Spartan Echo

  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The courts have spoken, and former Navy SEAL trainee Dustin Turner remains locked up for a 1995 slaying that another man has confessed to committing alone. Not content to let the Virginia Supreme Court have the final word, a Richmond filmmaker and former Navy special warfare operator is putting the [...]

  NORFOLK, VA – Tim Reid’s Legacy Media Institute, in partnership with Norfolk State University and the City of Norfolk, will present its first annual International Film Festival November 8 – 10. In celebration of the art of filmmaking, the International Film Festival will present an international showcase of culturally diverse films, while providing local, national [...]

    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Relatives of the young Afghan star of “Buzkashi Boys” expressed more pride than disappointment upon learning on Monday,February 25, that the Oscar-nominated movie didn’t win. Fawad Mohammadi and Jawanmard Paiz, both 14, donned tuxedos for the ceremony after traveling from Kabul to Los Angeles for a trip down the red [...]

  Tim Reid’s Legacy Media Institute, a partnership with Norfolk State University, recently went to London, England for an intense two week workshop in film that connected film makers from all over the world.  Spartan Echo TV reporter Shimira Cole traveled with LMI and has this story from London.