NEW DEVELOPMENTS?

Well it has been a long time and this probably be my last message until mid-October.The cinema is going on a hiatus, school is back in session and trying to balance that along with my company and new job as Locations and Script Development Manager is alot.Well my mentor asked me about funding, but not for Mike ya'll but another film and that was about a week ago.But I'm hopeful, I know these things take time.So,for new MJ developments I will be rewriting the scripts to make it shorter because their run times are a bitch right now meaning no one wants them until their under 3 hours.So until something incredible happens, keep on livin' for the city

Luv ya,
D.Nesmith

Hey ya'll,

Really,I'm not sure if anyone is reading this but that's okay.Anyways, its been over a month since I've been on the blog and a lot has happened.Original this blog was going to be on the production of MJ but because theirs a lack of black movies in general it'll cover the development of The Ebony Cinematheque.

The Ebony Cinematheque is my production company which I launched in late August.The reason being I needed one just to get the name of my work out there.While frustrated of the lack of luv for Mike as a potential film property I took the Sophia Coppola method,write something inbetween to past the time.That "something" turned into my 1979 rollerdisco flick called "TILT".The film was inspired by this pic of MJ with Jermaine and YES! thats Barry White.Here's the synopsis:

Tremaine, a Los Angeles teenager works in a record store during the day and roller discos at night with his two sisters Lavelle and Sharon and best friend Freddy before leaving for college. He wants to be a prolific writer like the black literary greats of the previous generation and guards his heart like he protects his thoughts in his notebook. Tremaine, Freddy and his sisters hang out at the Tilt roller rink with their various friends. One day while working in the record store Tremaine meets Nova, a sexy New York transplant that go-go dances at night and the two begin a romance of funk music and roller-skating.

But everything changes when his best friend who works at the rink is killed, shot in the head standing outside the rink called The Tilt. While trying to deal with the death of his friend, he comes to terms with his relationship with Nova and the loss of Freddy. A few weeks later the rink is opened and Tremaine and his friends have a memorial skate to their fallen friend. That night, Tremaine and Nova consummate their relationship making their bond stronger. In the last week before Tremaine leaves, Jackson’s Off the Wall album is released and in one final skate with his sisters and Nova, he says his goodbyes underneath the sparkly disco ball.

Then things blew up.I finished the film and then start to look into making my this movie myself.See, I had been reading Spike all summer and other black filmmakers and when you get right down to it, its like my professor said: Do it yourself!

So I put together the company, and started the development and preproduction of my film.I've turned my script into a shooting draft, just finished my film offering and prospectus and now I'm looking for financing which seems bleak but then something else incredible happened.

I contacted my mentor and asked him a few production questions and he asked simply, how much do you need? I could have passed out.Nothing is official yet but let's hope my mentor knows someone who's interested.

Keep You posted.