In April of 2010, I began collaborating with a group of fabulous women, my LA support group that we affectionately call BGRLA--Black Girls Rule LA!!! We meet monthly (if we can) and just catch up on what's going on in our lives, discuss our goals and projects, and support one another along the way.
Well one of the women, Peppur Chambers, has a caberet show called Harlem's Night which features the sexy, sassy and sultry Brown Betties. She wrote the show and then wrote a funny book called The Brown Betties Guide: How to Look for Love in all the Wrong Places! BGRLA realized that it would be great for all of us to make this book into a webseries! I was called in to direct and shoot. Our girl Yasmine Richard provided the kick-ass Canon 7D camera, the location and her fantastic acting skills. Yemi Adegbonmire hooked up the soundtrack for the series, including the memorable theme song, and it was on!
We've been working tirelessly to get this project completed while we do our "day" jobs. We had just begun post production on a few of the episodes when I became aware of the LA Web Festival. I sent the Festival Director, Michael Ajakwe a link to our rough cut and he loved it and suggested we submit. Well, here we are, weeks later and not only has The Brown Betties Guide been accepted into the festival, Peppur and I are speaking on a panel about it!
So excited to do creative, funny and positive projects with such talented people. You can find more information on the Brown Betties Guide at our website.
www.BrownBettiesGuide.com
And here's the link to the debut of our latest episode: Tip #1, BE THE LAST ONE AT THE PARTY!!!! ENJOY!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEvz9dV4auE
Will let you know how the festival went! Stay tuned!
Sunday, March 27, 2011
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