Well, to answer that question, all I can say is that we’ve been spending the last few months recovering, planning and taking some time to figure out FEAR OF A BLACK REPUBLICAN’s road in the future. The last few months since our Northwest Premiere (and Occupy Portland/Wall Street Riot) and our New Jersey/Hometown Premiere have been very busy for us little, independent filmmakers.
Thankfully, we’ve been interviewed by some national publications and hopefully, those stories will be published in the coming weeks. We’ve had the good fortune to receive more Screening requests from around the country and we are working on making them happen. Californians… we will be coming, trust me!
First off news-wise, we will be holding our “Nation’s Capital Premiere” (with former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele in attendance for the Q&A) on Thursday, March 22nd at 7 PM; and a second Screening/Q&A on Friday, March 23rd at 11 AM. Our venue of choice is the great “E” Street Cinema. There is a nice, inexpensive (compared to NYC and Philly) Colonial Parking Garage around the corner that offers Validation for E Street Cinema-goers. The Metro is also very close by.
We hope to duplicate our recent successes and make our mark “Nationally” by screening in the center of U.S. Politics, Washington, D.C. This City is also Michael Steele’s hometown, so that makes it a little extra special. Should be a great couple of days, so please join us if you can.
FEAR OF A BLACK REPUBLICAN will also be screened (in part) as one of the three featured Seminar at the annual and prestigious Dorchester Conference in Seaside, Oregon. This Conference is a THE gathering of politically-minded folks in Oregon. From their website, "Dorchester IV marked the first year the conference began attracting nationally recognized speakers when Governor George Romney, a presidential candidate, became the keynote speaker. Over the years, Dorchester has hosted luminaries such as Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Nelson Rockefeller, Jack Kemp, Elizabeth Dole, Karl Rove, William Kristol and Gale Norton." Pretty impressive company for sure. We are very proud to be a part of it and we thank the Portland State University College Republicans and the Dorchester Conference for including our film.
We’ll have more "movie" stuff soon Blog-wise, but we do want take a moment to wish C.L. Bryant and his film RUNAWAY SLAVE well on their big night. I’ve only seen their movie trailer, but it looks to be a powerful and interesting film. We wish them the best!
Finally, a big THANK YOU to Everyone we met at the Conservative Political Action Conference a few weeks ago. The response we received to our film was more than we hoped for. It was great to meet other artists who happen to be Conservative and so many people who just love films. It was also quite nice to find such a welcoming attitude and get so many good questions about our challenging film. There were A LOT of folks at CPAC who want to see the Republican Party do a better job at outreach and “Party-building” without changing their message. An interestingly enough, we got this from a lot of non-Black Republicans. We did expect that attitude though. As folks can see in our film (and its just simply part of the story, not propaganda), that "Party-building" goal is achievable. Hopefully, we’ll get to see a lot of these same folks in the coming year at a Screening or they'll buy our DVD. As Yoda wisely said to Luke Skywalker in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, “Do. Or do not. There is no try."
BTW, if you’ve seen FEAR OF A BLACK REPUBLICAN and care to share your comments – we have an Audience Reaction page on our website, www.fearofablackrepublican.com. Your e-mail address will not be displayed, but your thoughtful reactions to our film sure will. Sorry we didn’t get this up sooner, but please do check it out now. Also, please check out our new Presidential Election trailer if you haven’t seen it already.
Thanks for reading,
Kevin J. Williams
First off news-wise, we will be holding our “Nation’s Capital Premiere” (with former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele in attendance for the Q&A) on Thursday, March 22nd at 7 PM; and a second Screening/Q&A on Friday, March 23rd at 11 AM. Our venue of choice is the great “E” Street Cinema. There is a nice, inexpensive (compared to NYC and Philly) Colonial Parking Garage around the corner that offers Validation for E Street Cinema-goers. The Metro is also very close by.
We hope to duplicate our recent successes and make our mark “Nationally” by screening in the center of U.S. Politics, Washington, D.C. This City is also Michael Steele’s hometown, so that makes it a little extra special. Should be a great couple of days, so please join us if you can.
FEAR OF A BLACK REPUBLICAN will also be screened (in part) as one of the three featured Seminar at the annual and prestigious Dorchester Conference in Seaside, Oregon. This Conference is a THE gathering of politically-minded folks in Oregon. From their website, "Dorchester IV marked the first year the conference began attracting nationally recognized speakers when Governor George Romney, a presidential candidate, became the keynote speaker. Over the years, Dorchester has hosted luminaries such as Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Nelson Rockefeller, Jack Kemp, Elizabeth Dole, Karl Rove, William Kristol and Gale Norton." Pretty impressive company for sure. We are very proud to be a part of it and we thank the Portland State University College Republicans and the Dorchester Conference for including our film.
We’ll have more "movie" stuff soon Blog-wise, but we do want take a moment to wish C.L. Bryant and his film RUNAWAY SLAVE well on their big night. I’ve only seen their movie trailer, but it looks to be a powerful and interesting film. We wish them the best!
Finally, a big THANK YOU to Everyone we met at the Conservative Political Action Conference a few weeks ago. The response we received to our film was more than we hoped for. It was great to meet other artists who happen to be Conservative and so many people who just love films. It was also quite nice to find such a welcoming attitude and get so many good questions about our challenging film. There were A LOT of folks at CPAC who want to see the Republican Party do a better job at outreach and “Party-building” without changing their message. An interestingly enough, we got this from a lot of non-Black Republicans. We did expect that attitude though. As folks can see in our film (and its just simply part of the story, not propaganda), that "Party-building" goal is achievable. Hopefully, we’ll get to see a lot of these same folks in the coming year at a Screening or they'll buy our DVD. As Yoda wisely said to Luke Skywalker in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, “Do. Or do not. There is no try."
BTW, if you’ve seen FEAR OF A BLACK REPUBLICAN and care to share your comments – we have an Audience Reaction page on our website, www.fearofablackrepublican.com. Your e-mail address will not be displayed, but your thoughtful reactions to our film sure will. Sorry we didn’t get this up sooner, but please do check it out now. Also, please check out our new Presidential Election trailer if you haven’t seen it already.
Thanks for reading,
Kevin J. Williams
Director/Co-Producer,
FEAR OF A BLACK REPUBLICAN
FEAR OF A BLACK REPUBLICAN
