Archive for June, 2020
Jun
04
2020
 
Postcard #191 (A Beautiful New Day)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaI took this photo at 6:27 AM yesterday following a day and night of social unrest around the country. It was a nice reminder that there is still much beauty in the world. May it give you some respite from your newsfeed. Scott W. Smith “I don’t think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you might nudge the world a little or make a poem that children will speak for you when you are dead.” Above quote spoken by character Henry in The Real Thing: A Play written by […]
Jun
02
2020
Lorraine Hansberry and the Seeds of ‘A Raisin in the Sun’Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaWhat happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? —Langston Hughes Harlem
Jun
01
2020
‘Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream’Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaNote: I can’t think of a week in the past 12 years where I haven’t written a single post on this screenwriting and filmmaking blog. But that’s what happened in the last week of May. George Floyd died on May 25th shortly after being detained by police. The video of an officer with his knee […] |
