Friday, May 25, 2012

NEW satire! Why I hate sellout Black women- Little Uncle Tom!

You are the sunshine of my life that's why I'll always be around...laughing my frikken shiny brown bottom off.  Researching Diana Ross is very interesting and she is worth  every single minute! I have to make this movie, it's the least that I can do for all she has given the world, and us Black women and the people who love and support us!

HAPPY DARK GIRLS is one of the six films (aka 69 For Six) I'm directing/producing.  We're in the mist of the second round of crowdfunding. If you love Miss Ross you should join our team and pledge as every dollar counts. Even low budget films cost money to make, so please visit  Indie GoGo page -we love Indie GoGo's crowdfunding - unlike Kickstarter, all funds are released to the artist. Forwarding a link is helpful, too. Right now there is only enough funds raised to do interviews in San Francisco and Oakland. The more funds raised the more of You we interview to give reflections on the influences of Miss Diana Ross.

Miss Ross still is a polarizing figure and I think at the base, folks are still salty that she dated and married white men. Sick, eh? Those same haters sat silent as OJ Simpson, Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier dated and mated white! Oh, don't give me that Florence Ballard mess. Miss Ross helped her out with money! Miss Ross remains the first dark skin elegant, classy, beautiful and talented entertainer
Yes right now the pledge drive is an underdog lots of looks little pledges. I love being a comeback kid. No matter how much or little we raise, in July we begin the interview process. You want to be part of history, don't you? For that dough you gave to Red Tails or Think Like a Man, you can pledge that 10 bucks to this worthy cause-or more. The rewards are awesome including limited edition sparkly art ready to ship and even a producers credit~!

 Making six films is hard work so as a hobby I draw satirical cartoons. This one is from 5 years ago!
Dunno if 50 does drag but he'd be perfect for it...those cheekbones, that scowl, that steroid body. But nobody can be that hard all the time and for that reason he remains suspect to me as a closeted homosexual man. Thus this drawing of him in with dual personalities. What?


The cartoon show The Boondocks' unbalanced satirical slant dissing BW mixed with the hard working activist ladies at For Black Women Only inspired me to write and direct this crazy little piece starring a (c)rapper from San Francisco... "Little Uncle Tom"  as he wears his heart on his sleeve in his quest to find a "snowflake" while dissing "sellout Black b!tches"...


I was a Mad Magazine baby weened on satire! Hope you had a chuckle at my insane creation, the hypocrite Little Uncle Tom. 


San Francisco







Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Read this! Why social media marketers should march to the beat of Chris Frantz

Hi yall!
Back in November I posted, on this site, a quickie interview with Chris Frantz. Some of you young ones thought, who the hell is that white man and what does he have to do with HAPPY DARK GIRLS?

Chris is the legendary drummer from The Talking Heads (tons of classic New Wave hits!) and the Tom Tom Club -memba Genius of Love? He brays JAMES BROWN...JAMES BROWN. If you don't know you better ask somebody (google is your friend)!

Point is, that famous as hell dude is polite as pie! He became my friend after a brief introduction, he friended my autistic brother when I asked him to, he gives me shouts out and words of encouragement, told me my movies are going to be a hit.

He's polite. That's all it takes.

Why social media marketers should march to the beat of Chris Frantz

Monday, May 21, 2012

Dee Dee TV Season 17 -Episode #1- San Francisco Public Cable Access

Thanks for visiting! Yes I make films and I'm best known in San Francisco for my show DEE DEE TV! Here's a clip from our 17th Season opener! Yes 17 years, honey. I am a very dedicated artist!


Dee Dee Russell

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Dee Dee Russell's Happy Dark Girls (Road Film) Teaser Trailer #1 -69 For 6

Hi!
Go ahead, ask me anything about Diana Ross! After a year of research I'm an expert!

Did you know...the film is now a road film? Yup. For this to be a documentary, I'd have to spent at least 250K to liscene music, pictures, etc. The cost is much lower with a road film instead plus, I think it packs more punch to see and hear the people- fans and supporters of Miss Ross, giving their testimony about how she influenced their lives!

We'll be starting our interviews next month-June here in San Francisco and in Oakland, California.

Depending on the support we'll be traveling to major cities to interview YOU.

Won't you consider making a pledge, no matter how small?

If you can't pledge please spread the word. By now you know how serious we are to make this film and it is 100% supported by viewers like you.





Thank you!

Dee Dee Russell

San Francisco

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Press! Thank you!! Updates!!


Hello!
Creating the 69 For Six filmmaker's pledge drive with 69 pledge drive videos to crowdfund six documentary films has required the work of some very good people. Recognizing them publicity is the least I can do by way of thanking them for their consideration and kindess.


By the way, you can engage personally on the Dee Dee Russell fan page, and go watch 69 For Six You Tube Channel to see each of the 69 videos, please and thank you!


Here goes a sincere show of appreciation, sexist womanist bohemian style:


Thank You to Richard Lefrak as production designer on all six documentary films. He is the individual who has given the most effort getting the launch going.




"You want a New Black Filmmaker? Well, here she is!"
 Thanks to Jacky Jasper  for a write up so awesome that I cried! I love HSK cause he's like, the only male major "urban" entertainment writer who isn't colorist nor misogynist! For that alone I kiss his buttons! His site is refreshing and hilarious, raw, educational and a big time suck you will get lost browsing past pages!




Thank you!
"Whew lawd, I thought I was busy. But Dee Dee Russell's upcoming projects are putting me to shame."
Also on the press front is Christelyn Karazin and her swirling media empire at www.beyondblackwhite.com!  




Photo: Chad Anderson
A fresh glass of my home made juice blend to legendary drummer (Talking Heads & Tom Tom Club) Chris Frantz for his Facebook friendship for giving me an exclusive interview for my documentary film HAPPY DARK GIRLS!


The whole point of creating 69 Pledge Drive Videos is to crowdfund 6 documentary films. To do that takes publicity and here is my wish-list for interviews.

Stevie Wonder! 
Did you know that he's the Number One pledge drive video at 69 for six? Yeh his pledge video is rather psycho dramatic... I was a teen fangurl! He's my spiritual father; emotionally I'm closer to Stevie than my legal Father. How special is that? He's my total top artistic inspiration!!



Howard Stern
 I wuv Howard with Robin Stern and wanna be on their show so bad!  I was a childhood cartoonist, weened on Mad Magazine so I have a very satirical, New York perspective. I imagine Howard Stern, Robin and me discussing the film My Friend  Scarlot Harlot, the godmother of the sex worker movement! Did you know that she coined the term Sex Work(er) at a conference back in the late 1970's?

                                    
     


OK, everyone, now just get 10 of your friends to pledge a dollar for one of the six films. Then they'll tell 100 friends, etc.  And we'll have our own barefoot jam!










 Thank you so much! Wanna hang out? You can drop an email, too! Questions?