A Moment of Gratitude | "Willow" BTS

Pictured in Still: Paul A. Notice II as “Shaka” in “Willow: State of Emergency”

I'm going to practice some gratitude. Before we began producing the TV show, "Willow: House of Griots," there was "Willow: State of Emergency." It's a short film Suswana and Pierre helped me produced back in November 2020.

I haven't done too well posting about this, but this short film picked up a good number of accolades over the past few years. It hardly dawned on me, until editing this poster.

Sometimes, we're so focused on the next goal - we forget to celebrate the small victories. So, this post is born out of celebration. I've revised the script, and film countless times since we shot the first scene in 2020. It's cathartic to know that work isn't going unseen.

Pictured: Anne-Marie Agbodji as “Sasha Obama”

Willow is now playing at the 2023 New York Lift-Off Film Festival! Watch it online in the “Trendsetters Shorts” category (it’s #160) from now until July 31st!

- Paul N.

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⁠"Willow: House of Griots" is an Afrofuturist multiverse TV show that follows an elected alt-world observer, as she ascends to power in an Afrocentric vampiric world on the verge of collapse.

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