Disclaimer: The only side I’m taking is mine... I’m Atlanta born and raised, while I’ve grown up in the south my entire life it was a bit of a shock to be in a room of hundreds of people and be the only person who looked like me (besides a couple secret service and videographers).…
Continue reading ➞ On being the ‘only one’ at Donald Trump, Mike Pence rallies
I sat down with Christopher Everett to talk about why he wanted to direct a documentary that puts a microscope on the 1898 massacre of African Americans by an armed white mob in Wilmington, North Carolina. I was surprised to find out the Laurinburg, North Carolina native was so passionate about telling this seldom told…
Continue reading ➞ How ‘Wilmington on Fire’ director Christopher Everett’s hardship fueled his film
If you don’t know it by now, social media is a beast. It has the potential to make you, like James Wright the viral Patti Pie eating singer: And the potential to break you, like Belle Gibson who “lost everything” after she went viral for posing as a cancer survivor to get money: People have…
Continue reading ➞ The power of Social Media: How Twitter fixed my worst Uber ride
