“Bless the independent filmmaker.”

Davon E. Johnson Filmworks Production

Filmmaker’s Stories

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’ve been meaning to send you a thank you for some time now, re: last year’s festival and “the story”. I got the certificates and I really

appreciate the recognition. You really should be applauded (perhaps we all should) for your work and dedication. I know how hard it is trying

to create and maintain something like your festival when you don’t have millions of dollars (at least I don’t think you do) or any big name

“celebrities” attached (at least not yet).

 

But yet, you continue to work on creating something special… a gift to the community, really… because you believe in the work and you believe

in the art. For guys like me, also toiling under the radar of the “mainstream” it is a god-send having truly “independent” festivals like

yours to submit to and knowing that although we’re not connected enough to get into a Sundance or a Tribeca or even a Hollywood black film

festival, there are those out there of like minds and hearts, fellow mavericks striving against the odds and the mainstream, because we

believe in an ideal, we believe in the work and most importantly, we believe in the art..

 

Thank you again. And good luck with this year’s festival.

 

Cleve Lamison