Entries by laralyko
April 2021 Update – It’s a Wrap!
It’s official! We wrapped the film in December at Skywalker Studios and Zoetrope Aubry Productions in the Bay area. It was an absolutely amazing experience. The music score composed by Derek Nakamoto is phenomenal and Grammy award winning blues artist Keb’Mo’ composed and sang an incredible original end credits song. Our film is running at 59 minutes. We could […]
May 2020 Update – Progress During this Downtime
I hope this message finds everyone healthy and safe. Even though regulations are beginning to relax across the country, we are still in the first steps of a long road back. We hope that everyone has a successful return to their personal and business lives. Although we are still reflecting deeply on the loss of […]
Mamie Lang Kirkland: September 3, 1908 – December 28, 2019
It is with heavy hearts that we share the passing of Mamie Lang Kirkland. Mamie was born in Ellisville, Mississippi on September 3, 1908, the second child of Edward Lang, a Baptist minister and Rochelle Moore, a housewife and domestic. Her four siblings including Rosetta, Elizabeth, Edward and Lucille have all preceded her in death […]
End of Year Gratitude
We’re ending the year with a flourish! We celebrated Mamie’s 110th birthday in September and successfully matched our $10,000 gift. We went back to Mississippi in October to film aerial shots and also to conduct a soil collection for John Hartfield, the lynching victim in Ellisville in 1919 who fled with her father and his […]