![]() She also dabbles in Japanese and Kiswahili. Of African American, Brazilian and Nigerian descent, DaCosta, who was born in Harlem, N.Y., converses in multiple languages, including in English, Portuguese, French and Spanish. Scholl's.ĭaCosta began acting in 2005 after landing a guest role on an episode of the television show "Eve." The following year, she starred opposite Antonio Banderas and Alfre Woodard in the dance film "Take the Lead," and chalked up some supporting credits in the indie films, "Honeydripper" and "The Messenger." Soap fans will no doubt recognize her as Angie Hubbard's daughter in "All My Children." She also played Vanessa Williams' daughter in "Ugly Betty." Last year's bounty of black films was great for DaCosta, who starred in three films, "Mother of George," "Big Words" and and "Lee Daniels' The Butler." She has appeared in advertisements for Garnier Fructis, Oil of Olay, Sephora and Dr. Here are five things to know about the up-and-comer:ĭaCosta actually made her small-screen debut in 2004 on the reality show, "America's Next Top Model." She finished second in the show's third cycle but went on to a fairly successful career as a model. If Whitney were here today, this would not be happening." Pat Houston, the singer's sister-in-law, told the gossip site TMZ recently, "Whitney is certainly worthy of more than a television movie. Not everyone is thrilled by news of the Lifetime movie. "I have such regard for both Whitney's and Bobby's amazing talents and accomplishments and I feel a responsibility in the telling of their story," Bassett said in a statement released earlier by Lifetime. Angela Bassett, who starred alongside Houston in 1995's "Waiting to Exhale," will make her directorial debut with the Lifetime movie.īobbi Kristina Wants to Play Whitney Houston in a Movie? TVLine first reported the news that 31-year-old DaCosta had been cast in the lead role for the film, due out in 2015. Now, she's set to play legendary singer Whitney Houston in a new Lifetime's biopic focusing on the singer's early relationship with Bobby Brown. The model-turned-actress is blowing up the screen, big and small. So, this is where you come in.If you don't know who Yaya DaCosta is yet, you soon will. Thus far, he’s raised 11% of that, with 25 days to go. Joshua hopes to raise $21,000 by Friday, January 31. Please donate to our campaign today! Your donations are TAX DEDUCTABLE through ! We will spend this budget in the last shoot, editing and color correcting the film. We will return to Havana in February to shoot Hanan teaching the new crop of dancers that her students have been teaching, from ages 4-60 years old. Now we seek your support to finish the film. Havana Habibi looks at the cross cultural exchange and intermigration between Africa, Cuba, Spain and the USA what it means to be a Cuban Bellydancer in Revolutionary Cuba as well as the Cuban Diaspora and travels throughout time, geography and space to tell the human story behind Revolution and geo-political Identity through the sensual metaphor of Bellydance. We hear how bellydance has impacted the dancers’ and musicians’ lives and empowered them as people. We meet the ensemble and see the sacrifices they make to create their art.Īna has to take a two hour commute to get to the rehearsals, Aissa battles financial straits and must forgo a bigger paycheck dancing cabaret salsa to dance with Aisha, and Hanan confronts personal demons, crumbling health and family dissonance to teach in Havana. Havana Habibi begins three years later following Hanan’s visit to Havana for the International Dance Festival and workshops with Grupo Aisha Al-Hanan. A grassroots cultural movement ensued which had a profound impact on many lives across the globe.įor Hanan’s family, her returning to Cuba was like an act of support for the Communist Revolution that drove them from their island to Miami. Guided by hanan, Grupo Aisha Al Hanan quickly gained notoriety around Cuba despite its departure from State- Sanctioned Culture and Art models. A live band of musicians shortly followed from Havana’s colorful and diverse music scene. The troupe founded by hanan was composed of eight women at the University of Havana’s History Department. In 2003, Tiffany Madera aka “Hanan,” enraged her Cuban family in Miami by getting on a plane to Havana to participate in an artistic exchange that led to the formation of Cuba’s first Arabic dance troupe Grupo Aisha Al-Hanan. I’ll let the filmmaker speak for himself: Our first crowdfunding campaign post of 2014! Let’s see if we can also make it out first successful crowdfunding campaign post of 2014!įrom renaissance man Joshua Bee Alafia, the project is titled Havana Habibi.
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