor), Carla Gugino (actress), Shirly Brener (actress),
Plot: Turk and Rooster, two aging NYPD detectives and longtime partners, are hunting a serial killer who is murdering sociopathic criminals. They both have personal issues, and when they start working with a younger investigative team, Perez and Riley, tensions between the two teams is inevitable, especially since Turk is now living with Perez's ex-girlfriend, also a homicide detective.
Keywords: altar-boy, american-flag, assault-rifle, attempted-murder, bank, bar, bar-bell, bare-chested-male, baseball, billiardsActors: Tony Hale (actor), Tony Hale (actor), James Cromwell (actor), Scott Adsit (actor), Scott Adsit (actor), Matt Besser (actor), John Fleck (actor), Matt Besser (actor), Matt Besser (actor), Matt Besser (actor), Scott Adsit (actor), Scott Adsit (actor), Scott Adsit (actor), Dermot Mulroney (actor), Tony Hale (actor),
Plot: Melding the seemingly disparate traditions of apocalyptic live-action graphic novel and charming Victoria-era toy theater, Dante's Inferno is a subversive, darkly satirical update of the original 14th century literary classic. Retold with the use of intricately hand-drawn paper puppets and miniature sets, and without the use of CGI effects, this unusual travelogue takes viewers on a tour of hell. And what we find there, looks a lot like the modern world. Sporting a hoodie and a hang-over from the previous night's debauchery, Dante wakes to find he is lost - physically and metaphorically - in a strange part of town. He asks the first guy he sees for some help: The ancient Roman poet Virgil, wearing a mullet and what looks like a brown bathrobe. Having no one else to turn to, Dante's quickly convinced that his only means for survival is to follow Virgil voyage down, down through the depths of Hell. The pair cross into the underworld and there Virgil shows Dante the underbelly of the Inferno, which closely resembles the decayed landscape of modern urban life. Dante and Virgil's chronicles are set against a familiar backdrop of used car lots, strip malls, gated communities, airport security checks, and the U.S. Capitol. Here, hot tubs simmer with sinners, and the river Styx is engorged with sewage swimmers. Also familiar is the contemporary cast of presidents, politicians, popes and pop-culture icons sentenced to eternal suffering of the most cruel and unusual kind: Heads sewn on backwards, bodies wrenched in half, never-ending blow jobs, dancing to techno for eternity, and last, but certainly not least, an inside look at Lucifer himself, from the point of view of a fondue-dunked human appetizer. Each creatively horrific penance suits the crime, and the soul who perpetrated it. As Dante spirals through the nine circles of hell, he comes to understand the underworld's merciless machinery of punishment, emerging a new man destined to change the course of his life. But not, of course, the brand of his beer.
Keywords: allegory, anger, astrologer, based-on-novel, catholic, dante's-inferno, dick-cheney, divine-comedy, fraud, gluttonyActors: David Wicht (producer), Patrick Lyster (actor), Rick Roberts (actor), Greg Ellwand (actor), Dan Hirst (actor), Kevin Otto (actor), Vlokkie Gordon (producer), Shauna Jaeger (miscellaneous crew), Adrienne Pierce (actress), Glen Salzman (producer), Tim Wolochatiuk (director), Nicole Crozier (actress), Dean Perlmutter (producer), Stephan Talneau (editor), Dean Slater (actor),
Genres: Documentary, History,Actors: Maxim Lardent (producer), Maxim Lardent (editor), Maxim Lardent (director), Maxim Lardent (composer), Maxim Lardent (actor), Maxim Lardent (actor), Maxim Lardent (writer), Kenji Rodriguez (actor), Raymond Delgadillo (actor), Raymond Delgadillo (actor), Ryan Staab (actor), Justin James (actor), Jonathan Gibson (actor),
Plot: Ever year, the International Shot-Taking Championships are held. This year, it has come down to the perennial champion, Yosaka Jones, and a bright-eyed newcomer, Oscar Villafuego, who incidentally has never tried alcohol. Commentators give the play by play as these two monoliths of alcohol intake duke it out for champion.
Keywords: animated-segments, independent-filmActors: Troy Antoine LaFaye (actor), Troy Antoine LaFaye (actor), Troy Antoine LaFaye (actor), Troy Antoine LaFaye (actor), Troy Antoine LaFaye (actor), Troy Antoine LaFaye (producer), Troy Antoine LaFaye (actor), Raymond P. Whalen (writer), Raymond P. Whalen (actor), Raymond P. Whalen (actor), Raymond P. Whalen (actor), Raymond P. Whalen (actor), Rich Kronfeld (actor), Lance Miller (miscellaneous crew), Lance Miller (actor),
Plot: Dario Dare is an ex-pro-wrestling manager, now reporting on paranormal activities for the tabloid newspaper "The National Explainer", inadvertently stumbles upon a supernatural plot to assassinate a Vatican cardinal. Dario has his soul stolen by a renegade demon, and must find a way to hell in order to steal it back.
Keywords: assassination, demon, elvis-presley, hell, independent-film, mysticism, palace, paranormal-phenomena, secret-agent, supernatural-powerActors: Arthur Mackley (actor), Wallace Reid (actor), Josephine Crowell (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short, Western,