Malcolm's 88th Birthday

Come out and Celebrate on Sunday, May19th

IMPACT for Living Legendz!

WOW Last Saturday we met up with Carlton from IMPACT and the talented cast of IMPACT! It was FIERCE the performance and the back stories. We met this wonderful young lady who had Lupus and she will be having a fundraiser this Saturday at the Dwyer Cultural Center. We will definitely be on  board to support this sistah.  The IMPACT REP THEATER will be performing on Malcolm X birthday at the Shabazz Center on May 19th in part of our program "Malcolm's Next Step bringing back consciousness"  they will be featured in the upcoming film.

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Living Legendz dates

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Community Engagements

Filmstress Filmz is proud to announce our spring engagements.

May 19th we will be screening our trailer and participate on a panel discussion entitled 

"Malcolm's Next Step Bringing Consciousness 

Back"

Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Center

Sunday, May 19th

3340 Broadway

New York, NY 10032

5 - 7:30 p.m.

Living Legendz Fundraiser

National Black Theater

Thursday, June 6th

2031 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10035

7:00 - 10:00 p.m.

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Shabazz Center

Last Saturday the crew from Filmstress International went to the Shabazz Center and met Malcolm's daughters. We supported a function they had on health and were impressed on the space and the people we met there. Not only did they like our agenda to have a forum entitled Malcolm The next step bringing conscious back but advised us to email them what we would like to do on Malcolm's birthday at the Shabazz Center.  We were so honored that the daughter we spoke to gave us time to speak with her more less was interested in collaborating on such an event.

Photography by Najmah53

We left that event on Saturday and went to Manhattan Neighborhood Network and I taped a show with Dietra Kelsey from the Sistah Talk TV show.  It was my first time visiting the studio on 103rd and the staff was friendly.  We got there 5 minutes before aire time but we made it, James and Jane were great they worked that show liked pros.
From there we went and met Dune and he was happy to hear the good news on what we had accomplished already for the tribute too Malcolm and also the Last Poets.  After our visit we went to the National Black Theater and supported one of Dune's friends who was in prison that was having a fundraiser upstairs.  I was feeling sick and had to leave unfortunately I missed my blogtalk radio show with Janice that night I slept right through it with my fever.  I stayed in bed till yesterday and  finally got the strength to return to the real world.  
We want to say thank you to all the folks who kept donating online on Indiegogo for the film we truly appreciate it.  We will continue to keep our fans proud of the work we are doing.

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My three wise men!

I have been raising money on the Indiegogo campaign since last week and I am so proud of the folks that have come forward to donate what they had.  Some folks have reached out to do interviews on the film and some folks have sat by silently hating.  I look forward to shooting in May and have folks on board that will be interviewed such as Jessica Care Moore who agreed to be interviewed for the film.  Jessica is a warm hearted Sistah who is originally from Detroit and her comments will be absolutely valuable to show my audience.  How Abiodun has made a positive impact on this woman is outstanding already have some footage of this beautiful Sistah at Abiodun's Tribute at the National Black Theater in 2011.  To find out more about this phenomenal Sistah click here.

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Jessica Care Moore

  Ever since my mentor Jamal Joseph challenged me on the hook, I have been racking my mind on what will draw people to come see a historical film about our elders. 

Securing on camera interviews is truly a challenge so many folks have their hand out like I have  a million dollar budget.  Now worries because where there is a will there is a way.  

Still trying to reach out to Bryonn Bain, Saul Williams and some other folks who are doing great things now. 

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Nicholle La Vann & Jessica Care Moore at Def Poetry Jam

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Why I'm doing Living Legendz!

Many folks ask me on a regular basis why you doing this film Nicky? My answer remains the same each time because it's an honor to document these legends many are not familiar with their contributions. My hopes are to give back to my community by documenting the lives of people who have made a positive influence on African-American culture.  What better gift can we give our sons and daughters than examples of people from their own community who have paved the way.  Some folks say why? Nobody really cares anymore it's not 1970 move on.  True, it might not be 1970's but the same issues still plague us racism, prejudice, injustice and poor education. In order to move forward we must know our past that is what I have always learned.  It think it is truly an honor to highlight the lives of Dr. Leonard Jeffries, Abiodun Oyewole and Jamal Joseph.

Thanks to all of you that are supporting me on this journey as I document our legendz.

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Finding the hook...

Yesterday my AP and I visited my mentor Jamal Joseph so we could touch base with the project.  It was a great meeting, my mentor challenged me to re-examine my hook. What is going to keep people tuned in to want to watch this documentary about these three men. I thought to myself well of course the music is going to be over the top. Then as I have experienced to keep interviewing asking questions that will lead me to the meat.  My vision was to edit a discussion between them and explore the story of their lives having them come together around this discussion. 

I didn't realize that Jamal was 12 when Malcolm died, I thought he was older.  The conversation was inspiring because Jamal really hit the key points of what my audience will be looking for.  As usual I thought I had it figured out.  I was truly grateful for the brutha's time since I know he had a lot of responsibility viewing films during the spring recess.  So my homework is to revamp my hook and concentrate on how I am going to implement that into the film.

Overall folks we are coming along still raising money on indiegogo and still plugging to get the word out on the film.  Feel free to donate and check in we are working on a great historical film and need your support.

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