You know when they say, “and the nominees for Best Short Film are…” at the Oscars? Well, this time they said, “Revolution!” and there was a little clip of our video that played while everyone clapped. I admittedly had high hopes for our video, but seeing the nominee clip play at an awards ceremony solidified my faith in our work. From there, I was hoping to hear, “Re.. Rev.. Revolution!”, but instead this other film, Hollywood Jerome, won Best Short Film, and worst of all the creators weren’t even there… they ghost-robbed me of my acceptance speech!

It’s all good though. I had hella fun at the Arizona Black Film Showcase. I saw some great films, met some amazing folks, and had a chance to talk to all different types of people about our film and the message behind it. I realize that that’s why we do this… we love the experience of people feeling what we do. It makes it all worth it, for me at least, and best of all, it encourages me to keep making videos.

I found out that How To Build A Rapper will be screening with Revolution at the Sweet Auburn International Film Festival, so hopefully we’ll have a chance to link up with the guys from Anacost Productions again. Everyone uses Withoutabox, so my guess is that I’ll start seeing even more familiar faces within the coming months. I’m also hoping to run into some of these cool folks from Phoenix again. I had never been to Phoenix, and they really showed me love down here. I came down here expecting to do a lot of forced “networking” and made some friends instead.

This was a great experience, and I made sure to tell the event staff repeatedly. Everyone here was so friendly that they felt like family; I’ve got an excuse to come back now… Phoenix has my vote and I’m down to come back whenever it’s not 115 outside. I hope we get accepted to this festival next year, and I’m excited to see how things go for us at the LA United Film Festival on 4-20.

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