Leroy Cook

The conversation was just as powerful as the film. Black Cinema Club HTX founder, Jerry Madison Jr. (@jerrymadisonjr ) had the privilege of being invited to moderate the post-screening Q&A for One Spoon of Chocolate (@onespoonofchocolate ), a film by RZA (@rza ), with lead actor Shameik Moore (@shameikmoore ) at River Oaks Theater (@theriveroakstheatre ). Make sure to check out One Spoon of Chocolate now in theaters! #BlackCinemaClubHTX #OneSpoonofChocolate

Black Cinema Club HTX on the FRONT PAGE of the Forward Times (@forwardtimes ) 📰 They highlighted our BCCHTX Film Festival and the Michael screening, capturing what we’ve been building with this community in real time. Grateful to see our work and our community reflected like this. Thank you @thevpwright / @dnglyfe life for reporting. Make sure you pick up a copy and support the oldest Black newspaper in Houston. #BlackCinemaClubHTX #BCCHTXFilmFest things to do in Houston

Feeling good!🎂♉️ 📷: Me #leroycook #taurus #houston

2 weeks ago, we made history with our inaugural BCCHTX Film Festival and Houston showed up. Every moment was filled with purpose, community, and real joy. We’re still taking in all the love this city poured into us. As incredible as that weekend was, we’re just getting started. We’re building something real for Black film in Houston and there’s so much more on the way. Thank you for being part of this community. Big shout out to our sponsors & businesses for helping make this festival happen. Subscribe to our newsletter to stay tapped in. We’ll see you soon. 🎬✨ 🎥 @chrisjonesvisuals #BlackCinemaClubHTX #BCCHTXFilmFest things to do in Houston

Grateful for another year of life, another chance to grow, evolve, and step fully into my purpose. Trusting you GOD & hopeful for what’s ahead this year!! 🎈 📸: @rosecrans_g @andyhemingway @luvbydre @lorealcurtisphotography @jaivronjoseph #leroycook #houston #michaeljackson

On April 25th, River Oaks Theatre became the site of something Houston’s creative community had been quietly building toward for nearly a year. Black Cinema Club HTX — led by Jerry Madison Jr., Leroy Cook and Shameika Smith just twelve months ago — capped off its inaugural BCCHTX Film Festival with a sold-out screening of Michael, featuring a red carpet appearance and post-screening conversation with Missouri City native Kendrick Sampson, who portrays Quincy Jones in the film. The week before that night told the full story. Masterclasses with the creator of Peacock’s Bel-Air and the producer of They Cloned Tyrone, a Create-A-Thon at The Hive Houston where writers, directors and producers shared freely without gatekeeping, a Film Grants Ceremony — the first of its kind in Houston — where five emerging filmmakers each received $2,000 and mentorship, and the official launch of the BCCHTX Film Academy. “Black Cinema Club HTX is trying to build the infrastructure of Black films within Houston, Texas,” said Shameika Smith. They are not waiting for permission. They are building it themselves. Read the full “For the Culture” feature by vp wright (@thevpwright ) by clicking the link in our bio. 🔗 ___________ #blackfilmmakers #blackculture #houston #michaelmovie #kendricksampson

Happy Birthday to me 🎉 30 something and grateful. I’m proud of me. Thank you God 🙏🏾 Photo by: @chrisjonesvisuals Creative Dir: @tobemokolo #happybirthday #blessed #LEROYCOOK ♉️

Still feeling the energy from Saturday!! 🔥 We sat down with @sharronmelton1 & @cw39houston talking all things in from our special Michael screening featuring Kendrick Sampson (@kendrick38 ), and Michael Jackson’s impact in addition to how powerful Houston’s film community is. Full interview link in stories 🎥 #BlackCinemaClubHTX #Michael things to do in Houston

Spend the day with the Black Cinema Club HTX crew as we celebrated Houston / Mo City native Kendrick Sampson (@kendrick38 ) as Quincy Jones in Michael (@michaelmovie ) 🎬 We started the day at the Living Room Experience: Quincy Jones, a BLD PWR (@bldpwr ) & Emergent & Co. (@emergentandco ) production hosted at Studio Eight08 (@studioeight08 ). The day continued as we celebrated Kendrick at Black Cinema Club HTX’s special screening of Michael in collaboration with BLD PWR (@bldpwr ) & The Session (@thisisthesession ) to continue our partnership with the River Oaks Theatre (@theriveroakstheatre ). Kendrick showed up with support from family and friends including Danielle Brooks (@thedaniellebrooks ), and we closed out the night with a moderated conversation led by DomiNque Perry (@dominquep ). Thank you to everyone who attended our screening and showed love. Then .. we were outside. Make sure y’all support Michael and cheer when you see Kendrick (@kendrick38 ) aka Quincy Jones pop up on your screen 👏🏾🎥 #BlackCinemaClubHTX #Michael things to do Houston, Houston events

Building a festival from the ground up isn’t for the weak, it takes dedication, focus, a strong team, love, patience, and faith. This journey stretched us, but it also helped grow us individually and together. To Jerry Madison Jr. (@jerrymadisonjr ) my brother and the visionary behind BCCHTX—I’m proud of you. Your commitment, your faith, and your leadership carried this all the way through. You manifested this and never let up. To Shameika Smith (@shameikalhsmith ) thank you for your passion, your work ethic, and your ambition. You showed up and delivered every time. We laughed, we cried, but most importantly, we prayed. Grateful to stand beside you both. Shoutout to our incredible festival team & volunteers you stepped in and stepped up. Each of you matters, and this wouldn’t have been possible without you. Excited and hopeful for what’s next with Black Cinema Club HTX (@blackcinemaclubhtx ). Cheers to 1 year… wow. WE DID IT. 🎉 📷 @lorealcurtisphotography & @mieimages #blackcinemaclubhtx #bcchtxfilmfest #leroycook ,Things to do in houston

We’re still riding the high from the BCCHTX Film Festival, but our anniversary party at Studio Eight08 took it to another level. What a night. What a crowd. What a time 🕺🏽💃🏿 Thank you to everyone who pulled up and celebrated our one year anniversary with us. 🎥 @preshusguide #BlackCinemaClubHTX #BCCHTXFilmFest #houston

There was power in being in the rooms at the BCCHTX Film Festival. Through every session, workshop, screening, party, and mixer, there was space for you to show up and be part of it. Conversations turned into connections. Connections turned into opportunity. Filmmakers met collaborators. Creatives found community. Ideas started to take shape in real time. You could feel it in every room. We’re still in awe of what our community created in Houston. 📸 @shameikalhsmith / @mediameika + @akilahrena #BlackCinemaClubHTX #BCCHTXFilmFest