IMDb Finally!!! ndlela May 5, 2009 General My film Tried To . . . was finally listed in IMDb last week. For those who don't know, IMDb is the definitive movie database. It is considered an essential listing for us lowly filmmakers without distributi... Read More...
TSG: New Wrinkle On Avoiding Jury Duty ndlela May 4, 2009 General Something to put a smile on your face on a Monday morning. This is got to be one of the best jury duty letters ever!! There is so much I could say about this but I will let the wonderful letter speak for ... Read More...
NPR’s Planet Money: Pirates Have Timesheets ndlela May 2, 2009 General I have been a big fan of Planet Money on NPR since it started around the time the world's economy began to implode. There are usually whole segments that I send out to friends. I had to share this one with eve... Read More...
Script Frenzy: Review ndlela May 1, 2009 General So let me get this out of the way right here: I didn't get to the 100 pages. It started off so well with me writing 4 - 6 pages a day which was well above the 3.3/day page count to get to 100 pages. Then thing... Read More...
Script Frenzy 2009 ndlela April 2, 2009 General 1 Here we go! April is here which means Script Frenzy has started. I have been saying for the past couple of years that I would do this but always find a way to chicken out at the last minute. Something "majo... Read More...
ALMA @ BAMcafé (12/26/08) ndlela January 7, 2009 General Yet another amazing ALMA party . . . and at BAMcafé no less! The DJ was wonderful and the musicians were incredible: Kafele (trumpet), Nico (congas) and Ze Mauricio (percussion). I, of course, didn't wear wh... Read More...
Sundance @ BAM . . . @ the Apple Store ndlela June 3, 2008 Film Festivals, General For the past couple of years I have made the trip out to Brooklyn to watch the Sundance at BAM program that happens every May. My focus is generally on the short film programs. This year I opted to ... Read More...
(Overdue) Thanks ndlela March 4, 2008 Film Festivals, General, Tried To . . . This is a quick thanks to the good folks at the San Diego Black Film Festival and Planet in Focus for supporting my film Tried To . . .. I appreciate all the help and support from them and everyone else.... Read More...
Tried To . . . screening 7/18/07 Anthology Film Archives ndlela July 17, 2007 General, Tried To . . . 1 My film Tried To . . . is screening in a short film program of the NewFilmmakers Series. NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM Ndlela Nkobi TRIED TO … (2006, 7 minutes, video) Pooja Kumar 1001 AUDITIONS (... Read More...
Nicole Paultre ndlela December 5, 2006 General What an amazing woman. Sean Bell was shot more than a week ago now. I went to watch Nicole Paultre's Larry King clip to hear a justifiably angry response. That's not what I got. She took it light years b... Read More...
Friday Night ndlela October 20, 2006 General So I went to Sheila's reading and I had lots of fun. I was surrounded by beautiful older women. I want to be all of them in my next lives . I snacked! I am happy that the diplomats from the Latino League we... Read More...