A notable moment I want to record it before it passes too far into the past: AMERICANISH, a film that Paul produced, had its debut in San Francisco last weekend at CAAMFEST where it won the audience award! In an only-barely post-Covid-vaccine world, the viewing was both virtual geo-locked to California, and live, at a … Read more
My brain is lazy. When it comes to screenwriting, there are those who say you don’t need guys in front of classrooms to teach you to tell a story. “Just read scripts,” they say, “and you will learn all you need to learn.” What they mean by that (I hope, at least), is not really … Read more
So this is it: My first Lovers in Their Right Mind “Friday Process Post.” Our movie is a about an African-American woman who falls in love with a Persian man, and has to decide whether to be with him at the risk of losing the support of her family and community. The woman—whose name is … Read more