Update: Alan’s News Brief, May 28, 2018 (Updated)

Here is some recent news about my #creative connections. Please check out these projects and follow the creatives behind them.  Congrats to everyone on their accomplishments! Kim Akia’s film, “ALIENated”, is an Official Selection at the Audience Awards Film Festival. Three extraneous women devise a plan to get rid of their neighbor after she confronts them about … More Update: Alan’s News Brief, May 28, 2018 (Updated)

Alan’s News Brief, April 30, 2018 (Updated)

Here is some recent news about my #creative connections. Please check out these projects and follow the creatives behind them.  Congrats to everyone on their accomplishments! Danielle Earle and Okema T. Moore appeared at the Women’s Media Empowerment Summit. Okema T. Moore will be appearing in “You Wouldn’t Expect”, in New York City starting September 21, 2018. You Wouldn’t … More Alan’s News Brief, April 30, 2018 (Updated)

Alan’s News Brief, January 19, 2018 (Updated)

Here is some recent news about my #creative connections. Please check out these projects and follow the creatives behind them.  Congrats to everyone on their accomplishments! Shauntay Cherry’s film “Silent Cries: The Prelude” is a Finalist in the 2018 Bill Johnson Film Festival. Lex Anthony remembers his father; a failing entrepreneur who began to buckle under the pressures of … More Alan’s News Brief, January 19, 2018 (Updated)

Alan’s News Brief, December 15, 2017 (Updated)

Here is some recent news about my connections. Please check out these projects and follow the creatives behind them.  Congrats to everyone on their accomplishments! Gillian Scott-Ward is interviewed by the On Naming It podcast about her film “Back to Natural: A Documentary Film”. Gillian was recently interviewed on my blog. Back to Natural is a  69-minute … More Alan’s News Brief, December 15, 2017 (Updated)

Support Our #filmmakers: Meet Dr. Gillian Scott-Ward (Updated)

Introduction As so often happens with me, I find out about a film because someone I know is in the cast (in this case Okema T. Moore). After researching the film, I decided to become a funder. As the film “Back to Natural: A Documentary Film” has been making the festival rounds, I decided our … More Support Our #filmmakers: Meet Dr. Gillian Scott-Ward (Updated)

Alan’s News Brief, November 17, 2017 (Updated)

Here is some recent news about my connections. Please check out these projects and follow the creatives behind them.  Congrats to everyone on their accomplishments! Sharrie Mccain won her first acting award, the Actress of the Year award, at the TAP (The Advantage Program) Awards. Sharrie is a producer on the film “Split!”  The film has won … More Alan’s News Brief, November 17, 2017 (Updated)

Alan’s News Brief, October 13, 2017 (Updated)

Here is some recent news about my connections. Please check out these projects and follow the creatives behind them.  Congrats to everyone on their accomplishments! Gillian Scott-Ward’s film “Back to Natural: A Documentary Film” won two awards at the International Black Film Festival Nashville:  The Founders Award and Best Poster Award.  I was a funder. Back to Natural … More Alan’s News Brief, October 13, 2017 (Updated)

Alan’s News Brief, August 18, 2017 (Updated)

Here is some recent news about my connections. Please check out these projects and follow the creatives behind them. Jermaine Smith’s new series “Vish Merrick” has been released.  Good news!  the series has been picked up by a network. The story is about a soldier seeking vengeance for his murdered family. While on his search he gets … More Alan’s News Brief, August 18, 2017 (Updated)