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Rel Dowdell is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter American
Rel Dowdell is an American screenwriter, film director, film producer, and English/screenwriting educator. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he received his Bachelor's degree in English with Magna Cum Laude honors from Fisk University and a Master's Degree in Film with highest distinction from Boston University.
Dowdell's first feature film, Train Ride, received substantial critical acclaim. Produced with independent financing, the film was acquired and distributed by Sony Pictures in 2005 and was a tremendous financial success. Train Ride was ranked as one of the best American films that year as cited by veteran film critic Gerald Peary of The Boston Phoenix. The film also garnered high praise in film historian and writer Irv Slifkin's nationally best selling book, Filmadelphia: A Celebration of a City's Movies. Train Ride also won the honor of "Best Feature" at the American Theatre of Harlem Film festival in 2005.
Rel Dowdell has been compared to John Singleton and Spike Lee in the way that his filmmaking blends urban storytelling and suspense to tackle relevant and universal social issues that are intimately intertwined with a powerful moral message.
Dowdell's next feature film effort as writer and director was a drama entitled, Changing the Game, which was shot in Philadelphia in the summer of 2010 and theatrically released in May 2012. The film stars Sean Riggs, Irma P. Hall, Dennis L.A. White, Brandon Ruckdashel, Mari White, Special Appearance by Suzzanne Douglas with Sticky Fingaz and Tony Todd. The film was cited by the noted website FilmFresh.com as one of the top three African-American films of 2012.
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Dowdell's first feature film, Train Ride, received substantial critical acclaim. Produced with independent financing, the film was acquired and distributed by Sony Pictures in 2005 and was a tremendous financial success. Train Ride was ranked as one of the best American films that year as cited by veteran film critic Gerald Peary of The Boston Phoenix. The film also garnered high praise in film historian and writer Irv Slifkin's nationally best selling book, Filmadelphia: A Celebration of a City's Movies. Train Ride also won the honor of "Best Feature" at the American Theatre of Harlem Film festival in 2005.
Rel Dowdell has been compared to John Singleton and Spike Lee in the way that his filmmaking blends urban storytelling and suspense to tackle relevant and universal social issues that are intimately intertwined with a powerful moral message.
Dowdell's next feature film effort as writer and director was a drama entitled, Changing the Game, which was shot in Philadelphia in the summer of 2010 and theatrically released in May 2012. The film stars Sean Riggs, Irma P. Hall, Dennis L.A. White, Brandon Ruckdashel, Mari White, Special Appearance by Suzzanne Douglas with Sticky Fingaz and Tony Todd. The film was cited by the noted website FilmFresh.com as one of the top three African-American films of 2012.
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Train Ride (2005)
, 1h33Directed by Rel Dowdell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Wood Harris, KaDee Strickland-Behr, Russell Hornsby, Esther Elizabeth Rolle, Rel Dowdell
Roles Brett
Rating42%
Director
Changing the Game (2012)
, 1h43Directed by Rel Dowdell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Tony Todd, Raw Leiba, Sticky Fingaz, Brandon Ruckdashel, Irma P. Hall, Suzzanne Douglas
Rating40%
Darrell, played by actor "Sean Riggs"; is a supremely intelligent African-American man whom rises from the tough streets of Philadelphia to the world of high finance on Wall Street. He soon learns the white-collar world is filled with as much crime as the drug-filled hood he left behind.
Train Ride (2005)
, 1h33Directed by Rel Dowdell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Wood Harris, KaDee Strickland-Behr, Russell Hornsby, Esther Elizabeth Rolle, Rel Dowdell
Rating42%
Scriptwriter
Changing the Game (2012)
, 1h43Directed by Rel Dowdell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Tony Todd, Raw Leiba, Sticky Fingaz, Brandon Ruckdashel, Irma P. Hall, Suzzanne Douglas
Rating40%
Darrell, played by actor "Sean Riggs"; is a supremely intelligent African-American man whom rises from the tough streets of Philadelphia to the world of high finance on Wall Street. He soon learns the white-collar world is filled with as much crime as the drug-filled hood he left behind.
Train Ride (2005)
, 1h33Directed by Rel Dowdell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Wood Harris, KaDee Strickland-Behr, Russell Hornsby, Esther Elizabeth Rolle, Rel Dowdell
Roles Writer
Rating42%