News + Project Updates

Thank You, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation

Posted at Feb 09, 2012 | In Director's Commentary, Project Updates | No comments
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 On Monday, February 6th  the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation co-hosted our first private screening of the TGOH.  We previewed a 1hour ‘Work-In-Progress” version of the the film for an audience of nearly 60 persons, at the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Barbara Jordan Conference Center in Washington, DC.  The feedback so far has been outstanding. We truly

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Ellis Prince Is Not Black

Posted at Dec 06, 2011 | In Director's Commentary | 2 Comments
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Ellis Prince is not Black. The congregation at The Gallery Church of Baltimore where he serves as Pastor is not predominately African-American. He doesn’t shout when he preaches–his teaching style is convincingly, conversational. And even though he is a young pastor, who seems more far comfortable in jeans and un-tucked polo shirt than a suit

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A New Site, A New Vision of Completion

Posted at Dec 01, 2011 | In Director's Commentary, Project Updates | 3 Comments

It’s all about reaching the finish line at this point. Whatever that means and whatever that brings… When I began the process of making this film five years ago, I had envisioned a much smaller, shorter film. Perhaps it would have been better if I had stuck to that plan.  Now we are looking at a 1hour

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To Kickstart or Not to Kickstart? Finding Finishing Funds for TGOH

Posted at Nov 20, 2011 | In Director's Commentary, Project Updates | No comments

With large purse strings often come control. We produced this film with our own funding and in collaboration with several nonprofit HIV/AIDS advocacy and education groups that allowed us to piggy back our interviews on their regional or national conferences. That’s because we wanted to have a different conversation that every other AIDS film has

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Exclusive Speak Preview of TGOH at NAACP/Harvard University CFAR Health Summit Reception

Posted at Oct 31, 2011 | In Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Preview a segment of ‘The Gospel of Healing’ at the CFAR reception. Wednesday, November 2nd at the Holiday Inn, Capitol Hill in Washington, DC