Miss Thang wins Best Feature Narrative in Nashville!

The good news just keeps on coming! The HD Feature, The Rise and Fall of Miss Thang, won the Best Feature Narrative Award this past Saturday, October 6 at the International Black Film Festival of Nashville. Earlier that evening 'Miss Thang' screened in the historic Belcourt theater in Nashville's trendy Hillsboro Village neighborhood. Audience members included Hollywood Actor Mykelti Williamson and legendary filmmaker Julie Dash.

Actress Dori King and Writer/Director Stacie E. Hawkins with Actor Mykelti Williamson (Forrest Gump, ATL)


Stacie E. Hawkins with Director Julie Dash (Daughters of the Dust, The Rosa Parks Story)

From Motor City to Music City!!!

Our little tap dance film is picking up steam on the festival circuit. Miss Thang recently won a Motor City Film Festival award in Detroit this past September and this weekend we will be screening as part of the International Black Film Festival of Nashville. Miss Thang will screen at 5:30pm on Saturday October 6, 2007 at the Belcourt Theater located at 2102 Belcourt Street in Nashville, TN.

The festival, which takes place from October 4th through 6th, has gotten off to a great start with an opening ceremony with honorary chair, Debbie Allen, and actor, Mykelti Williamson, who is teaching acting workshops during the festival. For more information go to their website at www.ibffnashville.com

It's All Coming Together.

Here are some updates for our Chicago Premiere at Black Harvest on the 19th.

Popular Chicago radio personality, Davante 'Stone Pony' Stone, has signed on to host the screening and reception.

Please support our reception sponsors who will be catering the event.

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Tickets for the screening and reception are available at ticketmaster or at the
Gene Siskel Film Center box office located at 164 N. State Street/312-846-2600

Chicago Premiere

Hey Everybody, check out Miss Thang at the Black Harvest Festival of Film, Video, and TV next month in Chicago.

Sunday, August 19th at 5pm-reception following screening.

Tuesday, August 21 at 8:30pm

Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State Street
Chicago, IL

Tickets are $9

For more information go to http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org

HBFF and B-Side Entertainment

This year Hollywood Black Film Festival has partnered with B-Side Entertainment to create an interactive program guide and screening schedule. Now audience members can create customized calendars, rate and review the films they see, and learn more about movies they might want to see. Each film has it's own page where filmmakers can upload photos, a trailer, and even keep a blog.

Please support our film by going to our page from time to time to check out the blog and see what people are saying about the film. Obviously there won't be any reviews until after the film has screened but you can help create buzz my making comments or putting the film on your calendar. Miss Thang at HBFF

Chicago to Norway to LA

Now that "Miss Thang" has been accepted into a major film festival, we are in a rush to get it finished. Our editor, Sue Lawson, and assistant editor, Bruce Himmelblau, have finished the picture edit of the film. Now our Sound Editor and Designer, Jorn Lavoll is rushing to get the sound together before the festival next month.

Jorn is a Norwegian composer and sound editor living and working in Bergen, Norway. I found him through an ad I placed online. He was the most qualified as well as most enthusiastic person to apply for the job. Thanks to internet technology today, Sue and Jorn are sending large audio and video files back and forth through the net. From Chicago to Norway!

Once the sound is finished the project will be sent to me in LA for color correction and final output. Then it will be ready to screen in Beverly Hills on June 6 at The Hollywood Black Film Festival.

Accepted!!!

The Rise and Fall of Miss Thang has been accepted into it's first film festival. The Hollywood Black Film Festival will place June 5-10, 2007 in Beverly Hills California. "Miss Thang" will premiere on June 6 at 5:30pm. Tickets are $12.00.

Location: Fine Arts Theatre
8556 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90211

If you are in the southern California area, please come out and support the film.

Rough Cut and Pickups

Hey guys,

Sorry I haven't updated the blog in a long while. Our editor Sue Lawson has been working really hard on editing the film and we recently sent a really really rough cut of the film off to Sundance.

Good News! Dormeshia was in Chicago this past weekend, October 6-8, for the Madd Rhythms Tap Summit http://www.maddrhythms.com. We were able to shoot 14 of the scenes we missed during the original production, including the infamous DJ equipment stealing scene. I saw the footage yesterday and it looks great!

We are now working to incorporate the new scenes into the rough cut for the upcoming Slamdance deadline.

Special thanks to all the crew and actors who came out to help this weekend.

Stacie