Posts in ARTICLES
Kandake Dance Theater's "1,001 Nights on Death Row"

Congrats to the Kandake Dance Theater for their showing of their rock opera "1,001 Nights on Death Row" at the Fresh Fruit Festival! We got the opportunity to film their performance on closing night.

#theater #music #rockopera #freshfruit #thenoticeblog #acting

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Nelson Mandela, and South Africa's Solidarity w/ Palestine

Following his release from prison in February 1990, South Africa's 1st President Nelson Mandela famously embraced Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman, Yasser Arafat in Lusaka, Zambia. He and his political party, the African National Congress (ANC), had long supported Palestinian statehood; comparing the Israeli occupation in Gaza and the West Bank to South Africa's Apartheid, which barred Black South Africans from voting, owning land, and living outside of ethnically segregated areas called "Homelands."

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“Our Narrative” - Hamas' First Public Report on the Oct 7th Attacks

In a 16-page report titled “Our Narrative” and published on Sunday, The Palestinian group Hamas, which governs Gaza, said it wanted to “clarify” the background and dynamics of the surprise attack it calls Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.

The report addressed post-war Gaza and the other issues that led to the Oct 7th attack, and the delayed retaliation to the thousands of Palestinian civilians killed by the Israeli government over the past 24 years. 

Read the full report in the link in our bio.

For the full report, follow the link here.

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The Reel Works 2023 Alumni Holiday Party

Closing out the 2023 Holidays, ReelWorks hosted a gathering of Alumni from each of their training courses over the years. What’s remarkable was the amount of participants from BIPOC, Queer, Femme communities. While the TV and Film industry only consists of 28.8% of BIPOC professionals, 26%  women - more than 80% of the alumni participants were from these communities. 

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12.16.23 "If I must die, you must live." | March for the Martyrs

On December 16th, the Palestinian Youth Movement organized a public demonstration demanding a ceasefire, liberation for Palestine, and honor the thousands of lives lost in the U.S.-backed genocide against Palestinians. It was called the "March for the Martyrs." 

These are the images of that march.

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City of Lights

It was cold. And bristling. Wind burning my fingertips as I snapped shots in the dark illuminated by neon lights on a calm November night.

On the way to the Big Give, I felt an urge to capture the things I saw in Chelsea. Corridors: cavernous and liminal, but bustling with light. Some cool. Some warm. Others red. And blue. 

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A Moment of Gratitude | "Willow" BTS

I'm going to practice some gratitude. Before we began producing the TV show, "Willow: House of Griots," there was "Willow: State of Emergency." I haven't done too well posting about this, but this short film picked up a good number of accolades over the past few years. It hardly dawned on me, until editing this poster.

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Willow: House of Griots | Friday, June 2nd @ 8:30pm

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

Willow: House of Griots | Friday, June 2nd
Here Arts Center | 145 6th Ave, New York, NY
Doors open at 8:00pm.  
Buy Tickets
here 

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Thank You From The Notice Blog!

Five years ago, we revamped The Notice Blog into a fully-fledged nonprofit production company. And the journey has been well worth the many sleepless nights of work. More importantly, your consistent and enthusiastic support throughout this all has helped make all of our work possible. For us, 2022, was a year of expansion into the arts, helmed by our debut of The Anansi Project program.

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Nik Canon, Sophia Dawson + Jealous vs. GREAT Coworkers

Three years ago, I got to film an interview with Nick Canon. I ended up chatting with him afterward about the meaning of the artwork behind him. They were part of a stunning collection made by Sophia Dawson, and I couldn't help but ramble on and on about my favorite piece - it depicted the children of the Black Panthers in a classroom, some of them had already been orphaned by the FBI's COINTELPRO activities. He bought the painting outright for 8k. It was a great moment, that I never truly got recognition for...

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New Addition to the "Willow" Project: Fiscal Sponsorship for Filmmakers

We finally went for it! I found a team, built a dream - and we went for it! And we’re still going for it. And I’m still proud - we’re making a movie. And good work takes time.

To our supporters & friends alike: Thank you all for showing so much love and kindness to me and the “Willow” crew. It makes everything so much more worth the work.

But, what I’m really here to talk about are FISCAL SPONSORSHIPS.

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You can now support "Willow" on Donorbox! + Gratitude!

FYI, Folx: We will still be fundraising past December 23rd for Willow! We're just moving to Donorbox.
Same perks. No 30-day deadlines. Just make your pledges here: www.donorbox.org/willowhorror ..and let's make this film a reality!

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BOMBA!

I'm feeling so much gratitude for the work I'm doing right now.

On Tuesday, I got the opportunity to co-direct & shoot with my producer/co-director buddy Pierre Jean Gonzalez on an immensely powerful piece that tackles gender & sexuality in Bomba.

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