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 […]
On Saturday, April 13, 2019, at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (F.I.D.M.) in Downtown Los Angeles, the Black Design Collective (BDC) honored Academy Award-winner costume designer Ruth E. Carter for their inaugural ceremony, in partnership with AT&T. Carter has been the wardrobe mastermind behind many iconic films to […]
“Are You My Mommy is essentially about women trying to fight against sexism and ageism in the entertainment industry. When I wrote it two years ago, I was 48 and growing more frustrated every day by how few roles (never mind interesting ones) were available to actresses my age, and […]
