April is a good month for us with 3 screenings (and counting).  Check the sidebar for deets : )

CLICK THE PIC TO CHECK OUT THE FILM STREAMING ONLINE. Hot on the heels of my thesis film SAY GRACE BEFORE DROWNING screening on HBO, I now have my latest (and 1 month into being graduated from NYU, my  first film created post film schoo l) short film BLACK SWAN THEORY streaming online for 1 week. This whole process has been somewhat…[Read more]

Sometimes you stumble across imagery that takes your breath away: this rarely happens for me, but I’m thankful when it does.

Model: Oluwatoyin Pyne
Make Up: Risha Rox
Wardrobe Styling: Folayan Xui and Kia Chenelle
Hair: Joanne Petit-Frere
Photo: J. ‘Quazi’ King

IT’s FREE on DEMAND for those of you who like to take control !!! Check me out baby. xoxo

The moment you’ve all been anxiously awaiting…or not…has arrived. ; ).  For those of you who like to take control, SGBD is FREE on DEMAND. I just yanked this schedule directly from HBO’s website. Yeah, the times are kind of janky but whatyagonnado?!  My short is on HBO (for the second time) : can’t complain too fucking much. ; ) [...]

STASIS: inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces:

finally crawling out of the black hole that has left me mentally, emotionally and physically paralyzed for the past err month.  Moving forward on the 3 projects I’m currently rotating on my overfilled plate and smacking myself the fuck out of it. Feeling sorry for…[Read more]

January 3, 2011 Kartina Richardson Black Swan And Bathrooms

Sitting in a coffee shop I heard a man say: “I saw Black Swan the other night. It was trash. Elevated trash, but trash.” When you see a good movie, a very good movie, it’s difficult to remember that the film is not objectively extraordinary. “Black Swan was great.” You say…[Read more]

I’ve been MIA from this blog: still debating how long I’m going to continue it as I’ve completely and utterly fallen in love with my new Tumblr . I’m in post production on my latest short film formerly entitled Black Swan Theory–now entitled |The Countless Things She Served With Her Eyes| . My VFX Artist has been sending me over some conceptual…[Read more]

Some artists thrive off these emotions: I don’t.  I’m finding myself in a state of artistic paralysis, unable to be prolific–unable to move forward…on anything.  I recently won a 50,000$ Panavision Rental Equipment Grant @ The Bronze Lens Film Festival (Say Grace Before Drowning ). I’m also nominated for a Director’s Guild of America Jury…[Read more]

So, I was invited to a brand new film festival: the Bronze Lens Film Fest : with Say Grace Before Drowning. I really like it so far because: They put me at the Marriott Marquee Downtown for two nights: starting tonight. INT. LOBBY  MARRIOTT MARQUEE Me: Hi CLERK: Hello, Nikyatu.  We see here that you requested a KING size bed. Me: Umm. …[Read more]

We’re screening at the Bronze Lens film fest.  Come check out the short Saturday November 13 @ Noon at the Georgia Pacific Theater: 133 Peachtree St. Atlanta, Georgia 30303,

Los Angeles – The Directors Guild of America today announced the winners of the 2010 DGA Student Film Awards for African American, Asian American, Latino and Women directors.  The awards are designed to honor, encourage and bring attention to outstanding minority and women directors in film schools and select universities across the country. …[Read more]

According to FADER:

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“If I could say anything… it is to keep going. Don’t go back and fix that first scene. Don’t go back and fix that dialogue. Write yourself a little note saying, ‘Put in first scene such-and-such,’ if you happen to think of something, then get a little stickum and stick that somewhere on the wall. But [...]

1. Thou shalt not take the crisis/climax out of the protagonist’s hands. The anti-deus ex machina commandment. 2. Thou shalt not make life easy for the protagonist. Nothing progresses in a story except through conflict. 3. Thou shalt not give exposition for exposition’s sake. Dramatize it. Convert exposition to ammunition. 4. Thou shalt not use…[Read more]

So today, Shadow and Act released the teaser for Black Swan Theory , which I frantically finished cutting last night.  Between the S & A blog itself, facebook, twitter and my personal blo g–i have a feeling the viral teaser (which is hosted on vimeo, of course) is going to get a lot of mileage in the next few days. [...]

xoxo via Thought Catalog

I grabbed this image from one of the Quicktime Files downloaded from the 5D I shot on.  My DP, Hans Charles worked his magic, along with AC Yves Francois –the footage looks crispy!  My crew, just like my cast, was nothing short of amazing: a well oiled machine.  Not feeling too verbose at [...]

NYU Graduate Upperclassman/Professor/Editor/Actor and sometimes mentor: Keith Davis, recently wrapped a short film he wrote and directed.  Here for your viewing pleasure is his teaser:

Men In Love from Keith Davis on Vimeo.

Rarely do we simply see…black people in love.