GALVANIZE: Mental Health, Motherhood, and Mixing It Up

Talk to Us Thursday is a weekly series of conversations with black content creators mainly women discussing their work on and behind the camera.

Join us this Thursday, July 23 at 7 pm when our special guest is Shandra L. McDonald, producer and director.

Our host is Carleen Elisa, an award-winning media veteran who is known for her style and amazing wit!

Shandra has been recognized nationally, regionally, and locally for her work behind the camera. She also is helping shape the next generation of filmmakers as a university professor for the past decade. Shandra is passionate about telling unique stories and amplifying the voices of women, girls, and those struggling with mental health issues. She's a native of Gaithersburg, MD and received both her Bachelors and Masters degrees from Howard University.

Bring your questions and get ready for a great time! Shandra is coming to Talk to Us! Register here!

NOTE: Please watch Jinn (Amazon and iTunes) and Borderline Personality on YouTube. It's also below for your convenience.

More about Shandra:

SHANDRA L. MCDONALD is an award-winning screenwriter, director, and producer with more than 20 years' experience in the television and film industry. She has received awards from the Director's Guild of America, Atlanta Film Festival, IFP Film Festival, American Black Film Festival, British Film Institute, Hollywood Black Film Festival and the 48-Hour Film Festival for her projects. Recently, a feature-film where she served as an executive producer titled Jinn, premiered in the highly-competitive, narrative section at the 2018 South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas. The award-winning film recently received a distribution deal with MGM Studios and is currently streaming on Amazon and iTunes.

Shandra is in development with Screen Lloyd Productions for a feature film that she plans to direct titled, "Awake O Sleeper." She recently directed a television pilot titled, "The Royal Court" that she is pitching. Ms. McDonald continues to grow her film-production company Kiss the Limit Productions producing various types of content including web series, television pilots, documentaries, shorts, and feature films while being a proud Film Professor at Clayton State University.

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He/she who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and the unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed. - Gordon Parks


May every day be the beginning of an endless self discovery and adventure......whether you like it or not. Embrace it and soar!     - H. Taha

www.ikamproductions.com

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gal`va`nize: to stimulate people into sudden activity; to provide a network for DC metropolitan theatre artists, specifically those of the African diaspora, in order to connect, support and encourage each other because "we are all far too beautiful to be so seen so little".
 
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