For those of you on the East Coast (specifically the VA/DC area), Lady In My Life will be screening this weekend as part of the Mid Atlantic Black Film Festival. Visit mabff.org for more details. (Special thanks to Ralph Scott and company for considering the film.)
I got a phone call yesterday inviting me to show the film at one of the up and coming Black film festivals on the East Coast. More to follow…
It is a fundamental aspect of my life philosophy that we are all in the place we are meant to be in; the problems we encounter are put in our way so that we can make the decisions that shape our lives. I’ve lived quite a charmed life: I have good relationships with both of […]
With my spiritual background, I tend to gauge how I’ve progressed in life from the end of one Ramadan to the beginning of the next. Ramadan begins for me in a few weeks, so… Since the last Ramadan, I bought my parents a vacation. They’re both retired now, but they also don’t road trip like […]
Click here to go straight to the Prologue… The backstory if you’re interested… Late last year, I was inspired to write my first family film. No cursing, no sex scenes, something I could show my nieces, nephews, godkids, etc. The idea I came up with was to tell the story of a young man, […]
This is one of those times when I’ve been struck deaf. It’s impossible…it’s impossible for me to address my love of music, my love of show business, the way I designed my image…hell, go ahead right now and type in his name in the Search button to the right and see how many times he’s […]
This one’s from Markee Magazine Online. Thanks to Chris and my friends at Through A Glass for the heads up! http://www.markeemag.com/article/detail.php?RecordID=88#Through
For those of you who are regular readers of this blog, most of this entry will be repetitive to you. As I make the transition from making a short film to making a feature film, I’ve already found that I’m frequently asked the two vital questions: Who are you and Why do you want to […]
This past week has been one of the most fulfilling of my life. I left ‘the new hometown’ to go to ‘the original hometown’ to finish the short. As much as anything else, it was a major learning experience for me. First thing we did was ‘picture lock.’ I reviewed a couple of cuts from […]
Hey gang, I’m leaving L.A. for a week so no blogging til the middle of the month. Going to approve the final cut of the short in KC, and make an overdue trip to the East Coast. I’m sure I’ll be full of stories when I get back. A few random notes in the meantime… […]
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