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11.28.24 Blackberry Promo Rough Cut from Paul Notice on Vimeo.

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COMING DEC 7TH: The 2024 Afrofuturist Vampire Dance Party!

We’re BACK!! Thanks to your continued support, since we began crowdfunding since 2020. Back then, you supported our journey of turning a 2013 stage play, “Willow,” into a short film, “Willow: State of Emergency.” After our premiere screening at the Nuoyican Poets Cafe, winning Best Short Film of the Chicago Black FIlm Fest, and winning the WAVE Farm MAAF grant - we premiered the FIRST FOUR EPISODES of “Willow: House of Griots" in front of a live audience at Here Performing Arts Center.

And thanks to your support in making last year’s AVD Party an absolute hit, we were able to find representation for not only House of Griots, but also for a BRAND NEW FEATURE FILM in the “Willow” saga, “Willow: INVASION.”

This year, we’re raising funds to develop two highly-anticipated new feature film scripts: “Willow: Invasion,” and Paul Notice’s experimental Afrosurrealist autobiopic tackling generational love, trauma, and healing called, “Limerence.”

Join us as we celebrate the start of these new projects, and boogie down in a world of melanin and vampires! 

The Afrofuturist Vampire Dance Party Saturday, December 7th, from 7pm - 1am First Live | 219 Central Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11221. Find Details and RSVP here or at bit.ly/avdparty

Featuring Afrobeat, Hip Hop, and House tunes from Special Guest DJ; This event is not just about music; it's about continuing to foster a community around the stories that need to be told. 

So, whether you come as Drolta from "Castlevania: Nocturne," Akasha from Queen of the Damned, Willow from “Willow: State of Emergency,” or Blade - we wanna see it! Best Costume receives a prize at the end of the night!

Guests will pay homage through “Willow” themed drinks, and special deals from local vendors like Black Thoughts. 

Check out Willow: State of Emergency on Amazon Prime to prepare for the next chapter of the Willow series, “Willow: Invasion.”

Can’t make it to the party, but would love to support our upcoming projects?

You can still support by making a tax-deductible donation to The Willow Project, or giving directly to our nonprofit, The Notice Blog.

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Limerence

The Limerence Collection

Limerence is a there part conceptual piece that melds together both real events into a fictional narrative. An afrosurrealist docu-drama following a protagonist’s search to rid themselves of their Limerence for a lover vanishes after a remarkably strange weekend.

“I don’t do cases, I do deals” - A conceptual one-person cinematic show, using found footage and clever camerawork, this film will never be released, but will serve as the base for the Full Cast Short Film. This is currently under production.

Limerence

Short Film version, featuring a full cast. This half-hour short film builds on the one-person show.

Go ahead, tell them what you did to me.

A powerful explosion of generational love, healing, and trauma, this feature film delves deeper into the protagonists’ emotional journey. They will unearth new levels of existence and find a peace that’s evaded both of the families for so long - but at what cost?

“His gentleness was uncompromising: because he would not compete for dominance, he was indomitable.” - The Dispossessed

"Revolution brings the change we need. But Love: radical and unending love, is the foundation we will build upon, once the fires have smoldered."  -- Paul, "limerence"

“I used to be ashamed of my softness, or how quick I was to smile, to forgive, to try to understand others. But, the older I got, the more I realized these attributes are what help build a loving community.

Now, much of the love I wish I received, I am able to give to others. Softness, gentleness, joy, patience, mercy, empathy, play, laughter and love. These are things that foster healing, growth, and fulfillment; not just in oneself, but - just as importantly - in others too.

Revolution brings the change we need. But Love: radical and unending love, is the foundation we will build upon once the fires have smoldered.”

Paul, “Limerence”

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11.09.24 Contact Self-Tape Paul Notice from Paul Notice on Vimeo.

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11.09.24 Contact Self-Tape Paul Notice from Paul Notice on Vimeo.

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11.09 (Copy) from Paul Notice on Vimeo.

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11.09.24 Contact Self-Tape Paul Notice from Paul Notice on Vimeo.

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1 The Good ol’ Days from Paul Notice on Vimeo.

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Climate rough cut from Paul Notice on Vimeo.

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1 The Good ol’ Days from Paul Notice on Vimeo.

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Own the Libs rough cut from Paul Notice on Vimeo.

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07.01.24 AniTOMO Lincoln High School from Paul Notice on Vimeo.

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"Good Times" | Mike Bankhead | Dir. Paul A. Notice II

For “Good Times,” I wanted to use a quick dip into my personal life, as a framework to examine the complexities of Black Existence. I’d wager one of the biggest commonalities we have in the Black Experience is reconciling what the world sees/expects of us, and who we really are. We’re haunted by the racialized toxic positivity alluded to in the lyrics “Shut Me Up for the Good Times,” the anti-Black intentions behind mass incarceration in “Lock Me Up for the Good Times,” and cognitive dissonance from a litany of Double Consciousness byproducts. 

So, I repurposed found footage into a gallery of memories, demonstrating all of the joy, grief, play, and resilience of Black life portrayed in the song. Rather than essentializing us down to oppression, or offering apologist rhetoric for colorblind racism, we follow Mike’s lyrics as they weave throughout a multitude of Black experiences. Because people are more than just one thing at one given point in time. Trayvon Martin isn’t just a murdered unarmed Black teenager.  He was a son, a weekend snowboarder, a science camp geek, a jokester, a human being. Robbing Black folx of that existential complexity dehumanizes us.  

Directed & Edited by  Paul A. Notice II

Music by Mike Bankhead

Featuring: Katrina Reid, Danny Notice, Jade Notice, Jordan’s Vasquez, Chris Vasquez, Elliot Guilbe, Kirrin Tubo, Ashley Jones, Sultan Ali, Stephan Joseph, Nathaniel White, Cameisha Cotton, Suzanne Darrell, Justin Thomas, JP Campbell, Athena, Michelle Pham, and more.

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05.28.34 AIRS Screening Bk Library from Paul Notice on Vimeo.

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The Truth About Prison Televisual Complex

Watch out latest Documentary on the Prison Televisual Complex. It reveals the system of exploitation that pits incarcerated people as often unwilling participants in the propaganda levied against them.

Directed & Edited by Paul A. Notice II

Produced by The Notice Blog

Executive Producer Vidal Guzman

Donate to TNB here.

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Coming MAY 28th: #AIRS Documentary Screening & Panel Discussion

COME SEE OUR LATEST DOCUMENTARY!!

Join us for the #AIRS Documentary Screening & Panel Discussion. RSVP Here.

We’ll screen the #AIRS documentary, which introduces the concept of the “Prison Televisual Complex,” and its role in Incarcerated Reality TV Shows. During the panel, we’ll discuss practices and methods that dismantle exploitation, ways to support healthy reintegration, and liberation within our communities. #AIRS (Abolish Incarcerated Reality Shows) is a campaign dedicated to ending the exploitation of incarcerated people in reality TV shows, while supporting opportunities for reintegration.

#AIRS Documentary Screening & Panel: Empowering Change Crown Heights Brooklyn Public Library 560 New York Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11225. Tuesday, May 28th | 5:30-7 PM

RSVP Here Panelists: Paul A. Notice II | Executive Producer | the notice blog. Darren Mack | Co-Director | Freedom Agenda Michelle A. Diaz | Chairwoman | Canary Impact

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Kandake Dance Theater's "1,001 Nights on Death Row"

Congrats to the Kandake Dance Theater for their showing of their rock opera "1,001 Nights on Death Row" at the Fresh Fruit Festival! We got the opportunity to film their performance on closing night.

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