Talibah L. Newman

Busted on Brigham Lane on HBO Starting This Week 2/1 WOOT!

cinemaempress — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:46:27 +0000

Hello All, It has been a long time coming with this passion project of mine… my team has been fantastic in heralding the efforts to get it out there I am proud to announce that we have officially landed on Premium Cable! HBO here we come! We will be on HBO starting this WEEK! If [...]

Busted on Brigham Lane @ Pan African Film Festival

cinemaempress — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:26:19 +0000

Busted on Brigham Lane will have the opportunity to finally travel to Los Angeles! The film will be featured at the Pan African Film Festival in February alongside these other fabulous films and is NOMINATED for a JURY AWARD! Shorts Series 1 [The Bluest Note / Our Rhineland / Busted on Brigham Lane / Bored of [...]

Famous Farrah is LIVE NOW! CATCH EPISODE 1: PART 1

cinemaempress — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:08:43 +0000

FAMOUS FARRAH IS NOW LIVE: HERE! We’ll be releasing new episodes of Famous Farrah monthly and Pilot Part 1 is now live – so go check it out now! Surely, if USA TODAY thinks its TOP PICK worthy, you’ll enjoy it! In Pilot Part 1, Farrah’s impending quarter-life crisis begins — its her 26th birthday [...]

What She Said…

cinemaempress — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 03:34:47 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI3qRovp1A8&feature=fvwrel

Words of Wisdom from my beautiful Iya...

On Creating

cinemaempress — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 03:30:17 +0000

FINALLY… HELP ME MAKE MY THESIS: SWEET HONEY CHILE’

cinemaempress — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:20:38 +0000

It has been a long time coming… but it is finally time for me to shoot my thesis… I feel like one of the lost boys in Peter Pan… screaming I don’t want to grow up… but all things must change, including my status as a student and this is one step closer toward achieving [...]

Introducing: Famous Farrah

cinemaempress — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:55:45 +0000

I’ve had my hand in many pots over the course of the past two years… and I am finally finished cooking the teaser of one of the brews; Famous Farrah! This is a new comedy web series about an infectious disease researcher who haphazardly becomes a rapper. #YOLO Sometimes the only key to happiness is [...]

BBL @ MVAAFF 2012

cinemaempress — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 03:36:16 +0000

GREETINGS ALL, It is with great pleasure to announce that Busted on Brigham Lane will play at the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival this Friday August 10, at 5pm at the Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center along with a few other films, see the line up below. I haven’t done any research on the [...]

Busted on Brigham Lane @ ABFF 2012

cinemaempress — Mon, 07 May 2012 06:40:28 +0000

It is with great pleasure that I come to you with NEWS NEWS NEWS! Busted on Brigham Lane has recently been accepted as one of the five finalists to compete in the American Black Film Festival’s 2012 HBO Short Film Competition this year in Miami from June 20-23! This is one of the most prestigious film festivals to showcase African [...]

Things My Characters Say

cinemaempress — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:59:55 +0000

JOSEPH (V.O.) All my life I’ve been a fighter– emerging from struggle. Couldn’t nobody break me. I made them pay me my due respect. This is a line from the script “Special, The Joseph Mathews Story”, the story of a young black teenage boy’s rocky journey towards defining self worth as a black male through wrestling while battling [...]

Tips from Haggis

cinemaempress — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:00:19 +0000

As a budding writer it is important to learn from and study those who have come before you… they are proof that you can do this and that your goals are tangible and achievable… This man started out as a furniture mover–Life will bring you all types of opportunities to step into your passion!

ON FEAR

cinemaempress — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:00:30 +0000

Let’s talk about what we all feel at some point or another on our journey but don’t share our experience of…I am on a personal journey of being in a constant state of awareness because I don’t want to be caught sleeping when I’m supposed to be living so here goes…In my experience of being [...]

Endings

cinemaempress — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:00:39 +0000

In light of the recent “apocalyptic” events such as the earthquake and Hurricane Irene–all this frantic scare tactic talk about the end of the world has prompted me to think more about the seeming crisis of ending a damn script (I love all my scripts btw–I’m just frustrated!). I’ve spoken to many colleagues about the [...]

Listen to the Muses in the Music

cinemaempress — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:00:46 +0000

One of my latest scripts is titled Ade’s Blues about a young man who is torn between his own demons, his artistry, and what it means to sacrifice for his family. There is alot of music in the script and right now I am listening to Miles Davis’ “Tempus Fugit”, which in fact reminded me [...]

Look Right Next To You

cinemaempress — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 04:10:30 +0000

Last year, a man who’s name I can not remember at the moment shared an interesting piece of advice when someone asked him what is the best way to go about building relationships with those ahead of you in the film game and his advice was to look around you instead of looking up to [...]

Set Antics

cinemaempress — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 04:06:06 +0000

I’ve realized I don’t particularly enjoy the manic bustle on other sets outside of my own and the reason being is because the egos and the insane need and attempt to get something in the can by any means necessary just drives me crazy when I’m not the one running the show! My nerves are [...]

“Finished” yet still not Finished

cinemaempress — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:16:54 +0000

Writing deadlines are always scary but they definitely put you to the test. I made my writing deadline for a very special program to happen next January but what I have truly learned from all of this is that the moment I submitted my script for the program I should have started rewriting… I did [...]

I love music and I love my brother: Segunxxo/@SegunMusic!

cinemaempress — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:20:10 +0000

Check him OUT! He has been working on his craft for over 10 years now and has grown into an awesome artist with such class and grace! He will knock your socks off if you let him! His destiny is taking him to high places so you better get on board now Follow him on [...]

BUSTED ON BRIGHAM LANE WRAPPED

cinemaempress — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:08:24 +0000

Hello all, I am terribly sorry that I didn’t keep up my posts for Busted on Brigham Lane. We finished on June 19th and now I am in the post production phase. The film has a page on facebook so you can go on there and view photos from the shoot and like the page. [...]

DAY #1 Location Scout #Busted on Brigham Lane

cinemaempress — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 06:00:47 +0000

Peace ya’ll… Here are a few pics from Day #1 of my location scout… we are officially in business and there are some great things underway. I am going for several new concepts in this script that will definitely be appeasing to the eye. Enjoy!