The Hurt Locker by routine civilian life. James confesses to his son that there is only one thing that he knows he loves. He starts another tour of duty, serving with Delta Company, a U.S. Army EOD unit on its 365-day rotation. The small-budget film was independently produced and directed by Kathryn Bigelow, and the screenplay was written by Mark Boal, a freelance writer who was embedded as a journalist in 2004 with a U.S. Army EOD team in Iraq. It stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, and Brian Geraghty. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival in Italy during 2008. After being
The Doll (2008 film) The Doll (2008 film) The Doll is a 2008 film based on a short story of the same name written by author Charles W. Chesnutt. It was directed by Dante J. James from a screenplay written by James and Joy Kecken. It stars Clayton LeBouef, Monique Brown, Jan Forbes, and Carter Jahncke. Filmed in Annapolis, Maryland, the story is believed to have been set in Cincinnati, Ohio in the early 1900s. The film dramatizes an episode in the life of Tom Taylor, an African-American proprietor of the Wyandot Hotel barber shop. One day he is confronted with the opportunity to