130 years after the end of Western Civilization, a pair of young dreamers must unite and mature into the leaders needed to save their homeland. A web series.
One of our writers, @FarajiYaa is directing her first short film about a sexual assault incident she experienced. She is currently crowdfunding for the project! Check out her campaign here to pledge: https://t.co/oGUqyNPk3q
Submissions for the 2022 Class of Black Boy Writes and Black Girl Writes Mentees opens worldwide at midnight tonight and closes At 11:59pm Dec 15th. Please go to https://t.co/3HI8nzVla0 to apply or click the link in my bio. You can also go directly to @stage32’s website.
If you haven’t applied for @blackboywrites Black Boy Writes/ Black Girl Writes Mentorship Initiative, do it! It helped me prepare to be staffed on Send Help. *IM NOT SAYING JOINING WILL GET U STAFFED* Lol. But this mentorship is such a blessing & gave me an opportunity.
Screenwriters at every level of the industry fail most of the time. Shonda Rhimes has had her heart broken. Greg Berlanti had great shows that didn't sell. Simon Kinberg had his big directing debut not work out the way he wanted it to. Be gentle with yourself & stay in the game.
WOW!🌟Check out our very own ISA Development Slate member and Top 25 Screenwriter to Watch @melodyMcooper in Hollywood Reporter! She will be adapting @AyanaGray's Beasts of Prey for Netflix. We are so excited for her!
https://t.co/ZXThZRvKin . .
Today, our movie award winning film JUJU STORIES opens in all CanalOlympia theatres in 12 countries across Africa. If you know me, and if you think what we do is cool, kindly RT and support cool independent filmmaking. Go with your friends and loved ones and have a good time.
I don’t know what young writer needs to hear this, but if you think #InsecureHBO is a good show. Just know every second of it, I agonized, worried, stressed about if what I was contributing was good enough creatively. So know it never leaves you. Embrace it and make it a power.
THREAD: A few years ago, a screenwriter who was giving me notes on a pilot asked me a question which totally up-leveled me as a writer...
He asked, what is the DRAMATIC QUESTION of your show?
Remembering one of anime's best-loved creators, the late Japanese Satoshi Kon, born on this day in 1963. Director of 'Perfect Blue', 'Millennium Actress', and 'Paprika', Satoshi's films moved brilliantly between reality and dreams, creating visually breathtaking fantasy worlds.
10 Tips for Photographing Darker Skin Tones
By @aundrelarrow
"Darker skin isn’t as reflective, so how you light your subjects and choose backgrounds must change, to consciously and successfully light people with darker skin..."
https://t.co/hBvvheYhZz
"Gorgeously photographed," NEPTUNE FROST "requires the largest screen possible. It’s an event as big as its ideas."—@judysquirrels, @THR.
Catch the U.S. Premiere on 10/2 & 10/3, followed by Q&As w/ @SaulWilliams & @dreamstatesmeta: https://t.co/9M0EnvV3Hh
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