The Urban Action Showcase & Expo, founded by Demetrius Angelo, is the premier all-action experiential entertainment platform celebrating diversity and honoring the past, present and future multicultural achievements within the blockbuster Action genre including Adventure, Fantasy, Grindhouse, Action Horror, Sci-Fi, and Supernatural content. Cinemax® sponsors the Urban Action Showcase and Expo (UASE) in New York City.
The Urban Action Showcase and Expo is presenting the 2016 Call 2 Action Martial Arts Action Talent Initiative on Saturday, November 12 at the AMC Empire 25 Theaters Times Square, 234 W 42nd St in New York from 9:00A.M. – 11:30A.M. (6M or Terrace)
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*General Admission gets you All Films and the Expo
*V.I.P Gets you everything!
Here’s your opportunity to be seen by agents, casting directors, fight choreographers, directors, filmmakers and industry professionals.
Call 2 Action Martial Arts Action Talent Competition and Branding Initiative is a joint collaboration between Willie “The Bam” Johnson and the Urban Action Showcase to Educate, Facilitate, Expose and Empower Martial Artists interested in branding themselves for the Action Film Industry.
A seven-time sport karate and kung fu world champion and two-time All-American champion, Willie “The Bam” Johnson is a true hero in the world of martial arts. As the creator of Wushudo Universal Martial Arts, Johnson is known for his dynamic, universal approach to developing physical, mental and spiritual fitness. Johnson received the title of Grand Master in 1995 and is a member of the Martial Arts Hall of Fame.
Professor “Bam” Johnson will be sharing the secrets of marketing your Martial Arts Talents from “The Ring to The Screen” with this exciting and informative branding initiative!
Showcase your Screen Fighting skills in front of industry Stunt Coordinators and Fight Choreographers form some of NYC top Action shows!

Lia Chang is an actor, a multi-media content producer and co-founder of Bev’s Girl Films, making films that foster inclusion and diversity on both sides of the camera. Bev’s Girl Films’ debut short film, Hide and Seek was a top ten film in the Asian American Film Lab’s 2015 72 Hour Shootout Filmmaking Competition, and she received a Best Actress nomination. BGF collaborates with and produces multi-media content for artists, actors, designers, theatrical productions, composers, musicians and corporations. Lia is also an internationally published and exhibited photographer, a multi-platform journalist, and a publicist. Lia has appeared in the films Wolf, New Jack City, A Kiss Before Dying, King of New York, Big Trouble in Little China, The Last Dragon, Taxman and Hide and Seek. She is profiled in Jade Magazine and Playbill.com.