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Sura 1, the Holy Qu’ran: In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds! The compassionate, the merciful! King on the day of reckoning! Thee only do we worship, and to Thee do we cry for help. Guide Thou us on the straight path,2 The path […]
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… […]
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 […]
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’m working under something of a deadline right now. The posts the next few days will be few and far between as I try to meet my deadline and take care of a few other things. If things go to plan, I’ll have a LOT to talk about real soon. Until then…
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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