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Tag: Film

Standing with you

By d Posted on July 16, 2023 Posted in film, The Biz, TV Tagged with Film, Screenwriting, Television

In solidarity. Now is the time. Change requires sacrifice.

Un-building Can’t Do It

By d Posted on August 28, 2022 Posted in art, Black, film, The Biz, The black experience, the game, TV Tagged with Acting, Film, filmmaking, Television

It’s not shocking. Nor revelatory. In fact, It’s been going on for decades, since the very inception of the medium. Colorism –one of the many new ‘isms’ in our world, but that’s different topic –in all it’s variations has morphed …

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To Sir, With Love

By d Posted on January 8, 2022 Posted in Black, creative, film, The black experience Tagged with actor, Film, Legendary, stars

Sydney Poitier is gone. A legend who dazzled on stage & screen with class, charm & fire as the dominant traits that defined his performances. He portrayed men that until that era had never been seen on camera before. His …

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At What Cost?

By d Posted on March 29, 2021 Posted in art, film, Life Happens, Survival, The Biz, the game Tagged with art, do better, entertainment, Film, Television, the dream, world history

I admire Seth Godin’s work. His insights shared daily on his blog offer atypical introspection about the world, business & just being better as people. He recently shared a post that spoke about what I believe is one of the …

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Debating the Deaf

By d Posted on March 19, 2021 Posted in art, Black, film, The Biz, The black experience, the game Tagged with Acting, Artist, BiPOC, Craft, equality, Film, Inclusion, Screenwriting, Television, Writing

Ever have an argument about something that was an obvious reality to you but completely wrong in the eyes of the other party? Your opposing debater refuses to recognize your perspective for no valid reason at all? Almost as if …

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Greater Than His Greatest

By d Posted on November 2, 2020 Posted in Books, film, Uncategorized Tagged with actor, farewell, Film, Greats, Legendary, stars

I didn’t understand why so many took the position that Sean Connery was the one true James Bond. My astigmatism to that perspective speaks to the importance of exposure: simply put, he was before my time. His successor, the late …

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Strange Days

By d Posted on September 20, 2020 Posted in art, creative, film, Life Happens, music, short film, Survival Tagged with Artist, brave new world, creative, do better, evolution, Film, who are you?, world history

Help me! It’s too much!! More than I can handle at one time!!! For the first time ever, we had all four pro sports leagues in North America operating at the same time. Three of them in their playoffs in …

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The Show Must Go On

By d Posted on May 2, 2020 Posted in art, film, Survival, The Biz, the game, Uncategorized Tagged with art, Film, filmmaker, filmmaking, stars, tv shows, women in film

So where do we go now? An industry with a history of complacent, outdated and socially non-compliant behavior is the same industry that’s evolved in how it does business more aggressively than any other. Hollywood’s survived and thrived through technological …

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