I’ve been filling my well with all sorts of information, knowledge, entertainment and whatnot lately. Last night I watched He Got Game, again. It was written and directed by Spike Lee, starred NBA star Ray Allen and Denzel Washington. The film was about the #1 high school basketball star in the country and how everyone [...]

Last year when I did the Artist’s Way and I was doing some internal cleansing, I altered things in my office to include pictures and items that inspire me. I took down a picture of Me, Biggie and Diddy and replaced it with a picture of Spike Lee which was a part of a magazine [...]

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 [...]

To my filmmaker family, I wanted to let you know that Oscar Micheaux who is considered the Father of African American Cinema is being featured on a US Postage stamp this year! Spike Lee recently said that all of us black filmmakers stand on the shoulders of Oscar Micheaux, so please share this info. The [...]

In the spirit of my Rules to Live By column, I’d like to share a portion of a short speech that Spike Lee gave Saturday night at the San Diego Black Film Festival. He talked about people subscribing to mediocrity and how as filmmakers–but also as people–we should be willing to raise the bar. To [...]