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SUMMARY:Reel Sisters Celebrates Women in Hip Hop & AV's 50th Issue
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of readings and episode screening of Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip Hop\, a Netflix docuseries honoring the powerful women of hip hop music and culture. CR Capers\, founder of Harlem Film House & the Hip Hop Film Festival\, will lead a discussion with Crystal Whaley\, co-executive producer of episode 4 of Ladies First\, DJ Franchella\, Liza Jessie Peterson\, director/writer of Black Love Manifesto\, and Evangeline Lawson\, photographer and front cover artists of African Voices’ Hip Hop @50th Issue. \nDerick Cross\, AV Art Director and beatbox performer\, will MC the event. The evening will kick off with selected readings from our issue\, including a special performance by reg e gaines\, a poet\, playwright\, director\, lecturer\, and artistic director of the Downtown Urban Arts Festival since 2007. He is the author of four books of poetry and is currently writing and producing The 88\, with music by Calvin Gaines. \nThis event is FREE. Donations are welcome! To RSVP or donate\, visit this link.
URL:https://africanvoices.com/event/reel-sisters-celebrates-women-in-hip-hop-avs-50th-issue/
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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SUMMARY:The Black Joy Project: Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Tap into Black joy in an intimate writing workshop led by Kleaver Cruz\, the creator of The Black Joy Project\, a digital and real-world affirmation that Black joy is resistance. \nKleaver is a Black queer creative\, writer and educator who has presented and conducted work across the African Diaspora in places like Brazil\, South Africa and The Netherlands\, among other countries. On Wednesday evening\, May 22nd\, 2024\, Kleaver will present a workshop\, leading students through writing exercises and prompts to inspire well-being\, reflection\, and\, of course\, Black joy. \n  \n \nAbout The Black Joy Project \nInternational in the scale\, fist-raising in the prose\, and chockfull of gorgeous works by dozens of acclaimed artists\, The Black Joy Project does what no other book has ever done. In words and art\, it puts joy on the same track as protest and resistance … because that is how life is actually lived. Uprisings in the street\, with music as accompaniment. Heartbreaking funerals followed by second line parades. Microaggressions in the office\, then coming home to a warm hug and a garden of lilacs. The list goes on. \nBlack Joy is always held in tension with broader systemic wounds. It is a powerful\, historically important salve that allows us to keep going and reimagine new ways of being. The Black Joy Project captures these dual realities to incredible\, unforgettable effect. \nThe brainchild of educator and activist Kleaver Cruz\, The Black Joy Project is an extension of a real-world initiative of the same name. It has become a source of healing and regeneration for Black people of all backgrounds and identities. Long overdue and somehow still worth the wait\, The Black Joy Project is a necessary addition for any book lover\, art enthusiast\, or freedom fighter. And begs the question\, What does Black Joy mean to you?
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SUMMARY:Master Class on Writing Strong Female Characters for TV & Digital Media
DESCRIPTION:This is a three-week virtual master class. The class meets on Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:30 PM and Saturdays from 1 to 3 PM. See the exact dates below. \nEmmy award-winning television veteran writer and film producer Valerie C. Woods will lead our master scriptwriting workshop that will cover the essentials of writing scripts for TV\, Film and Digital Media. The six-session workshop will focus on giving you a strong foundation in story and character development. You will learn how to create strong and richly layered women characters as well as the nuts and bolts of writing scripts. Enjoy a nurturing and open creative environment where you will have a chance to write the first draft of your script or develop a work-in-progress. Polish log lines and beat sheets that will help you pitch your project to HBO\, Disney or major television and film studios. \nGet tickets here. Once you have registered you will be sent information on the process for accessing the class online. You will also be given access to a folder with your first reading assignment and the syllabus. \nClass dates are as follows: \n\n5/30/24\n6/1/24\n6/8/24\n6/13/24\n6/15/24\n\nABOUT REEL SISTERS & BRIC \nThe online workshop is being presented by Reel Sisters\, the first Oscar Qualifying Festival for short narratives devoted to women filmmakers\, and BRIC\, the leading presenter of free cultural programming in Brooklyn\, and one of the largest in New York City. Scriptwriting Essentials & Master Class for Writing Strong Female Characters is a Trademark of Reel Sisters. Reel Sisters will be held on Oct. 19-20\, 2024 in Brooklyn. \nScriptwriting Essentials is supported by the National Endowment for the Art\, the New York State Council on the Arts\, the Brooklyn Arts Council\, Council members Crystal Hudson and Farah Louis. \nBRIC presents and incubates new work by artists and media-makers who reflect the diversity that surrounds us. \nABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR \nValerie C. Woods is a writer/producer in television and film and is also a publisher\, editor\, and author. Her most recent work (2019-2020) was as Writer/Co-Executive Producer on Season 2 of the Netflix drama series Sweet Magnolias. She also worked in the same position for Season 4 (2018-2019) of the critically acclaimed television drama series Queen Sugar\, airing on Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). Currently\, she is in development through her MCV Productions banner on a limited series based on Wrapped in Rainbows – The Life of Zora Neale Hurston\, the award-winning biography written by Valerie Boyd and A Cowboy to Remember\, a romance novel in the Cowboys of California trilogy by Rebekah Weatherspoon. \nAs one of four instructors trained by acclaimed screenwriter\, author and teacher Syd Field\, Valerie has served as Creative Director for Syd Field – The Art of Visual Storytelling platform. She also taught as Adjunct Faculty in the Stephens College Low-Residency MFA in TV and Screenwriting program (2016-2020). In Fall 2020\, Valerie joined the University of Georgia as a Screenwriting Mentor in their Low-Residency MFA in Narrative Media Writing.
URL:https://africanvoices.com/event/master-class-on-writing-strong-female-characters-for-tv-digital-media/
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