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IndieGoGo Campaign – DELLA CAN FLY – Filmmaker Jasmine Lynea
Della Can Fly! is a retro-futuristic folktale short film set in the early 2000s. In hopes of reuniting with his long-lost sister, an 80-something-year-old man needs to prove to his skeptical family that she flew away. With the help of his grieving 10-year-old great niece, they rectify the family proving it to be true. The film explores themes of memory, overcoming grief, discovery, and the hidden magic within everyday life.
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SIFTMedia 215 GOOD GRIEF Film Project – July 31, 2024
SIFTMedia 215 Collective will screen 8 short films: GOOD GRIEF FILM PROJECT. These films stem from GRIEF, LOSS, AND GOOD GAINS: An Intensive Poetry Workshop w/ Ursula Rucker held in January 2024. 18 attendees worked with Ursula for 3 days to discuss, share and offer some healing around grief of all kinds. Culminating in the creation of Memoir Poetry…
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BlackStar Film Festival Aug 1-4, 2024 – Coverage
13th Annual BlackStar Coverage 2024. It was great in my neighborhood of West Philly for years, but when BSFF moved into Center City last year, I think I like it better. It just gives it more of a big festival shine. And the Kimmel Center is a sweet hangout spot in between screenings...
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NAACP Hollywood Bureau – BE IN THE BIZ Symposium Date: Saturday, June 29, 2024
This program seeks to find talent where they live. Our intention is to make "Hollywood" accessible to creatives across the country. First Stop Philly!
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ROMANCING THE STONE – 40th Anniversary
Starring: Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas, Danny DeVito Director Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Contact, Who Framed Roger Rabbit ) First time writer Diane Thomas I joined some fellow members of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle to discuss this milestone anniversary on episode 120 of the Film Scribes Podcast: My Pocast Notes: This has been one of my favorite movies for as long as I can remember. Partly because I started reading romance novels at the tender age of 11 – more than likely why I’m still single, always looking for my Jesse or my Jack – and neither exists. My favorite romance novelist had my same last…
