Contact: Chris Wolo 886 586 622, Dr. Clarice
Ford-Kulah, Hesta Baker, Wilmona Stubblefield
THE VAN VICKER FOUNDATION IN COLLABORATION WITH DIVINE ENT,
SKY+ORANGE PROD, and ARMSTRONG & ASSOCIATES PRESENT
THE PROVIDENCE 2-DAY FILM WORKSHOP AND MOVIE SHOOT
The
Van Vicker Foundation announced today that its first annual Providence 2 Day
Film Workshop will be held in Monrovia, Liberia on January 4th and 5th
at the Paynesville City Hall. Sponsored by Divine Ent., Sky+Orange Productions,
and Armstrong & Associates, the innovative workshop which is aimed at
educating independent film makers and film students, uniting film makers, as
well as celebrating creativity will be facilitated by industry experts from
Hollywood, Nollywood, Ghollywood, and Lollywood with a collective 20 plus years
of experience.
Participants
will be afforded opportunities to learn and develop practical film making
skills from industry greats from all walks of life. Workshop topics will include Directing,
Acting 101, Producing, Cinematography, Editing, Film Financing, Writing, Film
Distribution, Film Marketing, and Hair/Make-up. The 2 Day Workshop will
culminate with an on the job, hands-on film shoot of the movie “Providence”, a
film about the ex-slaves return to Africa after the abolishment of slavery in
the American Colonization Society’s pursuit of repatriating the slaves by
establishing Liberia, a small America, land of the FREE. Directed by Roger Bobb (The producer of 11 of
Tyler Perry’s movies and 6 of Tyler’s tv shows, The Rickey Smiley Show,
Director of many movies/tv shows in Hollywood) and Liberia’s own Van Vicker,
Produced by Dr. Kulah, Van Vicker, and Elizabeth Armstrong, shot by James Castillo and
Gerald Barlclay in both Liberia and the US, “PROVIDENCE” will provide students
from the workshop real experiences as film makers. The movie stars Hollywood’s Lisa Wu (Atlanta
Housewives, Hollywood Divas, etc), Golden Brooks (Girlfriends, A Good Man is
Hard to Find, Beauty Shop, Something New, etc.), Siaka Massaquoi, a surprise
Hollywood actress, Van Vicker, Frank Artus, Juliet Ibrahim, Eddie Watson, Jose
Tolbert, Nollywood’s Desmond Elliot, and a host of local Liberian
actors/actresses.
For
more information about the Providence 2 Day Film Workshop and Film Shoot, please
reach Chris Wolo (bluetag.c@gmail.com ) or Dr. Kulah (kulahc@hotmail.com
). To audition for the film from Oct. 24th
to Nov. 20th, kindly email your recorded 1 to 2 minute audition clip with a
picture and resume (if you have one) to divineentertainmentintl@gmail.com. Join us on this journey to
educate Liberian film makers and shoot an epic film about the history and
culture of OUR Liberia in an attempt to drive tourism to our beautiful country.
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