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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: To celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Afrocentric Films Collaborative is hosting its 1st membership drive via Facebook, Twitter, & Stage32 starting January 15, 2014 until February 28 the last day of Black History Month. The purpose of the membership drive is to recruit new members and build AFC chapters in 50 designated cities across the globe. As a newly formed film making collaborative AFC a year from it's creation will unveil it's 100 Founding Members. If you love the mission of AFC and want to participate in the purpose of AFC make sure you fill out a membership form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1i_8M9pbyNh6VKC6AvQHLcgRtVU-qBN_dvwbg4kl... AFC AIMS TO BUILD MEMBERSHIP IN THESE DEPARTMENTS: • Community support • Production & Distribution Department • The Film Crew/sub-departments Visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/AfrocentricFilmsCollaborative/events/ for more details. For more information about AFC, membership, or project submissions e-mail us at afrocentricfilms@gmail.com. Check out AFC on twittertwitter.com/AFCGlobal and join us on Stage32 https://www.stage32.com/profile/177533/afrocentric-films-collaborative-afc ...join AFC, you will thank yourself later.

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Hello Family, Please reach out to us! We are looking to gather members to collaborate with. If you are interested in collaborating with us make sure to fill out our membership application if you haven't already. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1i_8M9pbyNh6VKC6AvQHLcgRtVU-qBN_dvwbg4kl... As a member you can have the opportunity to bring ideas that are black/African center to the group to pitch as a project for us to collaborate to produce. Please let us know if you have any questions! Best Regards, AFC

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Hello everyone. I run a small film and production company in near Tampa, Florida. So far we've done four self-funded short films for some timed film competitions but in 2014 we'll be doing both timed competitions and our own scheduled productions. I'll be self-funding most of them but also doing a little fundraising in 2014 for the loose ends. We also recently switched from digital filmmaking to motion picture film and I think 2014 will be an amazing year for our films. While none of our timed film competition film projects are paid productions, our own scheduled film productions usually are. We are also looking to form a small film collective of easy going people who are resourceful, enthusiastic and work well with others. Feel free to check out all of our upcoming projects for 2014! Cheers. :)

Love ones: It takes a lot to produce a quality motion picture, music video, and ad commercial. We have became individualistic as a people in the pursuit to fame and fortune, this individualistic approach has left many talented people jobless or not effective in turning their dreams into reality! Why not work collective? Why not attach yourself to a model that will give you exposure, put you in position to win? The beauty about film making is that it includes every aspect of the arts and creative application. The power of joining a membership base, chapter building collaborative like AFC is that it allows the artist to still work independently but also interdependently with a collective of artist that will aid them and work with them on their projects. In addition, being a member of AFC instantly gives you access to a film crew and a very large pool of professionally trained artist that will take your project to the next level. As the collaborative grows in size AFC will grow into a force with the ability to complete any artistic project members propose. With that said, Afrocentric Films Collaborative is actively recruiting people with diverse expertise and skills for all sorts of amazing projects from all sorts of creative and professional backgrounds! (The list includes but not limited to: musicians, music bands, music engineers, novelist, playwrights, poets, visual artist, muralist, dance choreographers, dance instructors, cosmetologist, make-up & hair artist, costume designers, animators, illustrators, photographers, web designers, graphic designers, video editors, architects, handyman, fashion designers, models, entrepreneurs, accountants, journalist, bloggers, entertainment lawyers, corporate lawyers, office clerks, public administrators, community activist, scholars, athletes, etc.) GET THE IDEA? This grass root organizing approach is why AFC membership will intersect multiple genres and professions to produce and distribute outstanding projects. For instance, AFC already has the skills to do full-length films, commercials and music videos. Furthermore, AFC is ready to get started on creating merchandise for future films and work with musicians for sound tracks! If you ever wanted to break into the Industry rather through music or film but had a hard time doing it by yourself, join a collaborative of thousands working towards that goal and so much more, it is truly power in numbers! JOIN A.F.C TODAY https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1i_8M9pbyNh6VKC6AvQHLcgRtVU-qBN_dvwbg4kl...

The importance of founding such a collaborative cannot be overstated, the real push to write, act, direct, produce, and distribute films that give an positive and accurate depiction of black life is absolutely critical. Thank you for your involvement; we’re blessed in your presence. Let's collaborate on something powerful... Below is AFC Membership Application https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1i_8M9pbyNh6VKC6AvQHLcgRtVU-qBN_dvwbg4kl...

Are both needed? Which is most important really? Thanks!!! Maurice

We're a newly formed collaborative making serious noise out of the Bay Area, come check out AFC lets collaborate on something amazing!