Nix Your Nemesis

On Saturday, I created an interactive art booth "Nix Your Nemesis" at the Brooklyn Museum as part of Heather Hart's Bartertown

Procedure:

What plagues you?

Tell about your nemesis and I'll draw it out on paper.

Together we can conquer it, rip it apart or poke holes in it.

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Lots of laughing and some great talks with museum goers.

Here's a few photos of the participants with the drawings.

Entzaubert d.i.y. queer film festival in Berlin this July 2nd-6th will feature one of my short films!
I won't be able to attend, but if you find yourself in Berlin, please do.

My short film is a chapter in my forthcoming project, black enuf*

here's a still from the piece:

Jerome Hill Foundation

My grant application for the Jerome Hill Foundation has been approved.

I'm working on more script writing and animatics to move forward with the film. Meeting monthly with other filmmakers has really helped keep the momentum going, hope to have a rough draft by late summer/early fall.

I encourage other artists and filmmakers to apply!

Monster Killa at Bartertown 9/28

Thanks to all those who came out to Bartertown. I had a good time drawing monsters and will be tweaking the process to do again. Visitors told me about their monsters and I drew them on paper. Some we destroyed,  made disappear, or loved and taken back home.

photos of participants by Deana Mitchell

My title bumper is on TV! Introducing the documentaries on Al Jazeera.
Check out a 5 second version of it.

IMDB listing

Check it out, yours truly is on IMDB. 
I worked on the animation sequence for "The Wind of Al Amal" a documentary about the Iraqi refugee crisis.

The House I Live In (2013)

Like many, I've been watching Orange is the New Black on Netflix and getting addicted. While that show is great entertainment, I heard about a documentary, The House I Live In, that takes a closer look at the Drug War and the effects on minorities, society, the government, police practices and prisons. I cannot give this a stronger recommendation.

It's available on many platforms, please take a look!

You can watch it for free on YouTube or stream on Netflix. Widely available.
It also features author, Michelle Alexander, who wrote The New Jim Crow.