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Limitless XVI – Trojan
(Let me open this chapter by saying I almost certainly do more name dropping in the next few paragraphs than you will ever hear me do in a five minute conversation in real life. Nature of the beast…)...
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Limitless XVIII – Alexis
It may have been a side effect of maturity as well as the cultural connection, but as I was going through my ups and downs with Maria, I found I was no longer leaning on my boys for love advice as much...
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Limitless XIX – The Joker
“This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object…You won’t kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness. And I won’t kill you because you’re just too much fun....
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Limitless XX – Closing the Book
I fixed my financial situation. In spite of my own actions at times, I managed to avoid being permanently tied to the Midwest. It was time to focus my attention back on the Dream. I may not have...
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Alright gang, my special guest for this year’s Oscar predictions is Aaron Rahsaan Thomas. For those of you who don’t know him or haven’t met him, here’s a quick bio: Born in Kansas City, Kansas, two...
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One More Honor
Over the weekend, our friends at the Lawrence Arts Center gave Lady In My Life another honor to add to its resume; it was chosen ‘Best Romance’ at the LAC Short Film Festival. It means alot to me,...
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2010 – The Return of Bruce Wayne
A couple weeks into 2010, the last film I wrote and directed was being introduced to a national audience by a movie star. With a couple of weeks to go in 2010, I got to host a show where I gave an...
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2011 ArtFradieu Oscar Live Commentary
Aaron Rahsaan Thomas and Malik Aziz share an unique, common background. Both young men are natives of Kansas City, Kansas, graduates of the University of Kansas and went to grad school at the...
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African-American Short Films: 2nd Week of December
It’s the weekend which means the episode of African-American Short Films featuring my short is hitting new markets. This week it’s pretty long, see below: Columbus-Tupelo-W Pnt-Hstn Station:...
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Jayhawkers
No elaborate introduction needed for today’s post… One of my first mentors, in terms of being a black filmmaker from Kansas with an independent streak, was Kevin Wilmott. He was coming into KU as a...
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On the Other Side of Peace
As this Ramadan ends, I thought I would have a lot to say. But maybe not as much as I first thought. Fasting has an interesting effect on the body and the mind. I can only truly speak for myself,...
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‘My Scandal Audition’
(cutting and pasting this opening from yesterday; if you already read it you can skip ahead to the backstory…) The family and friends don’t get to see the millions of middle steps in between ‘here’...
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‘Red Bird’
A few of my talented Jayhawk friends who helped me make ‘Lady In My Life’ a few years back need your help in bringing their next vision to the screen. The name of the web series is ‘Red Bird’, and...
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Song of the Day –‘Wishful Regrets’
Showing some love to a talented brother from my neck of the woods… Gabe Roland was a few years behind me at KU but we have more than a few mutual connections. Besides the Jayhawk connection, he’s...
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Puzzle
First, Kaepernick. Don’t have much to add here. My father, uncles, cousins, good friends are all veterans so I’ve always stood for the national anthem out of respect for them. But if the man...
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Song of the Day –‘T.R.O.Y.’
A solemn day for my tribe today. Marek Jacobs, one of the young brothers who brought me into Alpha at the University of Kansas, passed away after a fight with stomach cancer. I can’t tell you the...
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Video of the Day –‘My Boo’
Like most of everyone in the KU circle, I was shocked when word got to me that Justin Vanoy passed yesterday. We weren’t close. Different fraternities, different inner circles. But the black social...
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