Robin Downes has created a web series to document the renovation and home improvement of her small studio apartment. Not sure where to begin, she has requested the help of Sherri Culpepper from Demolition Divas and SHE, HER & I Productions.
Robin Downes Productions is continuing to develop content for two main YouTube Channels. In addition to the Yoga Flava TV channel, there is the emerging Robin Downes Network (RDN).
The Robin Downes Network is currently developing a collaboration with Sherri Culpepper for a web series about home renovation.
To support my web series, I will continue to strengthen my online digital publishing. It's an ever evolving frontier in the New Media / Digital Publishing world. I'm doing my best to understand how to monetize my online publishing with the Google Adsense Free 10 week master class.
Just wanted to confirm to those who have known me for several years as a media maven and got confused with my Yoga Flava - it's all good - media in different forms for a new era!
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete, from Codeblack Films, a LIONSGATE® company, opened ABFF 2013 - American Black Film Festival, on June 19th. A very moving film, we laughed and cried. Sniffles all throughout the theater, there wasn't a dry eye in the house. The film is amazing.
The film features a stellar cast including Skylan Brooks, Ethan Dizon, Jordin Sparks (Sparkle), Jeffrey Wright (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close) and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Thor: The Dark World) with Anthony Mackie (Pain & Gain, The Hurt Locker) and Academy Award®-winner Jennifer Hudson ("Smash," Sex and the City 2, Dreamgirls). The film, directed by George Tillman, Jr. (Notorious, Soul Food), was co-executive produced by GRAMMY®
Award-winning singer Alicia Keys. This unique and affecting film is a
coming of age story about two boys trying to survive the summer in their
Brooklyn housing projects without parental supervision.
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete: Two
young boys in Brooklyn are left to fend for themselves during a summer
after they are abandoned by their parents. "Obviously, we're really
exited about it," Jeff Friday, Founder of The American Black Film Festival says. "It's the opening-night film and stars
Jennifer Hudson, Jeffrey Wright, and Anthony Mackie. Alicia Keys is one
of the executive producers. Great film."
I'm so looking forward to Film Life’s 17th Annual American Black Film Festival
(ABFF). I will be providing you with updates about the official slate of films, including Opening and
Closing Night screenings, Gala screenings along with selections for the
Narrative Features Competition, HBO® Short Film Competition
and CNN Films Documentary Competition. The Festival will be held in
Miami Beach, FL, June 19-23, 2013. (Click here for a full schedule of events and to buy tickets.)
The ABFF film program is primarily composed of world premieres
of narrative, documentary and short films. As such, it is the leading
film festival in the world for African American and urban content. Since
its inception, the ABFF has showcased more than 600 films, rewarding
and redefining artistic excellence in independent filmmaking.
With diversity and social responsibility at its core, the
festival supports aspiring actors, filmmakers and industry executives in
unprecedented ways, and has generated a tremendous amount of goodwill
in Hollywood. In addition to its cinematic showcases, the ABFF nurtures
its attendees in a variety of disciplines, offering panel discussions,
workshops and symposiums hosted by leading media companies. Upscale
entertainment and exclusive social events complete the festival
experience.
Check out my clip from the 2011 ABFF Opening Night Event with Robert Townsend:
The festival program continues to grow by adding innovative
programs and activities. In 2010, the ABFF introduced the Pro-Hollywood
Initiative, a pilot program designed to give professional athletes a
crash course in the art of moviemaking and introduce them to the various
disciplines and careers in the film business. 2011 ushered in the gmc
Television Network Faith & Family Screenplay Competition, which
offers writers a chance to be discovered and their work optioned. A new
mobile entertainment section was launched at the 16th ABFF, to showcase
quality short form content ideal for distribution via the internet and
mobile devices.
Each year, the ABFF attracts approximately 5,000 artists,
executives and film fans, providing a strategic vehicle for companies to
reach this trendsetting and influential audience. Top-tier corporations
have engaged in partnerships with the festival to promote their
products, services, multicultural initiatives and branded entertainment
content. This support fuels the growth of the festival and furthers the
evolution of the Black independent film community. HBO is the
festival's founding sponsor.
Jason Seymour is the only African American golf contestant of 12 professionals on "Big Break Mexico." They are ready to pursue their dreams of playing golf on
either the LPGA or the PGA Tour.
“Big Break Mexico” airs Mondays at 9
p.m. ET on The Golf Channel. The Big Break show concept pits highly skilled golfers against
each other in a variety of challenges that test their physical skills
and mental toughness.
Jason is returning to competitive golf full time for the first time in nine
years, following a motorcycle accident that almost claimed his life. He
hung up the golf clubs and turned to a successful construction
business. Growing up in suburban Los Angeles, golf provided him a way
out of “the bad things that surrounded me” and he has dreams of giving
back to the game that has meant so much to him. He also is competing
with a heavy heart as his father passed away three weeks prior to the
filming of the series.
In May of 2013, Jayson Seymour along with his cast members from "The Big Break Mexico" were in New York City for the premiere of their TV Show on The Golf Channel. Check out Jason's reflections on his golf journey as he shares his experiences, hopes and dreams during this exclusive video interview in Central Park, New York City.
I originally me Jason in 2002 during Steve Harvey's golf tournament as I warmed up the golfers with some Yoga Flava
Picture above: (2002) Chuck Vincent (Golfer, who I worked with on "The Cosby Show"), Steve Harvey (Host of the Golf Tournament), Robin Downes (Me / Yoga Flava), Jason Seymour (Golfer / Currently a contestant on "The Big Break Mexico")
Grass roots documentary, "Hands To The Sky"
is about the uplifting and spirited experience of the outdoor house music movement.
A screening and dance party will take place on Saturday, May 25th, at the Mist in Harlem New York. With
showtimes 7pm and 8:30pm there will be an after-party featuring the
legendary DJ/Producer Teddy Douglas of the Basement Boys, whose has
produced hit songs for Ultranate, Crystal Waters, and so many others.
Also spinning is another legend in soulful house scene, Andre Collins
The documentary shares universal love of house music and outdoors events. Check out the trailer here >>>
Over a two-year period, My House Rocs followed this music out of the
clubs and house parties and into the parks and beaches where an
estimated 100,000 House Music fans gather to dance, commune and rejoice
in the summer heat. From Coney Island to Fort Greene Park to various
public spaces in and around New York City, Hands to the Sky interviews
dancers, event promoters, deejays and performers who share personal,
often poignant anecdotes and recollections of how House Music in
general, and these outdoor functions specifically, have shaped their
worldviews, established lasting relationships and inspired dreams and
aspirations. (READ MORE)
