<div>"Poetry is film's first cousin." — Nikky Finney
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<div>Hi Friends, Fellow Creatives, Lovers of Art, and Curious Public!
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<div><strong>My screenplay and poetry were selected to be further developed in Greece! </strong>My work was matched with<strong> </strong>a specialized mentor whose work overlaps in the worlds of <strong>both poetry and feature film.  </strong>To pay the tuition for this prestigious residency, I am raising funds to <strong>meet the upcoming deposit deadlines. </strong>Please consider contributing!
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<div><strong>Why Now?</strong>
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<div>Up to this point, I have researched potential microgrant opportunities, however many required that the screenplay have a debut date attached to it. I started arranging table reads, however this creates additional costs or lands after the residency. Unfortunately, I have missed 2 residencies and 1 international speaking engagement due to costs alone. This time I am trying something different.
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<div>No r*ffles, sw*epstakes, give*ways, or pr*motions are offered in exchange for any donations made to this GoFundMe.
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<div><strong>About the Artist</strong>
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<div>I am a full time artist who has managed to support herself and continues to create other paid opportunities for fellow artists and creative thinkers who contribute to local events and conversations in Washington, DC, Phoenix, AZ, and New York City, NY. I am writing this screenplay for a community impact.
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<div><strong>Ways to Support</strong>
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<div><strong>Donate</strong>
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<div>Please consider contributing to this campaign to be part of the journey of bringing this screenplay to life.
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<div><strong>Share </strong>
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<div>I understand not being able to donate. If you can share this with a friend or otherwise widely, it would mean so much!
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<div><strong>History of The Screenplay</strong>
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<div>2018
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<div><strong>Started writing postcards</strong> to my friends, who only lived a neighborhood or two away because our schedules were so busy. I had collected postcards down the street at<strong> The Studio Museum </strong>in Harlem, NY where I lived.
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<div>2020
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<div>Inspired by the letters, I started brainstorming <strong>a concept for a literary project </strong>as either a collection of poems or a film.
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<div>2021
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<div>Wrote and presented this collection of poems at the <strong>Denton Black Film Festival </strong>in Texas. Dreaming of a potentially collaborative project, I began organizing a small group of local writers, including myself, to submit to the Creative Capital Awards. Unfortunately, our schedules did not line up and we, ultimately, did not submit.
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<div>2022
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<div>Received the opportunity to present this collection (see 2021) of poems in <strong>Nice, France </strong>for a conference honoring James Baldwin. While schedules did align, <strong>I did not have the funds to attend and missed this opportunity. </strong>
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<div>2024
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<div>Started to write a screenplay, inspired by my collection of poems,<strong> for fun with no expectations.</strong>
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<div>2025
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<div>A friend encouraged me to submit to a residency. After the France opportunity fell through, I was hesitant. When I learned the residency only offered opportunities to multidisciplinary artists, I submitted my raw screenplay. Nervously and curiously. I was incredibly surprised to learn that <strong>the screenplay was selected (for a Fall Residency)!</strong>
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