exactly three thousand flowers

  “A Guide To Allyship & Interracial Friendships” by TheFeministGriote

I highly, highly recommend this article to other white folks! As someone who is trying be a better ally and friend, this is a great read. GO READ NOW, FRIENDS.

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Telephone wire. Stop! Too fast! Telephone wire. Make this not the past. This car ride, this is where it has to happen! There must be some other chances. There’s a moment I’m forgetting, where you tell me you see me!

Say something! Talk to me! Say something! Anything! At the light, at the light. This can’t be our last-

SUPPORT FOG, A SHORT FILM ABOUT BEING BLACK AND MENTALLY ILL

Fog follows Valerie, a successful Black female attorney, who must navigate a major career move and the return of her college-aged daughter while hiding her deteriorating mental health. The film includes a 90s sitcom kinda like The Fresh Prince or The Cosby Show within it that reflects how people see Valerie and her personal expectations parallel to her turbulent interior life. It’s a project that I’m really passionate about and am so excited to shoot this summer as a part of the AFI Directing Workshop for Women.

At its heart, Fog is the story of millions of African-American women across the country. Mental illness is still something of a taboo in the African-American community. While over 17 million Americans suffer from some form of mental illness, only 12 percent of African-Americans living with a mental disease are diagnosed. As an African-American woman who has faced life with depression, I wanted to tell this story, a story that I have heard from countless other African-American women of different ages and walks of life, and give this issue the platform it desperately needs.

We have to raise at least $5000 by Wednesday, April 29th to stay greenlit so PLEASE HELP!