Gang Database | Pt 5 | The Immaculate Re-Conception of Kraig Lewis
He was a semester away from finishing grad school, with law school lined up next. Then, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara signed off on the largest mass arrest in New York City’s history. And that mass arrest didn’t just sweep up his neighbors… Thus began “The Immaculate Re-Conception of Kraig Lewis.”
Read MoreComing into the New Year with the 2019 Spotlight Documentary Gold Award. It's my work on "a wonderful world," a short doc that follows how Louie Armstrong's song "a wonderful world" was made. Shoutouts to the lovely Kevin R. Free Queens Library and the Louis Armstrong House Museum for the wonderful opportunity to work on this. Check out the full doc here:
Read MoreElliot Guilbe and I worked on this project about a year ago. It was for one of my favorite clients, Sharon Richardson, the president of Re-Entry Rocks. She runs a program that employs formerly incarcerated women as caterers and event planners. Elliot and I were tasked with shooting a video. Here’s the first version. The second one’s coming soon!
For inquiries on our rates for video production or editing, please email: Paul@thenoticeblog.com, or visit here.
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Read MoreHere’s a look at the past. And a song. By Louie Armstrong.
Read More“… and there is no border that divides us. There is no wall high enough that we can’t come to each other.
Because in this struggle, we need each other to survive.”
That one time I got over 4 million views for OkayAfrica in a video that took me less than a day to edit. Just goes to show you how random life is.
Read MoreHere’s a video I shot and edited for Okay Africa back in 2016.
Read MoreI shot and edited this piece a while back in March 2018 for Okay Player, but it never aired. Anyway, think of this video as a look at the other side of Jussie Smollett. The part that gravitates people to him.
Read MoreSo a couple of weeks ago, Elliot and I produced a #musicvideo for a dope af friend, fellow filmmaker and amazing singer @vonmiddleton for his song #putitonyou Making art with friends is always dope 🙏🏿 check out the full song by searching “Put it On You Von Middleton” on YouTube. 🎥 @clutchmastere 🎬 @paul.noticeaka @thenoticeblog
Read MoreSo shot, directed, edited and produced this music video for local Newark Hip Hop phenom, J Read. You can find the track, "Everything," on his EP titled "The Grim Wolf Sessions"
It was a joy to work with so many talented people, and on such a dope song!
Read MoreJust finished editing a short doc with Pryor Hill Productions on Bethune-Cookman University's Battle of the Bands against Florida A&M University.
Read More#skateboarding #blackskaters #dcculture
Way to way back. DC's history with skating.
#NeoSoul #Music #Africa
Checkout the UnOfficial Video I cooked up for Jazz Icon Melanie Charles' soulful ballad: "How Glad I Am." Featuring part of it in an upcoming episode.
Saba!
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Read MoreIn this revealing and frank interview, former-gang members & anti-violence activists Vidal Guzman & Chris Williams peel back the layers of prejudice and marginalization to explore the root causes of violence. Cycles of recidivism, systemic abuse, violent over-policing, and self-defense-driven cycles of retaliation uncover a deeper, more complicated story than the classist/racist stereotypes we’re often fed.
Read MoreWith crime at an all-time low, NYPD Chief of Detectives, Dermont Shea, is spear-heading a new media frenzy to encourage the city to continue spending millions in policing: Gangs are Coming Back. But are they?
Read MoreHappy Labor Day! Take a look at the teaser of our latest doc: Shaw Boyz, which follows the groups of Black & Latinx skaters formed after the creation of DC's very first public skate park.
produced by Joshua Lopez directed & edited by Paul Notice
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Read MoreI remember visibly shaking when I first heard Taylonn Murphy Sr. tell this story. The cruelty and lack of empathy involved in how the officer regarded the boy is exactly the sort of trauma over-policing invites into our neighborhoods.
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