Makesha (Aadila) Williamson's Lounge Discussions

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Casting Call; “CHANGE” Project Type: Feature Film Union Status: NON-UNION Rate of Pay: Deferred Pay; $150 a day - Principal / $100 a day - Major Supporting / $75 a day - Minor Supporting / $50 a day - Day Player / Extras - Credits and Food Local hire / Charlotte, NC Submit your headshot & resume / reel to: ChangeTheMovie2017@gmail.com Submission Deadline: 07/31/2017 Production Dates: TBA Producers: TBA Director: TBA Writer: Makesha Williamson Casting Director: Kimberley Smith Audition Date(s): June 3rd, 2017. Will accept video submissions Shoot Location: Charlotte, NC USA Instructions for submission: Please send a separate email for each role you submit for with the SUBJECT LINE name of character. Website: https://www.facebook.com/Change-The-Movie-660604687472678/ STORYLINE: A homemaker with no education and no experience. Felisha is faced with her marriage being over and losing everything. Felisha is ends up as a single mom and homeless. After hitting rock bottom Felisha has to re-adjust and prepare herself for a major CHANGE! ROLES: **[Felisha] Female / Age 20-25 / African American / Principal Felisha decides to walk away from her marriage after 3 years. Feeling trapped and tired of the verbal abuse Felisha packs up and leave. After her husband cut all financial support off in an attempt to blackmail her to come back. Felisha becomes homeless and has to start from scratch with no education or experience. Local hire. [Judy (Felisha’s Mother)] Female / Age 40-45 / African American / Minor Supporting Judy tries to support her daughter Felisha on her decisions in life and refuses to enable her. Encouragement and sound advice plays a major part in Felisha's breakthrough. Local hire. [Tina] Female / Age late 20- 25 / African American / Day Player She is a single mom of a 5-year-old boy. She is facing eviction and advises Felisha to go with her to the HSD so her and the children don't end up on the street.. Local hire. **[Ms. Glen (Social Worker)] Female / Any Age / Any Ethnicity / Day Player She is a Social Worker at the “Homeless Shelter Division.” Ms. Glen interviews hundreds of people saying they are homeless but see’s that Felisha is a unique case. With sympathizing and showing compassion she encourages Felisha to prepare herself and be strong. Local hire. [Vonya] Female / Age 20’s / Open Ethnicity / Major Supporting Single mom thats in the homeless shelter due to divorce. Vonya becomes that push Felisha needs to break her out of her depression and get up to do something with her life. Local hire. **[Steve] Male / 30’s or 40’s / Caucasian / Day Player Trainer counselor and social worker who works at the shelter. Provides assistance with diplomas, training opportunities and job skills. The support that gave Felisha her start to success. Local hire. **[Geneva] Female / 30’s or 40’s / Open Ethnicity / Day Player Trainer counselor and social worker who works at the shelter. Provides assistance with diplomas, training opportunities and job skills. The support that gave Felisha her start to success. Local hire. **[Linda] Female / 30’s or 40’s / open ethnicity / Day Player A skeptical, rugged, and tough man who’s spent his life working in the department and is used to getting his way. If he doesn’t get what he wants, he’ll find another way to get what’s due him. Local hire. **[Pastor] Male / Any Age / Caucasian or African American/ Day Player Provides class for beginners and performs baptism for Felisha. Local hire. **[Mary] Female / early 20’s / Caucasian / Day Player Confused and disoriented. Lives in the shelter as an Alleged rape victim that cheated on her boyfriend but ends up pregnant and not sure who the father is between her Caucasian boyfriend or the African American guy she cheated with. Local hire. [Rachel] Female / 20’s / African American / Minor Supporting Lives in the shelter. Very quiet and to herself. Pregnant with her first child. Also help Vonya convince Felisha to get over her depression. Local hire. [Cassie] Female / 20’s / Open Ethnicity / Minor Supporting Lives in the shelter due to a house fire. Lost everything and has to start over. Makes a mistake getting involved with the wrong female and tries out stripping.. Local hire. [Wanda] Female / 20’s or 30’s / Hispanic / Minor Supporting Lives in the shelter as a domestic violence victim. Single mom of 1 daughter. Decides to become a stripper to get some extra money.. Local hire. [Vetta] Female / 25-35 / Open Ethnicity / Major Supporting Lives in the shelter as a domestic violence victim.Pregnant, a substance abuser and former stripper. Becomes friends with Felisha but can't shake her old ways Local hire. [Akril] Female / 20-25 / African American / Day Player Lives in the shelter. Trouble maker, One daughter and start all fights that transpire in the facility.. Local hire. [Anora] Female / 20-30 / Open Ethnicity / Day Player New to the facility. 6 months pregnant and befriends the troublemaker Akril. The trouble they attempted to start takes a turn for the worst on them. Local hire. [Security Officer] Male / 30’s or 40’s / Open Ethnicity / Minor Supporting Works in the shelter. Often facilitates the confusion and counsels the ladies. Always going the extra mile to help the residents out. Local hire. ------------------------------------------------------------------- **[Eric - Felisha's Son] Male / 6 years old / African American / Day Player Felisha son shows concern and consoles his mommy when she's down. Local hire. [School Office Worker] Female / Any Age / Open Ethnicity / Day Player Assist in the search for Felisha's daughter. Local hire. **[911 Operator] Male or Female / Any Age / Open Ethnicity / Day Player Assist in the search for Felisha's daughter. Local hire. [Police Chief] Male / Any Age / Open Ethnicity / Day Player Assist in the search for Felisha's daughter. Local hire. [Officer] Male / Any Age / Open Ethnicity / Day Player Assist in the search for Felisha's daughter. Local hire. [Michelle - Felisha's daughter] Female / 9 years old / African American / Day Player Almost causes a missing child search in the neighborhood. Local hire. [Nurse (Doctor's Office)] Female / Any Age/ Open Ethnicity / Day Player Assist with pregnancy test. Local hire. [Ex-Husband (Felisha's)] Male / 25-30 years old / Open ethnicity / Day Player Upset that Felisha is ending their marriage and cuts all financial assistance off in an attempt to make her come back. Local hire. **[Outside Protester] Male or Female / Any Age / Open Ethnicity / Day Player Tries to stop Felisha from going into the abortion clinic. Local hire. **[Receptionist (Abortion Clinic)] Male or Female / Any Age / Open Ethnicity / Day Player / Local hire [Female 1 (Abortion Clinic)] Female / 20’s or 30’s / Any Ethnicity / Day Player Rude, obnoxious and heartless. At the clinic to get an abortion and really disruptive and disrespectful to the other ladies. Local hire. [Female 2 (Abortion Clinic)] Female / 20’s or 30’s / Any Ethnicity/ Day player Very emotional and scared. Does not want to get an abortion but it's a matter of life and death. Local hire. **[Counselor (Abortion Clinic)] Female / Any Age / Open Ethnicity/ Day player / Local hire. [Receptionist (HSD)] Male or Female / Any Age / Open Ethnicity / Day player / Local hire. [Elizabeth (HSD)] Female 1 / Any Age/ Open Ethnicity / Day Player / Local hire. [Teresa (HSD)] Female 2 / Any Age/ Open Ethnicity / Day Player / Local hire. [Social Worker (Assessment Center)] Male or Female/ Any Age / Open Ethnicity / Day Player. Local hire. [Vetta BD] Male / 25-35 / African American / Day player / Local hire. [Crazy Chick] Female / 25-35 / Open Ethnicity / Day Player / Local hire. [Friend] Male or Female / 20’s / Open Ethnicity / Day Player / Local hire. [Registration Assistant College] Male or Female / Any Age / Open Ethnicity / Day Player / Local hire. [Cab Driver] Male/ Any Age / Open Ethnicity/ Day Player / Local hire. [Melissa] Female/ Any Age / Open Ethnicity/ Day Player / Local hire. Email: ChangeTheMovie2017@gmail.com

Well so much for sleep now I'm wide awake!! About to do some editing to my script "Culture Shock (Carnival)" who needs sleep?? It's amazing how total strangers have more faith in you and are more supportive of you than the people you expected to support you and have faith in you. I want my film to both entertain & educate! #CultureShockCarnival #Film #ILoveSoca #Trinidad #Barbados #Jamaica #SouthCarolina #Flotown

Well so much for sleep now I'm wide awake!! About to do some editing to my script "Culture Shock (Carnival)" who needs sleep?? It's amazing how total strangers have more faith in you and are more supportive of you than the people you expected to support you and have faith in you. I want my film to both entertain & educate! #CultureShockCarnival #Film #ILoveSoca #Trinidad #Barbados #Jamaica #SouthCarolina #Flotown

Well so much for sleep now I'm wide awake!! About to do some editing to my script "Culture Shock (Carnival)" who needs sleep?? It's amazing how total strangers have more faith in you and are more supportive of you than the people you expected to support you and have faith in you. I want my film to both entertain & educate! #CultureShockCarnival #Film #ILoveSoca #Trinidad #Barbados #Jamaica #SouthCarolina #Flotown

Hello Stage 32 peeps! This will be my second discussion. The first received an overwhelming response...so thank you! I am in need of a great script that can be shot for $100,000 - $200,000. I have been working with an award winning production company, Diamond in the Rough Films, for the past couple of years. Last year, we took an experimental film to the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival (NYIIFF) in LA and won Best Feature Film (US). Next year we will be hitting the independent film festival circuit with our most recent feature film, S.E.R.P. But now, we are looking for the next brilliant script that we can shoot! So, if interested, I'd love to read some good scripts and get into negotiations on the next one. Hit me up if you are interested.

My name is Makesha Williamson.I am working on getting my independent film Culture Shock Carnival filmed. What is Culture Shock (Carnival)? The film is about a southern girl who loves to dance but have been faced with fear of being great at what she loves most and has no knowledge of any other culture dance besides her Southern American Culture, but she moves from the south to the city and is introduced to the Caribbean Culture & Dance (ie. Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica, etc.) and Carnival by a young lady who is from Trinidad & Tobago and a few other friends.. I love sharing parts of my life that many others have in common, and are afraid to express how these moments turned their flaws into life lessons. Although every one of us has different lives and life experiences there is always a similarity. My goal is to express understanding within your past and for the hurtful things to perish and allow our lives to live. I want everyone to understand life with an open mind, embrace other people’s culture, life styles, and beliefs without judgment. To understand a person is to know or understand their history. I have an Independent Production BIRTH (Believe & Inspire, Reach Triumph Humbly) Productions. My 3 potential locations for filming are Florence, South Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina. I was born in Florence, South Carolina and lived in Brooklyn, New York for over 30 years. I currently reside in Charlotte, North Carolina. My goal for this film is to educate, and share my story of how I learned and fell in love with Carnival. Everyone I am associated with are from the west indies and I live an American/Caribbean Life. As my children father are from Trinidad and Jamaica I maintain their cultural living. My main reason for writing this script is there are many Americans in the United States that has no clue to the Culture and Carnival. When I talk to them about Soca & Calypso their exact words are "Oh that Jamaican music?" I have to explain to them that there are many islands and cultures associated with Caribbean music. My best friend is from Trinidad & Tobago. We have been friends for 25 years. I have dedicated this independent film to her sister that is no longer with us but was a major and positive impact on educating me on Caribbean life. If you are interested with the story. Please I would love any feedback, support, or if there is anything you think would be great to implement, to help tell a wonderful story on what could possibly be a life changing fun experience. Any questions please feel free to contact me at: 704-493-9063 Makesha.Williamson@gmail.com Birthproductions2012@gmail.com Sincerely Makesha Williamson http://makeshawilliamson.wix.com/birth-productions https://www.facebook.com/BirthProductions https://www.facebook.com/groups/BirthProductions www.linkedin.com/in/makeshawilliamson/ https://www.facebook.com/Makesha.Williamson.Fulton http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3891175/ https://www.stage32.com/profile/80250/makesha-sweetbrown-williamson-fulton

Charlotte Black Film Festival (CBFF) is seeking Volunteers; Thursday, February 28th 5pm - 10pm, Friday, March 1st 9am - 10pm Saturday March 2nd 8am - 11pm If you are in the Charlotte, NC area and would like to participate in the 3rd Annual Charlotte Black Film Festival (CBFF) will screen three days of Independent Films that express the African American experience. Please submit you info and times available to: CBFFVolunteer@gmail.com This year’s festival itinerary includes three days of educational and empowering film screenings, panel discussions, hands-on workshops and networking opportunities. In addition, the CBFF’s prestigious Red Carpet “Vision Awards” will recognize the achievements of emerging actors, composers, screenwriters and directors. go to www.cbff.net for details.

For the third year in a row, the Charlotte Black Film Festival (CBFF) will screen three days of Independent Films that express the African American experience. It all happens during the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) basketball tournament week, Feb 28th - Mar 2nd. This year’s festival itinerary includes three days of educational and empowering film screenings, panel discussions, hands-on workshops and networking opportunities. In addition, the CBFF’s prestigious Red Carpet “Vision Awards” will recognize the achievements of emerging actors, composers, screenwriters and directors. For details go to www.cbff.net Discounts listed below will expire Saturday Feb 23rd. All Access Student discounts $75.00 (Best Value) http://bpt.me/336253 All Access Festival discount $99.00 (Best Value) http://bpt.me/312506 Festival Movie Pass $30.00 (See all 20 independent films/videos) http://bpt.me/312449 Red Carpet Vision awards $25 ($40.00 couple) http://bpt.me/312480

My name is Makesha Williamson, I am an inspiring actress, writer. I have a very interesting story and from that I have currently completed 2 scripts one entitled “Culture Shock (Carnival)” and “Change (The Struggle).” I am currently working on 3 others called “My First Date”, “Wilson” and “A Child like them all”. I would love your input, help, guidance or assistance with my Independent film that I am currently working on "Culture Shock (Carnival)". I have also written an autobiography of my life entitled “35”, which I am thinking about self publishing. I would love your support and would love some great sound expert advice on what my next step to being successful with my endeavors. What is Culture Shock? The film is about a southern girl who loves to dance but faced with fear and anxiety to being the best. Moving from the south to the city and being introduced to the Caribbean culture and dance (ie. Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica, etc.) and Carnival by a young lady who is from Trinidad and a few other friends.. I have done casting in both Florence, SC (where I am planning to film the first 5 scenes) and Charlotte, NC to which I have casted majority of the characters. I am currently in need of 5 or 6 more characters. The vision for my scripts are to share parts of my life that many others have in common, and are afraid to express how these moments turned their flaws into life lessons. Although every one of us has different lives and life experiences there is always a similarity. My goal is to express understanding within your past and for the hurtful things to perish and allow us to live our lives. I want everyone to understand life with an open mind, embrace other people’s culture, life styles, and beliefs without judgment. To understand a person is to know or understand their history. I fell in love with the arts (ie. Singing, writing, dancing, and acting) at a young age because of circumstances in my childhood, it has become my therapy, my comfort zone. Singing, Writing, Dancing, Acting is a combination of my life. No matter what we are going through in your own lives, to mimic someone or something with perfection not only makes us feel free but it also helps us escape who we are temporarily. The ability to show emotion in many forms whether happy or sad, allows you to look at things in a whole new perspective. I want everything that I do as writer or actress to affect everyone in a positive way. Any projects I do I hope it helps, clarify, or motivate people.