The word “Spectacle” was made for this reason: in order to describe the closing ceremony. Growing up in Kenya, the only time there would be this level of pomp and circumstance is in celebration of political heroes during a national holiday where the president is going...

It’s hard to explain where all the time has gone or what it’s been like here. It’s such a dusty little town with the most amazing architecture and buildings and movie theatres and all this…its really quite incredible. It’s as though there isn’t anything new in the...

What an amazing place this is! Its hard to put into words what this experience is like but I’ll try where I can and leave out what I can’t. Listen, I know there’s plenty of corruption, I know most of the money isn’t being spent in the way that it should be and that...

Okay so I'm actually beginning to get scared now with these people. At first laughing at their ridiculousness was almost cute. Now? Not so much. Do these people have NO females living around them at all? You want to tell me they come out, say dumb shit like "God might...

 Dancing for Life I’m on a mission tonight: I’m going dancing no matter what. This whole week really. Until I leave, I MUST dance my ass off. There’s something so incredibly liberating about giving in to the move and the beat. About allowing yourself to let go and...

 A Living Religion (The Reluctant Blogger Returns!)          Alright listen, I’m not a dedicated blogger, I just like talking sometimes. And then sometimes its too much work. That’s what happened in the past month and change, too much work. And too much thinking about...

 Art, Energy and Loans. Loving Common right now, who knew I was missing out so much? But all in its time. I listened to Common’s song “Assatta” and felt so fortunate and inspired seeing as she lives here. I need to figure out how to meet her, I’d love love love to....

How Can I Be Down? Practicing my photoshop skills today while listening to Common and waiting for my weekly NYU call. So I’ll go ahead and admit it – I’ve never owned an album by Common before yesterday. This Cuban brother Amehel...

 Oh God of All Creation So its taken me a while to finally “land” here. I feel like I’ve been looking at Cuba and my experience here as though I were watching fish swimming around in a tank, explaining to the tourists how the fish act and react...

The Amazing Floats of Bejucal     It’s been exactly a week since we arrived. Feeling pretty settled in, but still need to get my own groove on. I’m sure this week will be different since the work actually starts now. Need to practice my...

 Living as a Cuban Such an ungodly hour to be awake but I wanted to be up early to make sure I did some journaling today. Had big plans to go to a jazz show last night but woke up with the worst raging headache one could ever imagine so that didn’t happen at all. I...

Si Cuba! Cuba! What a long day, and yet I can feel the enthusiasm peeping out bit by bit. Fighting a cold for real…or maybe I’m losing the fight and need to surrender and just have a cold already? That’s pretty much the case right now. So I’m living at Casa Vera in...

3 glorious months in Cuba, can't wait to tell you all about it... Click here to see my pictures...

Photo diary from my first trip to Nigeria: UN-FREAKING-BELIEVABLE!!

Once again, my all time favorite parade in New York! Where everyone is free to be and feel exactly who they were born to be...stretch marks, love handles, thick thighs and all! Fabulous music, food, colors, culture and people...wine an bend ovah!

April is always such a hectic month in New York with all the big film festivals and networking parties. Who knew networking is so much work?! Aside from all the meeting and greeting, then you have to take cards, follow up, come up with witty and memorable things to...

Preview Screening in NYC on February 19, 2011

"At the risk of sounding ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by feelings of love." -Che Guevara 

Happy New Year peeps! I know, its already the end of the month, but it usually takes me a while to catch up to January so...there you have it! Been toiling away and super thankful that I can work mostly from home 'coz this winter snow situation is officially out of...

The train at my stop was messed up today 'coz someone committed suicide by jumping onto the tracks. That shit sucks. And while I don't support taking one's own life, I definitely feel that end of year pressure. Nevermind that its about to snow and bluster like it did...

So this little gem has been going around the internet and I had the pleasure of checking it out today, and really, what can one say? With youtube these days its hard to tell how much of this is sincere and how much is staged but regardless, this is what I appreciate...

The first of the official photo stills from our short film "Suspense".

Dear Comrades, What a whirlwind the past few weeks have been! Putting together all the intricate details and bringing an entire film production together is no joke! (Much less of a joke when calling in so many favors!) Thank you all for the wonderful support,...

Dear Comrades, As you know, I’ve spent the past three weeks preparing and raising money to shoot a short film, Suspense.  What started out as “my little film exercise” has quickly morphed into something a lot larger – and we haven’t even shot the film yet! I’m both...

Thank you, thank you, thank you for all the support, word-spreading and contributions  that you’ve sent so far, we’re definitely feeling (and appreciating) the love! This week as energy was sagging just a little bit, one of my actors shared their experience of being...

Dear Comrades, Thank you for all the contributions, support and encouragements thus far! We’re working hard getting ready for the shoot, just hired a fabulous make-up artist with lots of experience creating blood and gore (woohoo!) and continuing with the outreach to...

Recently a friend sent me this link to an African-American movie trailer and was lamenting at how god-awful the film seemed. I clicked on the link with lowered expectations, but was surprised to find that really all it was was a Nigerian-style movie with higher...

The day started off being super-shitty with a pinch of "punch you in the gut" today and I did the worst thing possible: put on some Sade. Now, I actually know better than that. This has happened to me before. It usually starts out with good intentions, and before you...

I'm sorry, I just don't get it. I don't understand what all the hype is about. Seriously, the way people say that shit, you'd think he was a child-molestor and people needed to beware and keep their kids from sleeping over at the White House or something. I mean, how...

I truly, truly love the West Indian Day Parade. For me, its a celebration of culture, the gift that Africa has given to the world. I also admire how Carribean people deal with body image, they seem to have a much healthier outlook on things than most of the rest of...

…does six heat waves seem normal to you? Seriously? I’m just saying…

In the same way that an actor can state his skill in British, Indian, Norweigian or Scottish accents on their resume, he or she can also now add “African.” [insert eye roll here.]

What [creative person] that you know needs to be reminded that they can work at full capacity and stop acting small in order to make others look good?

Alright well, here I am world! No bells, no whistles, just time to step on out and make it known: I've got things to say folks! Consider yourself warned...