Urbanworld 2019

The momentum continues… It’s public information now that my last feature script, ‘Midnight In Kansas’, is one of the three finalists in the Screenplay Competition of the 2019 Urbanworld Film Festival. Urbanworld has been on my radar for years as a lover of black films; being welcomed into the Urbanworld Family this year means a […]

‘American Masters – Sammy Davis Jr.’

Pioneer. Rebel. Activist. Sammy Davis Jr. is definitely one of my ‘historical’ mentors. American Masters is nominated for an Emmy this year; one of the episodes is a full documentary on Sammy. In light of an actual review, since it’s Public Broadcasting the full doc is still available to view for a few more days. […]

‘Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood’

A few non spoilery thoughts on number 9 out of 10 from Quentin… This was his love letter to the LA he grew up in, and it shows. The atmosphere is before my time, but Hollywood and some of the specific locations played well (especially with the LA crowd I saw it with). The Dome, […]

The Mentees

So you know what I’ve been involved with this summer. Now, hear myself and the other mentees talk about the shorts and why we feel attached to them. Enjoy!

Video of the Day – ‘Yesterday’

Free time is always a question these days, but if not next weekend, I’ll be catching this movie as soon as I’m able. Even to be much more of a John guy than a Paul guy, I have to admit I was never as crazy about this song as others. Maybe because the first version […]

Hello

This will be short (I think.) I’m not going to try to name check everyone who helped me get to this point, cause someone would be left off. What I will say, to both my ‘day ones’ (or whatever the kids are saying these days) and to the communities I’m here to represent: I’m one […]

‘The Black Godfather’

Obama opens this doc by saying ‘Some people are attracted to the power that is part of being in the spotlight, others work best behind the scenes. Clarence Avant is the latter.’ Truer words never spoken, cause 99% of the audience of this Netflix doc will surely have never heard of this man… Like a […]