Mighty Humble Blueberry Winner at ReelHeart
MHB wins the Codes Pro Media ReelHeART Award at the ReelHeart International Film Festival in Toronto this past weekend! The award is given to “The visiting filmmaker that exhibits true independent spirit, from promotion to inspiration and engagement” With the award comes a medallion and a Sony Cybershot 7.2 mega pixel digital camera, which Director Nancy O’Mallon will put to good use on her next film, about cranberries! Congrats... Read More
H20 Award Pix Online!
Tribute to Iris Morales, Kathleen Cleaver and Ted Demme The images from the Hip Hop Odyssey Awards are up now in the photo section. It was a wonderful night and I got to spend with some of my closest friends in film – my girls Jessica and Bobbi. Jessica Habie and Rosa Clemente Read More Share on FacebookTweet Read More
Notes On Father’s Day
ICE T @ Hip Hop Odyssey Festival Awards – M. Ulto Last night, I went to the Hip Hip Odyssey Awards with my collaborators on “The Art of Love & Struggle” – Director Jessica Habie, Performer/Writer Bobbi Williams and Composer Spiritchild. It was where Hip Hop lives – the real culture, not the parody of it in mainstream media. This was a community event, celebrating those who came before, those who step up now and... Read More
Hip Hop Odyssey Awards Tonight!
I’ll be attending the Hip Hop Odyssey Awards tonight! Hopefully “The Art of Love & Struggle” gets some recognition (fingers and toes crossed). The film was very well received at the screening last night. Jessica Habie, the director, attended and got back to me with some of the reactions. The awards are sold out almost (standing room only) and here’s why: The festival culminates with the ODYSSEY AWARDS ... Read More
Mighty Humble Blueberry at the NJ International Film Fest
The Mighty Humble Blueberry will be shown as an official selection of the New Jersey International Film Festival. If you are free Sunday, check it out. The film will be screened in Scott Hall #123, Rutgers University on Sunday, June 17, 2007 at 7:00 PM.. The directions below can also be found on the festival website at www.NJfilmfest.com Peace, Melissa Share on FacebookTweet Read More
Bubbling Up
Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig. Marcus Aurelius Meditation lately has yielded a vibrant connection to the universe. My mandala art reflects this inner bubbling up of joy. Prayer is more dialogue than passive smoothing out of mind. I lean on it, comfortably. Read More Share on FacebookTweet Read More
The Pink of Me
The Pink of Me Mandala – M. Ulto Somehow you are crawling in on long, sweeping thoughts My white hot wound suddenly sweet, rich and pink with you The sky bloomed bright instantly to my unfinished why Trust, faith, dream and let love unfold Read More Share on FacebookTweet Read More
Panel Notes from H20
Check out the notes from last week’s H20 panel on Filmmaking Methods. (Thanks to Alex Golliner for posting these!) Peace, Melissa Share on FacebookTweet Read More
Sleep vs Shoot
Shooting with Christi Smith from PFF Entertainment Last night I shot a couple of interviews for the next edition of SheStory.tv – the theme being passionate persistence. Christi Smith, from PFF Entertainment, lives, works and partners with her passions. She started her business around a board game she created, PervArtistry, a charades/pictionary type game, with a delightfully naughty twist. She and her fiance/business partner, Ted Scofield,... Read More
+OLHARES Festival – Screening SheStory.tv/VJing
+OLHARES Poster (click here for full size) I’m very excited – all the arrangements are made, and I’m heading off to sunny Lisbon June 20 to 25. Here is the list of invited artists to this unique festival: LIST OF INVITED ARTISTS FILIPA CÉSAR (PT/GR) JOÃO ONOFRE(PT) URSULA BOECKLER (GR) NIKOLAI GALITZINE (FR) GEORG GRAW (GR) DIANE GUYOT (FR) BRENDAN McNAMEE (UK) GIACOMO PICCA (UK) JULIAN ROSEFELDT (GR) EDDIE SINGLETON (UK) MELISSA... Read More
I Love My View & My Mac Loves Me…
Weehawken Nights 1, M. Ulto 2007 (click for large version) Above is my evening view from the end of my street in Weehawken. I get to gaze at the glittering spectacle of the skyline from a high perch. It is always dazzling, like a magnificent beast covered in scales of glass, metal and concrete, huffing and puffing in spires of smoke, steam and mist. Last Friday…on my Mac at work… Guess who is in my network? Sometimes a network node... Read More
A Spring Heart
Take full account of what excellencies which you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not. Marcus Aurelius Antonius What keeps an artist going is the joy at being able to express with great faculty their thoughts. To create tangible expressions of their inner world is a great gift. Who does not long to tell, in a meaningful way, their story to some degree, and have it understood, even appreciated? I... Read More
Brother Earl EPK v.1
Check out spoken word poet Brother Earl’s EPK: Share on FacebookTweet Read More
