Chipo Kureya-Curran

God First
Actor, Activator, Founder and Director of @BAAccentRoom and @creativesbantu
Producer of Creative Stuff and in PreProduction for MEAT donate now!!

[Chipo Kureya-Curran @DameChipo]

My name is Chipo Kureya and I am an actor absolutely commited to my craft. I love collaborating with new teams of people who want to tell authentic stories doused jn nuance and truth

This is an invitation...

#Actor

[Chipo Kureya-Curran @DameChipo]

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I Know some of you missed the first one but I'll be doing the same jokes again!!! Wohoo!!!

#StandUp #ComedyQueen #BrickingIt #LondonBridge

[💖💜💙The Bi and the Beautiful Kolleen CH💙💜💖 @KolleenCarney]

This is so heartwarming wtf

[Chipo Kureya-Curran @DameChipo]

@kelechnekoff nowhere

[Chipo Kureya-Curran @DameChipo]

I'm fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support. Check out my @JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving https://t.co/TuoNKyisze

[Chipo Kureya-Curran @DameChipo]

Who remembers that time I was the best HAND MODEL EVER!!! You have never seen acting like it.. with my hands and arm... for this children's toy #HandModel #HandActor #Handy

[Killer Reels @KillerShowReels]

Next up - a new acting #showreel for @DameChipo. Here are two contrasting stills from her recent screen work. Catch Chipo in #AfricanQueens on @netflix - Episode Njinga. We love working with such talented clients and friends! #actors #editing #footage

[Kalungi Fresh aka Kalungi Ssebandeke @Kalungi_]

It's official. I am so excited to be working with @guildhallschool @boundlessabound on this amazing play. If you know me you know how hard I work on my writing and Boundless Show Prize will give me a chance to develop this wonderful play of mine. Thank you, Guildhall n Boundless!

[Philip Rosch @philiprosch]

Loved shooting this😀💥and working with actress @DameChipo https://t.co/no45hhYuPF #TheMarvels #Disney

[Chipo Kureya-Curran @DameChipo]

@_katestirling I'd love to join xx

[Cassandra Lyons 💙 @cass_lyons]

Just finished #africanqueensnjinga a compelling engrossing humbling story. Vital story telling, wonderful performances, stunning locations. Proud to know you @DameChipo https://t.co/aJSPSMGAvX 😘

[Chipo Kureya-Curran @DameChipo]

#NewProfilePic

[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

In Jaws, you don’t see the shark until 1 hour and 21 minutes into the movie.

That wasn’t the plan.

According to the script, the mechanical shark, “Bruce,” was supposed to get way more screen time. But Bruce was built for and tested in a North Hollywood freshwater tank.

Oops:

Jaws was to be the first major motion picture shot in the Atlantic Ocean. The first time the mechanical shark got into the ocean, the electrical substructure was destroyed by the salt water.

So director Steven Spielberg had to film the movie without his main character.

This, Spielberg said,

“torqued up the suspension of the movie…Rather than seeing the shark in every scene, I played a lot of the fear from the people in the water, from seeing their legs kicking, from the point of view of the camera moving along the surface of the water. That’s what turned the movie into more of an exercise in suspense than just a horror film.”

“So if you had the shark when you wanted it,” Spielberg was asked, “you probably would have had a different movie?”

“I probably would have made a movie that wouldn’t have been as successful,” Spielberg said. “I think the film would have made half the money had the shark worked.”

Jaws had a record-setting $7 million opening weekend and grossed $100 million in its first 59 days, passing “The Godfather” as the highest-grossing film in history.

Takeaway 1:

The iconic POV scenes in Jaws were forced out of necessity.

Innovations are often forced by limitations. Tony Hawk, for example, is credited with being the first skateboarder to ollie into his aerials.

"It wasn’t like I was trying to create movement," he said. Hawk was too small and skinny "to get the inertia to get in the air like other skaters."

Because of his limitations, Hawk changed skateboarding forever...

Takeaway 2:

In Jaws, you don’t see the shark until 1 hour and 21 minutes into the movie.

“This goes to show,” @_coleschafer writes, "that anticipation is scarier than confrontation."

The Stoic philosopher Seneca famously wrote, "We suffer more in imagination than in reality.”

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"If you break the human struggle down to one word," Jerry Seinfeld says, "it's CONFRONT. And so, I approach everything that way."

Confront the reality that the shark is broken. Confront the problem you're putting off. Confront the hardest task on your to-do list. Confront the workout. Confront the blank page.

Anticipation is scarier than confrontation.

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[SHINGAI @ShingaiMusic]

#TooBold Throwback:
#TsiTsi featuring my siblings, @kwaye & @DameChipo. A beautifully moving song sung in Shona.

"Asking for the blessings and the guidance of those that came before us, to show us and light the way during troubling times.." 💚🌍🇿🇼💚

🎶 https://t.co/3kmVOp6NrZ

[✨🪩 Beyon’Sadie 🪩✨ @SadieSinner]

Not sure how this will translate on Twitter, but… we’re launching the BLACK BURLESQUE SCHOOL!

Open taster class 16th April, in London

All levels welcome, no dance experience needed!

Posted IG yesterday and we’re already 50% sold!

[Chipo Kureya-Curran @DameChipo]

H|I Twitter Please help!

I'm looking for an online assistant not more than 3 hours a week!!!

[ice&fire @iceandfireuk]

📢🔥ANNOUNCING our new show! We'll be touring our all-immigrant variety show across London between 28 Sep - 16 Oct. What is behind our collective acceptance of immigration controls? Come and join the (jolly) conversation. Ticket prices suit all budgets https://t.co/iS4QEhcHiJ

[Chipo Kureya-Curran @DameChipo]

@AugustinaAmoa Negro and variations of translate as black in a lot of latin languages. I think some objectivity needs to be had as this form may not just be for use in the UK and USA xxx

[Bridge Theatre @_bridgetheatre]

A huge congratulations to Dame @ArlenePhillips who has been awarded this year’s Special Award by @olivierawards 👏

[Gerson S Silva @Gerson_seguros]

Who knows me,knows that I LOVE ANGOLA,LOVE OUR CULTURE, It doesnt matter who tells the estory,has long has it is told...
Iam man enough to say that I did cry..
PROS: @leslyamaro A NOSSA 1 RAINHA👸🏿
KING/QUEEN NJINGA M'BANDI🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴

[Honey (Oyínkánsọ́lá) Gabriel @thehoneygabriel]

Look at the stunning @DameChipo 🤩🤩🤩👏🏾👏🏾