I started homecoming back in 2015, and had been slowly but surely whittling away at hundreds of hours of footage - then a robbery took away some of my most prized memories: the 100th birthday of my great-granddad, Lilbert "Buddy" Hollins. It would be the last time I would see him alive. It was hard enough to work on a documentary that unabashedly looked at my depression, survivor's guilt, and PTSD while visiting the home, but the loss had become too great.
Read MoreFive years ago, we revamped The Notice Blog into a fully-fledged nonprofit production company. And the journey has been well worth the many sleepless nights of work. More importantly, your consistent and enthusiastic support throughout this all has helped make all of our work possible. For us, 2022, was a year of expansion into the arts, helmed by our debut of The Anansi Project program.
Read Moren Episode 3, we explore different points of view on love and relationships with familiar faces from earlier projects In the Heights, relatives in St. Louis and people encountered in Washington DC. Here we recount stories of when lovers first meet, the permanence of relationships then & now, and finding meaning and significance in both.
In the midst of it all, these stories reveal the undeniable parallels of love across color, age, and sexuality that ultimately deconstructs the Other.
Read More"Homecoming."
A documentary about family, change, and the power of ideas.