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Maya Angelou – Reflections of a Blessed Soul
Written and Directed by
Hafiz Farid and Shelley Grodner Seidenstein
Maya Angelou – Reflections of a Blessed Soul is a beautiful award-winning documentary film based on an exclusive and intimate interview with one of the greatest Artist, Poets, Activist and Humanitarians of our time. The film takes us into the privacy of her home in Winston Salem, North Carolina where Maya reveals the wisdom of her soul and her deep love for humanity.
A CIRCLE OF WOMEN
Written and Directed by
Hafiz Farid and Yaasmyn Fula
Circle of Women is a docu-series that highlights the extraordinary women in the life of the Iconic young artist Tupac Amaru Shakur.
The five primary women who played an integral role in Tupac’s growth and development are as follows:
AFENI SHAKUR, CAROL CROOKS, YAASMYN FULA, JADA PINKETT LEI and LEILA STEINBERG
These are the amazing women that protected and preserved the first-born male of the revolutionary Black Panther Afeni Shakur. These bold, courageous Circle of Women nursed, nurtured, shaped and raised him to become the dynamic young warrior/artist that the world would come to know as Tupac Shakur. His life was in danger from the moment that he was conceived in his Mother’s womb. Both his mother and father were well known Black Panthers who were targeted and hunted down in a sinister government conspiracy known as CO-INTELPRO, which was designed to infiltrate and destroy any Black organization working to uplift and empower Black people in the U.S. To truly understand the heart and soul of this incredible artist one must delve deeply into the wombs that bore him. These women were his first nurses, teachers and vigilant protectors. They knew better than anyone that his life lay in a fragile balance and they were determined to snatch death from his throat. Tupac once proclaimed, “I wasn’t supposed to make it but I did…tribulations of a ghetto kid, Still I rise.” This Circle of Women is where he rose from.
DARFUR TOO DARK TOO FAR
Written and Directed by
Hafiz Farid and Shelley Grodner Seidenstein
DARFUR Too Dark Too Far examines the true causes and effects of Genocide. This film reveals the central thread that runs through all genocides throughout history. Whether it’s Darfur, the African Slave trade, Nazi Germany, the Native American atrocities, Cambodia, Armenia, Bosnia, Rwanda and beyond, there is a reason that it keeps occurring. If we do not learn the lessons of history, then we are bound to repeat it. This multi-award-winning documentary connects the dots that lead to the root causes of man’s inhumanity to mankind…Slavery, Racism and Oppression in the name of Religion.
Life Without Parole The Saga of Wayne “Akbar” Pray
Written and Directed by
Hafiz Farid and Shaheed Shaheed
Life Without Parole The Saga of Wayne “Akbar” Pray is a docu-drama developed for television highlighting the life of convicted drug kingpin Wayne Akbar Pray. This project explores the dark sinister world that the young child Wayne Pray struggled to grow up in. Akbar Pray was sentenced to Life Without Parole plus 75 years, the he has been incarcerated for 31 years. The government’s star witness against him was the notorious Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco. Strong narration coupled with Archival photos, newspaper headlines, reenactments and powerful music set the stage for the tale of a little black boy Born into the Game.
A Pillar of Salt – The Bitter Woman Syndrome
Written and Directed by
Hafiz Farid
A Pillar of Salt – The Woman Angry Syndrome is an award winning documentary film which examines the subjects of Anger and Bitterness. It delves deeply into the issue of Bitterness and its effects mentally, physically and spiritually. Although the story is told from the perspective and the voices of women the films goal is to convey that Bitterness can take root in us all, irrespective of age, race, or gender. Once it takes root it is like a deadly cancer which eats at the host. The title is taken from the ancient metaphor of Lot’s Wife looking back and turning to a Pillar of Salt. The core message of this film is that looking back and holding on to such things as anger, pain, loss, sorrow and suffering can and does cause the heart and mind to become hardened and Bitter. This is a film produced by men, told through the eyes and the voices of women for the sale of our children.
THE PRODIGAL FATHER
Written and Directed by
Hafiz Farid and Yaasmyn Fula