Every Corner Wins Outstanding Documentary/News Series Award at LA Web Fest
I recently received the official news from LA Web Fest founder/director, Michael Ajakwe that my web series, Every Corner won an award for Outstanding Documentary/News Series Award at the LA Web Fest that was held over the weekend. I am so happy about it. I was not able to attend the LA Web Fest because [...]
Tags: Award, Domestic Violence, drive-by shooting, Every Corner web tv, Outstanding Documentary, parents, teen dating violence, Yasmin Shiraz
Must See TV: Every Corner To Premiere This Weekend At LA WebFest (Video)
Every Corner, my docu-reality series is hitting LA this weekend as a part of LAWebFest. If you haven’t had the chance to watch any episodes, watch some now and rate them. The episodes are 1 1/2 minutes to 2 1/2 minutes long and showcase teens, parents or educators speaking about the issues that affect youth [...]
Tags: documentary, drive-by shooting, Every Corner web tv, lawebfest, teen, youth, youth seeing domestic violence, youth speaking up
Women: Remember to Be Phenomenal. Do You Have Your Bill of Rights?
In less than 3 hours, I’ll be having a lunch keynote discussion with college students in Central Florida. The topic: Phenomenal Women. Whenever I give a Women’s History month lecture, I incorporate Dr. Maya Angelou’s poem, Phenomenal Woman. The poem reminds me that I am phenomenal and so are women throughout the world. I’ve selected [...]
Tags: girls bill of rights, girls inc, Maya Angelou, phenomenal woman, women's history month
Outrageous: When Teen Text Messages Lead to An Attack
Yesterday, the news was buzzing about a middle school girl who was beaten so badly that she had to receive 2 craniotomies (had her head opened up and operated on.) The victim, 15 year old, Josie Lou Ratley is still in critical condition and her attacker, Wayne Treacy, 15, has been charged with attempted murder. [...]
Tags: deerfield beach high school, josie lou ratley, teen beating, text messages, wayne treacy
Can She Be Saved? Wins BEST DOCUMENTARY at NC Black Film Festival
Ya’ll already know when I was informed that I was the 2010 Emerging Filmmaker, I was excited. But then, when Can She Be Saved? won the Best Documentary award at the NC Black Film Festival…. well you could have pushed me over with a feather. I’m floating on air right now. I had to leave [...]
Tags: ed banuel, george tillman, gina prince blythewood, john singleton, oscar micheaux, pete chatmon, Spike Lee, Tyler Perry
Must See Video: Each Tear by Mary J. Blige [Be Empowered]
I quoted this song to a friend last week because I thought the lyrics were so strong. I’ve been listening to it in my car and in my office on REPEAT mode. Here are a few of the lyrics to strengthen you for your daily battle. And check the video below. Each tear, there’s a [...]
Tags: each tear, italian singer, life lesson, mary j. blige, tiziano ferro
Rule To Live By: Just Hold On
The past two days have been really taxing. I’ve been on deadline for my webseries, preparing to do a keynote in Niagara Falls, readying myself for another film festival, needing to send out more screeners of my film, Can She Be Saved? and meeting with a previous marketing client. I had more balls juggling in [...]
I Saw It: Movie Review – Our Family Wedding
So, I told you on Wednesday that I was going to see Our Family Wedding with America Ferrera and Lance Gross this weekend. Well, I saw it. I thought the acting was good but…. well off Latino and African American families are not natural born enemies. I thought the script was okay, the acting was [...]
Tags: America Ferrara, Lance Gross, movie review, our family wedding movie
Can Gabourey Sidibe Tip the Scales of Hollywood in her Favor?
Give it to shock jock, Howard Stern, for saying what many people were probably thinking. Oprah and all the fans of Precious applauded Gabourey Sidibe’s performance in Precious, but all seemed to ignore that Hollywood is a size conscious place. With stars like Queen Latifah –who had a breast reduction–early in her Hollywood career, Oscar [...]
Tags: gabourey sidibe, hollywood, jennifer anniston, Mo'Nique, obesity in hollywood, Paula Patton, precious, queen latifah, tina fey, Vivica Fox
Marion Jones: Disgraced Former Olympian Joins The WNBA
TV news shows have been buzzing with the news that former Olympian, Marion Jones has joined the WNBA’s Tulsa Shock team. I’m happy that Marion is getting another shot at being an athlete, but I was so disappointed in her for having to surrender 5 medals because of using performance enhancing drugs. In our society [...]
Tags: marion jones, olympian, tulsa shock, wnba
Sexploitation: Women & The Hip Hop Video
Every day I’m sharing quotes from my books to initiate dialogue on the issues that can help us, hurt us, or make us think about life as we know it. Some days it may be an affirmation for living, other days it might be a statement about the stark reality of society, music, culture, etc. [...]
Tags: Exclusive: A Novel, hip hop culture, sexploitation, women
Coming To Theaters This Weekend: Mother (Video)
This is a movie, I gotta see. The synopsis describes a lot of mother/son relationships. Read the synopsis below and check the trailer. Then, email me and tell me you don’t know several people like this. A woman devoted to her son struggles to keep him from spending his life in prison in this drama [...]
Tags: All Movie Guide, Mother film
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