Apparently, it’s all over come Saturday. I haven’t written anything here too personal in a while, but since apparently I only have 48 or so hours left, I thought I’d end it on a high note. If there is no future, then I have to become something that’s not really in my nature, and become […]
I got home crazy late the other night, but thought I would pass on my experiences at this year’s KC FilmFest: It was my first experience in the Power and Light District. I’ve heard good and bad episodes, but my initial expression was being impressed. I walked down the two blocks to see […]
I’ll be boarding the plane shortly to head the hometown soon. The Kansas City Filmfest is this weekend, I’ll be here and there around the AMC Mainstreet Theatre alot. Lady In My Life will be showing Saturday Night at 10 PM in the Mixed Bag section of the Shorts program; the full schedule of […]
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 […]
Alright gang, my special guest for this year’s Oscar predictions is Aaron Rahsaan Thomas. For those of you who don’t know him or haven’t met him, here’s a quick bio: Born in Kansas City, Kansas, two years at Morehouse and then graduated from the University of Kansas, masters from the University of Southern California […]
I fixed my financial situation. In spite of my own actions at times, I managed to avoid being permanently tied to the Midwest. It was time to focus my attention back on the Dream. I may not have gotten married yet, but I wasn’t the only Musketeer who started thinking about the long term. Our […]
“This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object…You won’t kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness. And I won’t kill you because you’re just too much fun. I think you and I are destined to do this forever.” The Joker, ‘The Dark Knight’ Life, I feel, is similar to […]
(Let me open this chapter by saying I almost certainly do more name dropping in the next few paragraphs than you will ever hear me do in a five minute conversation in real life. Nature of the beast…) Like any film geek worth his salt, I knew the names of the filmmakers who either graduated […]
Everyone assumes that since we were born in the same city, five weeks apart, have well documented militant streaks and share a passion for the same artform, me and Antonio have been best friends since kindergarten. In truth, we never even met each other until my senior year at KU. But with the number of […]
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