Exhausted. It’s been a couple of days since we shot, and I still feel exhausted. I’m not in ideal shape physically, but I (thankfully) dropped 10 pounds in the month leading up to this, so I know I’ve been in worse shape. The crew and most of the people who stopped by seem to feel […]
I could very, very easily do a post just on the different ways Michael Jackson has influenced me. How many aspects of Mike have I co-opted into my own identity? Soft spoken shyness? Check. Unbridled show biz ambition? Check. Reclusive private life? Check, check, check. Anyway, Thriller is by far my favorite album ever, […]
Lady In My Life is the feature I’ve spent the first quarter of the year writing. Named after one of my favorite Michael Jackson songs, LIML tells the story of a young man (Jamal Ali), as seen through the eyes of of his mother (Tanya Washington), his wife (Gloria Ceballos), and his daughter (Aaliyah […]
I’ve had a few people approach me to ask about ‘watching’ as I put the thing I’m working on together. I forget sometimes about the appeal of ‘filmmaking’; I know firsthand how glamourous it usually isn’t. Nevertheless, this seems to be the right place to spell out what a recent ‘day’ for me was like… […]
He may or may not have been the origin of the quote, but I once heard Bruce Lee make this great analogy about water. It can seep into the smallest of orifices, or it can support the heaviest masses. At its essence it’s fluid, but in frozen form it can be virtually impenetrable. It can sustain life as easily as it […]
The i’s have been dotted and the t’s have been crossed, so I’ve had to step up my preparation for my next project. I have a to do list of things I need to do before this show gets on the road. The last time I got on the scale, I was 15 pounds over […]
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