Jumai Yusuf: Director, producer and screenwriter in Boston, Massachusetts.

So I'm currently in post-production on a 5 min short film, and I'm aiming to get some sort of digital distribution. I'd love for a popular media/journalism site to pick it up, like the Culture Desk of the New Yorker for example http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/for-your-consideration-pin... Anyone have ideas on how to go about this? Has anyone tried approaching these new media/journalism companies (like HuffPost, Buzzfeed, NYT). Also I'd love to make some money off of this, so I can go back and pay my cast & crew who were all volunteers. P.S. I'm looking for a Producer to help me figure all this out if you're interested!

Dear beautiful Stage32 Community, My short film lili[s] (https://youtu.be/NgqxxLlzKKY) is currently competing the the MPL Short Film Contest, and I need your help! The competition is based on votes (i.e. thumbs up), and the film with the most votes wins $2,000. This is a HUGE amount for a struggling student filmmaker. Voting is easy: just go to this website (http://www.myprojectorlamps.com/contest-entries.html), find lili[s] on the 1st page, click the thumbs up, and then verify your email! If you don't receive a verification email let me know, and I'll give you instructions on another way to vote. Only one vote for email, but please feel free to use multiple email addresses. Voting ends June 30th. We're a 100 votes away from being in the Top 5, but if the Stage 32 community voted, I know we'd get there in no time!! I would really really appreciate all of your support in this!!! -Jumai

Hi Jumai, many thanks for the invite! www.AIFFest.org

Hey Y'all, I'm new to Stage 32, and I'm super excited to connect with all you wonderful people :) If you've got a minute (or 20) check out this webseries I've been making with my fellow classmates at Harvard. We've released two episodes, with three more planned for this year! -Jumai http://youtu.be/hi_W13z1Om0 http://youtu.be/1BZkLoibVJY

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