Looking at my ‘to do’ list… 1. Not as young as I used to be, so working on something that I hope will make things easier for the next generation of Muslim-Americans. I haven’t had it so bad really, but it seems like things are moving in the wrong direction, so…I’ll do what I can. […]
What a nice mid week surprise! We missed last year’s deadline, but I was informed today my short “Lady In My Life” will be part of the 2011 Kansas City FilmFest next month. I will be back the first weekend in April to be part of this event, sponsored this year by AMC Theatres. […]
Aaron Rahsaan Thomas and Malik Aziz share an unique, common background. Both young men are natives of Kansas City, Kansas, graduates of the University of Kansas and went to grad school at the University of Southern California. They both grew up in the ‘golden age of hip hop’ and share a passion for films. For […]
Like most black kids of my generation, I had the idea that Dr. King was ‘somebody’ before I had any real concept of who that ‘somebody’ was. It was his picture and Jesus on the back of our church fans. At my grandfather’s house, there were two pictures in the house that weren’t family: […]
A couple weeks into 2010, the last film I wrote and directed was being introduced to a national audience by a movie star. With a couple of weeks to go in 2010, I got to host a show where I gave an up and coming rapper/producer his first television experience. I love the harmony […]
Saturday will be the Founders Day of an organization dear to my heart, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. Like many who pledged as an undergrad I don’t consider myself ‘active’ anymore, but every December 4th I think about the ways the fraternity shaped me, then and now. Here are 7 things that come to […]
So I was having a conversation with ‘the manager’ last week, and she mentioned that when you come here, you get a sense of my comfort with words, but not enough of the other things I’ve done. As fate would have it, I looked around the site during the long weekend and realized I haven’t […]
On a superficial level, this has been one of the best years of my life. And a month or so from now, I’ll talk about that like I always do. Being truthful though, this year has been brutal. The exact cause of that is not something I’m really free to discuss; as far as this […]
Thanks to all who tuned into “Our Town Pasadena” last night. I haven’t watched the taping myself yet, but based on feedback it sounds like it went well. Based on who I’ve talked to, the show was watched from LA to Kansas to Romania. My next set of business cards will read “Malik Aziz, International […]
This past weekend I went to the USC Homecoming game with a couple of the guys from school, and for a minute I couldn’t help but daydream about these days. Part of getting older is remembering how idealistic you were and how real life changes your perspective on things. I tell that anecdote […]
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