New Urban Comedy Thriller, "Pieces of David"

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DEE PRODUCTION STUDIOS ANNOUNCES VIMEO RELEASE OF THE URBAN COMEDY THRILLER "PIECES OF DAVID 

 

Chicago, IL -- Deep Production Studios announced today that its 2017 urban comedy thriller Pieces of David will be released on February 14, 2019 on Vimeo. Written, directed, and produced by Lawrence Lee Wallace, Pieces of David stars Cynda Williams and Anita Nicole Brown in a dark comedy that has been billed as Pulp Fiction meets Big Little Lies.

Cynda Williams, who has previously been featured in One False Move (1992), Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999), and Mo' Better Blues (1990) stars as the hard-nosed Detective Elaine charged with investigating a heinous crime. Anita Nicole Brown, Chicago native, aspiring actress, and type 1 diabetes activist, takes on the role of Diane.

Pieces of David follows the darkly humorous story of four women, including Brown's Diane, who accidentally kill a man they unknowingly were all romantically linked to. Panicked after the murder, the women attempt to dismember and dispose of his body. The film chronicles their attempts to cover up the murder while the authorities are hot on their trail, with Williams' Detective Elaine leading the charge.

69-Year Old Black Pageant Winner Featured on Cover of Speakers Magazine

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MS. BLACK FIT AND FINE IS THE COVER STORY OF FEBRUARY SPEAKERS MAGAZINE

Detroit, MI  The February issue of Speakers Magazine is online and the printed copies will be distributed to all attendees at the Michigan Association for Female Entrepreneurs (MAFE) at the organization's annual Women's Leadership Forum, March 26 at the Hilton Garden Inn Southfield on 26000 American Drive, Southfield, Michigan.  Dr. Geneva Williams, who is on this month's cover, is the co-host of the event and will facilitate a panel of powerful women who will share their wisdom, insight, inspirational stories and action-oriented strategies for creating lasting change.

In addition, Speakers Magazine publisher, Pam Perry, will be onsite doing podcasts, live-stream videos and real-time social media updates.

"With this being the Year of the Woman, this year's forum will surely bring out more woman and promote more dialogue about the issues that women face daily," said Dr. Williams, who hosts a weekly podcast called Ignite2Impact and is also the reigning Ms. Black Fit and Fine.

See How After 30 Years in Prison Gibran Tariq Became A Successful Entrepreneur

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MEET GIBRAN TARIQ, AUTHOR & CEO OF A NEW AND THRIVING BLACK-OWNED PUBLISHING COMPANY

Nationwide  -- For most of his life, he was the guy most wannabee thugs wished they could be. Officially declared a "menace to society", he was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for his role as mastermind of a series of daring bank robberies in the 70's. Two involved shootouts. One with the police. The other with a citizen in a bank parking lot where he narrowly missed being killed. While confined, he took part in an even more daring prison escape.

As a boy, he toyed with the alphabets like most kids his age played with marbles, and from the start, there appeared to be a household conspiracy to convert him into a writer. By the time he was ten, he possessed a private library fit for a scholar, a new typewriter, a big desk, and plenty of blank paper. By 11, he had mastered the dictionary, was a whiz at Scrabble, and was an honor roll student in school. At twelve, he had completed his first novel.

By his 13th birthday, he had discovered hustling and adopted "the streets" as his home. By 14, he was in reform school for assaulting a police officer.

Blackface Controversy and America's Perception of Real Black Faces

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VA GOV AND ATTY GEN MINSTREL BLACK FACES EVOKE AMERICA'S UNCANNY PREOCCUPATION WITH REAL BLACK FACES

Nationwide  C'mon. I need ev'rybody singin'. Coon Man (aka Virginia Governor Ralph Northam) you take the lead. I need all eleven seceding Southern states to join in: "I wish I was in the land of cotton, old times there are not forgotten." Now Northern States I need you to chime in. After all, you insured the enslaved cargo and the enslavement ships; exported the harvest from the enslaved labor; and ultimately removed the troops from the South ushering in Jim Crow. A monumental betrayal of African-Americans! Sing from your gut: "Look away, look away, look away Dixie Land."

The ships that appeared off the coast of Africa didn't emblazon a Confederate flag but a red, white and blue flag, with stars. And we were all led to believe enslavement was a southern peculiar institution: "Den carry me back to ole Virginny." The real black faces know better.

Checkout This New Organization Looking To Funding Black-Owned Businesses

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MEET THE MEN BEHIND THE ORGANIZATION THAT HAS ALREADY GIVEN MORE THAN $6 MILLION IN FUNDING TO BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES

Nationwide -- Invest in an entrepreneur of color and the rest of the dominoes will fall. Charlotte's Urban Advisors, an impact investment consulting firm, recently announced the launch of a fund that replicates this idea.

The Urban Progress Community Fund backs minority-owned businesses that are "high-impact," which, by the fund's standards, means it creates jobs, hires a diverse workforce, and offers services or products beneficial for low to moderate-income people and communities.

The hope is a single investment -- in some way, shape or form -- can help boost the economy, bring about upward mobility and achieve social justice.

Chicago Black History Museum to Recognize Community Leaders With "Gentle Warrior Awards Gala"

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NATIONAL A. PHILIP RANDOLPH PULLMAN PORTERS MUSEUM, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CHICAGO FEDERATION OF LABOR, PRESENTS THE 2019 A. PHILIP RANDOLPH "GENTLE WARRIOR AWARDS GALA" FUNDRAISER

(left to right) Juliana Stratton, the first Black woman elected lieutenant governor of Illinois; Jessie White, veteran Secretary of State, who has held and effectively run the office longer than any other; and Robert Reiter, President of the Chicago Federation of Labor, the third largest central labor council of the national AFL-CIO

Chicago, IL -- The National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum (NAPRPP) in collaboration with the Chicago Federation of Labor, Presents the 2019 A. Philip Randolph "Gentle Warrior Awards." The gala and fundraiser will be held at Chicago's historic Parkway Ballroom, 4455 S. King Drive on Sunday, on February 24 from 5pm to 9pm.

The "Gentle Warrior Award" pays tribute to A. Philip Randolph, Founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first Black Labor Union in America to be chartered under the American Federation of Labor. Randolph was one of America's foremost labor and civil rights leaders, who became known as the "Gentle Warrior."

In 2000, in his honor, the NAPRPP Museum created the Gentle Warrior Awards Gala to recognize individuals who exhibit a similar commitment, focus and, tenacity that Randolph displayed.

Attorney Renamed Top 10 Immigration and Criminal Lawyer

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ATTORNEY ZULU ALI RENAMED TOP 10 IMMIGRATION AND CRIMINAL LAWYER BY ATTORNEY AND PRACTICE MAGAZINE

Nationwide  -- Attorney Zulu Ali of the Law Offices of Zulu Ali in Riverside, California has been named Top 10 Criminal Defense Lawyer and Immigration Lawyer in the state of California by Attorney and Practice Magazine. Specializing in providing attorneys and legal practitioners with insight and advice from other legal professionals, as well as opinions and updates on the latest legal news in a wide variety of practice areas, Attorney and Practice Magazine awards list was created to recognize the achievements of the top 1% of trial lawyers. The organization awards the top attorneys in several legal practice areas including Immigration and Criminal Defense.

Attorney Zulu Ali, a native of Shelbyville, Tennessee, is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served with the Marine Security Forces. After graduating from the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy, Attorney Ali served as a sworn police officer with the City of Shelbyville, City of Lewisburg, and Vanderbilt Police Departments, respectively.

Attorney Ali earned a Juris Doctorate (law degree) from Trinity International University Law School and a liberal arts degree with an emphasis in African Studies from Regents College through a consortium with Tennessee State University.