During a time when zombie movies rule, Director Marlon “MJ” Jones takes his action thriller to a higher realm, literally with his faith-based movie Intercessors about strongholds (or demons) fighting us in the spirit world. The award-winning movie recently walked away with Best Feature Action Film at the Artemis Women […]
FIREWOMAN is a documentary that peers into the lives of five charismatic firewomen and follows their work from showcasing the challenges of rookies to life on the force as full-time squad member. Equipped as a firefighter and sitting in the fire truck, the director Louise Leroux spends six months documenting their […]
Kaylene Peoples interviews Melanie Wise about the 6th Edition of Artemis Women In Action Film Festival. A lot has changed but a lot has remained the same in 2021 for this groundbreaking festival that has brought us strong women characters in both film! “We’ve always done live events, brick and […]
The Artemis Women In Action Film Festival (AWIAFF) celebrates its 6th edition with a virtual film festival that continues its tradition of strong women characters. With official selections for narrative features, documentaries, shorts, screenplays, songs and compositions, the landscape of artistic work continues in the form of independent and unconstrained […]
This is the year of the pandemic that literally halted employment for many and changed the meaning of leisure time. As much of the work force has been forced work remotely, or masked in shared office building, others have resorted to unemployment benefits, savings, or loans. And for those who […]
Looking back at fashion runway as we approach the fall season, I’m taking in the essence of Chanel. In my humble opinion, when looking at upcoming fashion, it all hinges on the setting. Chanel’s setting mimicked a winter wonderland with a display of beautiful clothing, excitement in the air, well-styled […]
Paris Georgia Runway happened just over a year ago, debuting their first collection during New Zealand Fashion Week in Auckland on August 28, 2019. The ready-to-wear line combines the talents of designers Paris Mitchell and Georgia Cherrie whose inspirations appeal to retro-90s sensibilities. In getting back to the business of […]
Back in 2018 during, Agenda nodded to the history of fashion model trailblazers. This article ran in issue #4 for Black History Month. For once I was not considered Black, African American, or Negro. I was just an American. —Dorothea Church remembers her modeling career in Paris in the early […]
Kiki Ebsen is a dynamic performer with an impressive musical range. Her exchange of jazz, pop, classical, and rock is entertaining and educational. She sings the standards from the Great American Songbook, is an engaging storyteller, not to mention she’s a comedienne and quite the convincing actor when performing her […]
I remember seeing the first Secret Life of Pets . . . I was in stitches throughout the entire movie. Probably because I had a dog and so many parts of that movie resonated with me. The film was hilarious and stayed in my memory for weeks after seeing it the first […]
