Willow: House of Griots | Friday, June 2nd @ 8:30pm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: paul@thenoticeblog.com | More Info: thenoticeblog.com/willow
The Notice Blog presents
Willow:
House of Griots
a Live Stage Reading of an Afrofuturistic Thriller "Willow" at HERE Mainstage
NEW YORK, NY- The Notice Blog, (aka The Notice Foundation) an award-winning NYC-based production company is presenting a live stage reading of "Willow", an Afrofuturistic time-traveling thriller by Emmy Award Winning Producer, Paul A. Notice II at:
Willow: House of Griots
Friday, June 2nd @ 8:30pm
Here Arts Center | 145 6th Ave, New York, NY
Doors open at 8:00pm.
Buy Tickets here
CAST
Ashley Noel Jones .......................... Willow
David J. Cork …................................ Chegge
Kelly Thomas .................................. Vanessa
Cameisha Cotton ............................ Diane
*Suzanne Darrell ............................ Janet Capri
*Kirrin Tubo .............................…...... Taina
D. Malik Beckford ............................ Kalief Diallo
*James Edward Becton III ............... HNIC
Glenn Quentin George ................….. Cece
Paul A. Notice II ............................... Marc Aware
*These Actors are appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association
Anne-Marie Agbodji (Sasha Obama II)
"Willow: House of Griots" is an Afrofuturist, Anti Capitalist, Womanist Horror Film set in the alternate reality of “Moja One,” where a successful 1811 German Coast Slave Revolt leads to a multi-ethnic near-utopia, outlawing White Supremacy and most systemic instruments it uses. However, in this reality, consuming others grants one electrical power, regenerative healing, and the memories of their victim - a metaphor that viscerally reveals capitalism’s inherent violence, and toxic allure. Desperate to pay rent, or risk being eaten alive, Willow, a brooding elected observer of alt worlds & timelines, better known as a Griot, navigates her way to Power.
““Willow” is my practice in radical filmmaking: meant to push the Overton Window to the Progressive Left, root it in Queer, Womanist history, and wrap it in thick, unflinching Blackness. I want people to see this and think to themselves, “Why not?” Why not dream of true liberation? Or maybe even, “What is True Liberation?””
Buy Your Tickets TODAY at: bit.ly/willowstagereading
Founder of Emmy Award Winning Production Company, The Notice Blog, and "Willow" Producer, Paul A. Notice II during film shoot
Paul A. Notice II at "Willow" screening at NuyoRican Poets Cafe
Support Us!
"Willow" is funded by The Notice Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that produces and supports BIPOC, Queer, Immigrant, and Formerly-Incarcerated narratives in film, media, and the performing arts. You can support “Willow” and our production through a tax-deductible contribution to our nonprofit. Make a Tax-Deductible Donation today.
You can also support us through Black Thoughts! Black Thoughts is a CBD-infused Mango-Shea butter that donates 10% to the United Negro College Fund and the Movement for Black Lives.
Additionally, on Sunday, June 18th 6-8:30pm, there will also be a Screening of the film version of "Willow" + Q & A discussion at Stuart Cinema & Cafe 79 West Street Brooklyn, NY 11222. Tickets are $25.
Suzanne Darrell (Foundress ) and Ashley Noel Jones (Willow)
