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Thanks to the IU School of Public Health for an amazing screening of When Everyone Swims last night!
04/30/2026

Thanks to the IU School of Public Health for an amazing screening of When Everyone Swims last night!

Filming in Gary, IN and came across a mural of my favorite musical group as a kid - The Jackson 5!
03/25/2026

Filming in Gary, IN and came across a mural of my favorite musical group as a kid - The Jackson 5!

To all of my friends in Atlanta!!! I’m excited to share a big event coming your way! The HBCU Celebration Bowl brought t...
12/10/2025

To all of my friends in Atlanta!!! I’m excited to share a big event coming your way! The HBCU Celebration Bowl brought to you by our partners for “When Everyone Swims” Diversity in Aquatics!

We fully support DIA’s mission to bring equity and water safety to all communities!! Please check out and attend their events if possible.

There will be an invite only screening of “When Everyone Swims” so please contact me if you have interest in attending as seating is limited.

Congrats to the continued impactful work of Diversity in Aquatics!

Huge thanks to   and  for hosting  this weekend. It was a fantastic event and I’m so grateful for the love and support!
10/06/2025

Huge thanks to and for hosting this weekend. It was a fantastic event and I’m so grateful for the love and support!

Washington DC, here we come! On Saturday, October 4th, Howard University is hosting one of the biggest swimming meets of...
09/25/2025

Washington DC, here we come!

On Saturday, October 4th, Howard University is hosting one of the biggest swimming meets of the year in the annual Battle of the Burr where, Howard takes on Georgetown.

And on Friday, October 3rd, Howard is screening “When Everyone Swims” with a panel hosted by Joy Reid who also served as an Executive Producer of the project. The panel will include myself along with Olympic Gold Medalist Cullen Jones, Executive Director of Diversity in Aquatics, Howard student Xavier Ntamere and Howard’s Hall of Fame Coach Nic Askew.

Huge thanks to Diversity in Aquatics, event sponsors and the Howard University swim team.

If you’re in the DC area, please come check out these amazing events. Ticket information is on the QR code.

On behalf of the entire team behind “When Everyone Swims”, we’re delighted to be an OfficialSelection of this year’s Hea...
09/23/2025

On behalf of the entire team behind “When Everyone Swims”, we’re delighted to be an Official
Selection of this year’s Heartland Film Festival. Heartland is largely recognized as one of the premiere film festivals around the world and so we’re all very proud and honored for our work to be recognized. And I really appreciate a reason to showcase the amazing artwork from. Barbara Rude- Harkness.

Tickets for all screenings are available now at the link below.

https://tickets.heartlandfilm.org/welcome

Today marks the start of the College Football season and in 2023, I had the honor of producing a documentary on one of t...
08/28/2025

Today marks the start of the College Football season and in 2023, I had the honor of producing a documentary on one of the greatest college football stories ever “The Bright Path: The Johnny Bright Story”. The film celebrates Mr. Bright’s resiliency and self determination during difficult times.

I’m forever grateful to the wonderful crew and partners including Vinaya Sharma, Doug Elgin, Ed McGill Dolph Pulliam, Angela Northington G. Adrienne Lopez , Barbara Rude Harkness Kenneth Lee Sylvia V. Hillman, KJ, Mike Hill and the incredibly talented Justin Crossley

Special thanks to Kandis Bright, Deanie Bright-Johnson Bright-Johnson and Bre Johnson for their support!!!

“The Bright Path: The Johnny Bright Story” now streaming on Tubi!

I want to congratulate Dr. Eric Winston on another successful year with his Indianapolis Black Documentary Film Festival...
08/26/2025

I want to congratulate Dr. Eric Winston on another successful year with his Indianapolis Black Documentary Film Festival and congrats to filmmaker Vincent Singleton (pictured here)for being awarded this year’s Spotlight Award. I hope community support continues to grow for the IBDFF as it’s a great outlet for documentaries!

Exciting weekend ahead for  with screenings in Inglewood, CA on Friday and Germantown, MD on Saturday. Huge thanks to  a...
08/07/2025

Exciting weekend ahead for with screenings in Inglewood, CA on Friday and Germantown, MD on Saturday.

Huge thanks to and Lincolnwoodland Productions for making these screenings happen!

Spent a great weekend filming in Gibsland, Louisiana to wrap the documentary about OL Coleman who went from being enslav...
07/06/2025

Spent a great weekend filming in Gibsland, Louisiana to wrap the documentary about OL Coleman who went from being enslaved in Mississippi to founding Coleman College to help newly emancipated slaves assimilate into society. Props to the great work to my running buddies and . Producer Adrienne Lopez and to John Marks for trusting us to tell this amazing story!

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