THE HATISTA BEHIND THE HATISTA
It's been a while since I reported on It Donned on Me's Journey into the 48 hour film abyss. I've been very busy studying MultiMedia at Cal State East Bay this past school year, while still creating short films with the Crew.
A shout of gratitude to all those who showed up and voted for this film, and all those who viewed it online. After putting the word out to the artists in Paris, France to New Orleans and the Bay Area, and all those places in the tweens (between) I've received many calls and emails from people who saw the movie and thought it was da bomb and are still laughing!
Another very special shout out to the people of Oakland who showed up and showed out. Brenda Usher-Carpino won for us the Audience Choice Award at the Roxie Theater Screening in San Francisco and also the Best Actress Award for the San Francisco 48 Hour Awards Screening. I knew from the get go that this multi talented improv acting Diva would throw down hard... and she did! It started a couple of months before when I ran into Brenda and Angela Wellman http://www.opcmusic.org/ on Piedmont Avenue sipping coffee early one Saturday morning at Gaylord's Coffee House during a very serendipious rondevous. We ended up hanging out for a couple of hours as I listened with open ears to stories about Brenda. This beauty hails from San Antonio, Texas and has lived for many years in the Bay Area in Oakland, CA. She's a writer and a scholar graduating from University of California, Berkeley, with a Doctorate from Stanford University and recently returned to school at Mills College in Oakland working towards her MFA in Creative Writing. Although the list of the Diva is too long for my blog entry, I just knew like I knew like I knew that she would be the show stopper she was. I even told her in advance that once the audience recognized her, they would be all over her like white on rice. So who channeled the Hatista?!?! Figure it out for your self...
