Entry 2. Happy New Year!
It’s 2021. Don’t be a tourist!
I am ready for the Illumination Training Program by @thembsgroupofficial and @mbsmediacampus in partnership with @womeninmediainc . I am honored to be among the women chosen.🎉💥😁🤩 #illuminationtraining #lightingtheway @mbseco @phanirene Thank you!!! (at Los Angeles, California)
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It’s 2021. Don’t be a tourist!
The state of the world was chaotic this year and I spent many days in isolation, but I was not alone. As the new year approaches, I look ahead to the opportunities before me and am thankful. I am also thankful for the experiences in 2020 that will allow for these new opportunities by way of new connections, increased confidence and a boldness that I will embrace.
I launched SacFilmChallenge a Music & Film Festival that brought filmmakers together from 5 continents and that was well-received by audiences. Thank you to my friend and co-director, Bex Francis, who is an amazing person and a talent that you will want to take note of. I was introduced to livestreaming and podcasting and have new projects under development. In 2021, look out for the Speaking of Audacity TV series where I will share the stage with my friends Princess LA and Kimberly Y. Spears as well as my new podcast The Creative Seat. There are several film productions being planned during the year as well. For the Love of Cinema was established, and we had a successful event for Women In Media (January 2020), hosted by Empire’s Comics Vault and sponsored by Jocks, Geeks and Nerds, The Closing Credits Podcast, and Sacramento Film Project along with the Northern California Film Coalition (NCFC) and the California Film Arts Alliance (CFAA) and later formed For the Love of Cinema Presents: The Writer’s Group which currently meets on the 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of the month. I participated in the first Quarancon hosted by our friends at SacGeeks which was special because it represented the community coming together in time when the world was dark, at the top of the pandemic and there was a lot of fear and disinformation circulating.
There will not be any do overs for 2020 but I will continue to be creative and inspired while I practice social distancing and continue to wash my hands several times of day and use a lot of hand sanitizer.
“Happy Black Friday! Remember: it’s 100% off if you don’t buy it.”— Macro Literature
That part!
I am teaching a course at Access Sacramento. Must be a member to sign up.
Contact office at 916-456-8600 for more information.
Table reading and feedback is on the schedule. Scripts, Treatments, and Concepts are acceptable. All levels welcome.
I can embrace anyone but still…
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A Place Called Sacramento Film Festival starts with a screen writing competition in the first quarter of the year. There are 10 script winners. These scripts are then made into films and screened at The Crest Theater in Sacramento.
I am proud to announce that my script ChefNSacramento was one of 10 scripts selected.
Production ran from the middle to end of June this year and we have spent July and August working on post production.
We have a film!!!! The film will be submitted to the office of Access Sacramento on September 4th and Screened October 5th.
I am excited to have this opportunity and things can only get better from here.
Thank you, Access Sacramento.
My script #ChefNSacramento is a Script Winner for A Place Called Sacramento Film Festival 2019. We will be filming this summer and the movie screened October 5 at #thecresttheatre . (at Access Sacramento)
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2018 proved to be monumental for me. There were many firsts including participating in the 1st Annual King Dasi Youth Foundation Summer Camp (July 2018) and co-directing the 1st Annual International KidsNFilm Festival (December 2018). I can now say that I am a world traveler with destinations Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Cairo, and Luxor which was a gift from my mother as we both celebrated milestone birthdays. I added a few credits to my IMDB page and started the Sacramento Film Project to work with other filmmakers in the community who share my vision. 2018 reminded me to continue to dream big, to learn from my failures, and be a person of action.