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- KINYARWANDA IN THEATERS FALL 2011 via AFFRM
SEE KINYARWANDA IN THEATERS!!!
July 4th, our Film Independence Day, AFFRM, The African American Film Releasing Movement announced KINYARWANDA as it second selection. We are proud, humbled and honored.
Watch the announcement here:
AFFRM ANNOUNCEMENT VIDEO
Spread the word and learn more about the movement!
http://www.affrm.com/
www.kinyarwandamovie.com
- My New Favorite Movie!
To understand the very nature of media and politics in the United States one does not have to look much further than Elia Kazan’s A FACE IN THE CROWD. I recently watched it after much time ‘planning too’ and was blown away by Kazan’s direction, the cinematography (camera placement to be precise), the performances of [...]
- Keynote Speaker for Plainfield’s Promise
Film director & Plainfield native Alrick Brown will be the keynote speaker for Plainfield’s Promise. Alrick will speak on defining success & show highlights of his upcoming movie. Please contact me if interested in attending and let’s show our kids we care and will help protect, provide and prepare them. [...]
- I will be teaching at “Autumn Youth School” in the UKRAINE
Thanks to an invitation from the U.S. Embassy’s Cultural Affairs Office in the Ukraine, I will be teaching a few workshops in Crimea, Ukraine. The students whose ages range from 16-21 will be creating short documentaries with some social or environmental focus. It is an honor. I look forward to collaborating with my Ukrainian colleagues [...]
- Read the 2010 IFP Narrative Lab Wrap-Up
Check it out:
http://independentfilmmakerproject.blogspot.com/
Our Class Photo:
- Something about JUST WRIGHT is JUST WRONG! by Deatra L. Harris
In 2006, I attended the Filmmaker Workshop at American Black Film Festival (ABFF) sponsored by Fox Searchlight. They had a “Pitch Contest” with Zola Mashariki (Executive from Fox Searchlight) and Deborah Martin Chase (Producer) as judges. I pitched my feature film idea and won the contest. Fast forward four years later and [...]
- Ted Hope: 38 ways the film industry is failing
There must be a revolution in film and it might start with the following points posed by Ted Hope who helped us out on Kinyarwanda. Check out the link:
http://trulyfreefilm.hopeforfilm.com/2010/05/38-ways-the-film-industry-isfailing-today.html#more-3278
- Sitting on a panel at Langston Hughes Film Festival in Seattle this weekend
SATURDAY APRIL 24 – 10:30AM – NOON: FILMMAKER PANEL DISCUSSION
NW AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM
2300 S. Massachusetts Street, Seattle, WA 98144
“TALES FROM THE ‘DARK’ SIDE:
AN INSIDERS GUIDE TO THE FILMMAKING GAME
As emergent independent filmmaker you can choose to play the game or you can choose not to play the game. Either way, you [...]
- Black Experience & Film Medium
Some of you didn’t not know that I taught a course at Rutgers University this semester. What an amazing experience. I thought I would be doing this a few years from now but here I am. I somehow feel that I have entered a new phase of my existence. I will continue to make films, but University Education will also be consistently intermingled.
I was blown away by the number of students who walked up after our final class…
