Though there are no hard-fast-rules for why projects are passed over, there’s a lot that can be learned when you understand “No” and how to apply it to the creative process.

Remembering Louise Greaves (1932 - 2023)

Yes, I write plays, and the story of Ida B. Wells is still making an impact today. The Little Theatre of Norfolk will present the play in February. Read more about it.

Mid-career filmmakers are stuck in the middle of something. This time in a filmmaker’s career requires special attention and a different kind of support from what’s offered to Emerging and full-time Professionals. Here’s why.

MR. SOUL filmmaker Melissa Haizlip wins a Peabody Award. MBG worked with Haizlip on the discussion/engagement guide for the 2021 broadcast premiere on PBS Independent Lens.

Firelight Media’s new Spark Fund offers a unique funding opportunity to BIPOC documentary filmmakers whose humanities-themed projects were interrupted by the COVID-19 health emergency. Application deadline is 3pm ET, December 29, 2021

In my 10 years of impact work there’s never been a plan that didn’t require a pivot. But no one could predict the upheaval of the past several months with the COVID pandemic triggering

I’ve noticed recently an increase in the practice of Native Land Acknowledgement at conferences, cultural events, film screenings, services and gatherings. According to the US Department of Arts and Culture’s website the practice has been adopted “from countries like New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and tribal nations of the US” where the Acknowledgement is custom, even policy. The invocation is made prior to the program to identify, affirm and honor the presence of traditional indigenous inhabitants of the land on which we currently inhabit.

MBG was very excited to work with Sally Rubin and Ashley York to present an impact screening of their documentary “hillbilly” in Washington, DC in December. The film was hosted by The LINE Hotel in DC’s Adams Morgan neighborhood.

It’s the 50th anniversary of one of the most pivotal years in American 20th century history. I’ve been writing about 1968 for Washington City Paper starting with the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination and the civil unrest that followed in Washington, DC. What I discovered is no person or event can fit neatly into a pre-constructed box. Neither did this story.

In a time of heightened awareness about racial injustice, sexual harassment, immigration, gender, politics, within an atmosphere and culture that encourages the combative debate…How do you have a conversation about race around the holiday dinner table?