First, a very big THANK YOU for choosing to support our comedy web series, Adversity. We have raised over $21,000 so far which is almost 60% of our goal. We are deeply humbled by the support from our contributor’s generosity and are very excited to bring this project to life. If you missed the opportunity to donate before the Indiegogo Campaign ended, you can now contribute on our GoFundMe Page for finishing funds @ https://www.gofundme.com/adversitytheseries
Kenneth Bancroft Clark and Mamie Phipps Clark, were African-American psychologists who as a married team conducted important research among children and were active in the Civil Rights Movement.
They founded the Northside Center for Child Development in Harlem and the organization Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited. Kenneth Clark also was an educator and professor at City College of New York, and first Black president of the American Psychological Association.
They were known for their 1940s experiments using dolls to study children’s attitudes about race.
Nick has a rather “eclectic” background. Â With a B.A. in English Literature from National Dong Hwa University (Taiwan), he then obtained a Master’s in Mental Health Counseling Psychology from Boston College in 2004 and then PhD in Cultural Studies with an emphasis on Film & Media at The Claremont Colleges (suburban Los Angeles), focusing on film criticism and audience psychology. Â His research revolves around how the audience “decodes” (interprets) messages that a movie is intended to convey and how a film company may package its product with what the audience is looking for taken into account.
Taking up the quill at an early age, Nick initially wanted to be a novelist. Â A personal congratulation from an award-winning director on his radio drama in college triggered him to write for another medium. Â He has worked with Zahra Pictures as a screenwriter and has an action espionage short currently in post-production. Â One of his scripts was selected as a finalist at The Annual Lone Star Action Fest Screenplay Competition sponsored and operated by industry professionals.
Aside from his love for creative writing, Nick has been playing the piano ever since he was 4, along with a few other instruments, which he took up in his teens. Â He started improvising at the age of 5 and composes when he has time. Â One of his piano solo pieces was used by a mountain resort for its promotional website as background soundtrack.
Synopsis:
A male teenager, raised by a devout Catholic mother, and an abusive father questions his manhood. Between being bullied and victimized by peer pressure, he struggles to make sense of the world around him. He crosses paths with a street gang and fails to resist them. Caught in the gang bangers grip, he is forced to commit an unimaginable crime, which leads to heartbreaking circumstances.
SILENCIO makes it’s WORLD PREMIERE at the Pan African Film Festival
Silencio Official Poster
Screening Times: RAVE Cinemas 15 Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza
Sunday, Feb. 10 at 9:30pm
Tuesday. Feb. 12 at 1:30pm
Silencio starring Meshach Taylor, Produced by TamirFilms will make its WORLD PREMIERE at the 2013 Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles Feb. 8 – 18. Follow Tamirfilms Ltd for screening times and dates! Congrats to writer Ryan Gavan and Director Chris Mammarelli. Thanks to my talented cast and crew I love you. – Tamir Yardenne http://www.paff.org/
New Music for our film – “SILENCIO’ “All Day” Performed by 1FIFTY1 featuring Sen Dog of Cypress Hill, written by Juan Hernandez, Ian Mathias, Mathias Baer and Senen Reyes….1FIFTY1 appears courtesy of Diabolical Music
Sen Dog appears courtesy of Senny Sosa Musik
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