Chocolate & Chai

Art Shrian and Lester Greene talk with special guest actress-writer-filmmaker-storyteller Laura Poindexter about the ongoing movement, idea of "Superior" race, Divide and Conquer mentality; Growing up in Harlem; Black & White - The Human Race; “White Whine”/White Superiority; Racism; Equality versus Revenge; Black Power; Black Pride; “The Next Assignment” Laura Poindexter is an Award-Winning screenwriter/actress/producer/director/showrunner/filmmaker/ - To learn more about Laura please visit: https://filmfreeway.com/laurapoindexter https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/one_page_resume.cfm?custom_link=LauraPoindexter

Art & Lester share their frustration and discuss the ongoing protests about George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery. Lester shares his experience with Police Brutality and Racial Profiling. Art talks about why this hurts him and how he feels connected to this as an Indian immigrant.                                                For donations and more information: https://blacklivesmatter.com https://www.naacpldf.org https://www.blackvisionsmn.org https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/george-floyd-protests-bail-funds-police-brutality-black-lives-matter-1008259/ https://www.joincampaignzero.org/#vision https://blacklivesmatter.com/what-matters-ep-4-black-lives-matters-south-bend-members-community-organizers/

Professional filmmaking for A&B (Amateurs & Beginners) - Part 4 (Financing and Fundraising) by Art Shrian Tiwari and Lester Greene, with special guest Emelyn Stuart - *First Black Latina to own a movie theater in NYC* Emelyn Stuart shares her expertise on Film Investors/Pitching, Financing and Fundraising, Distribution, Product Placement, and Film Grants. She has successfully received film grants; successfully raised money for several films; invested in several films that reached national television, etc. Emelyn is the founder of her very own movie theater: Stuart Cinema & Cafe, and she founded the Ocktober Film Festival. For more information on Emelyn Stuart, please click here: www.stuartfilmgroup.com https://www.stuartcinema.com https://www.ocktoberfilmfest.com

Professional filmmaking for A&B (Amateurs & Beginners) - Part 3 (Producing), by Art Shrian Tiwari and Lester Greene, with special guests Tom Wardach and Thelma C. Brown - Tom Wardach studied at The Lee Strasberg Institute and The Beverly Hills Playhouse. Tom has written plays, short films, and feature films for himself as well as others. Through his production company, Tilted Barn Entertainment, Tom successfully began producing and directing his own screenplays. His films have screened at countless film festivals in the U.S. and Internationally, many winning a variety of awards including Best Short, Best Writer, and Best Director. To follow Tom Wardach, please visit: http://tiltedbarn.com Thelma C. Brown worked as co-producer on projects with Johnny Blayz and C. Nathaniel Brown before producing her own project “The Disgruntled.” Thelma took a media class in high school, and was hooked immediately after watching Phylicia Rashad in a live taping. She is an actress, director and producer known for The Disgruntled, The Scholar, The Unsung the Movie, For Ellis, Dementia and so much more. She is a combat veteran of the United States Army with over 25 years of military service. Thelma also served as a mentor for female veterans suffering with PTSD. She is currently working on her first screenplay.

Professional filmmaking for A&B (Amateurs & Beginners) - Part 2 (Screenwriting), by Art Shrian Tiwari and Lester Greene, with special guest Jackie Gamber. Jackie is the author of genre-bending novels and screenplays, earning her such accolades as the Mary Shelley Award for Imaginative Fiction, and honorable mention in L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future. As an award winning writer/director, she has screened in film festivals across the country, and is currently in post production on her first feature film, The Mark. To Follow Jackie and everything that she is doing, please visit her website: http://bigimagine.com/ - Thank you.

Professional Filmmaking for A&B (Amateurs & Beginners) - Part 1 (Basics), by Art Shrian Tiwari (Writer-Director-Actor) and Lester Greene (Actor-Producer): We break down the process of bringing your film to life with some practical and useful tips and insights along with detailing the step by step process. The part-1 of the series covers basics from writing, planning, preparing to filming. More to come soon!

We discuss staying creative; Covid19-The New Normal; Zoom meetings; Working & ordering food from home; Reaching out less and networking more in your own backyard, etc.

Art & Lester on hiatus; Lester in Sundance movie; Art in India filming; Lester works with Barry Jenkins; Art & Lester post production on Red is My Color plus teaser project; Art directs first movie

Atlanta Creators Conference, Chocolate & Chai NEW Production Company; Van Miller International; Lester Greene Billboard for Why Did I Become a Model

Get up close and personal with Art and Lester. Hear about there week and year so far. Lester is on a billboard; Art shares about his experience with pitching to Hollywood execs/stars; Storytelling; Following your dreams and goals; The sudden demise of Kobe; Art and Lester talk about their personal struggles; Art left his job making six figures; Art filming in India; Art and Lester introduce their collaborators: Daniel Guillaro, Miles Neiman (The Georgia Hollywood Review), Juan Londono, Zach Sheram - If you’re interested in collaborating with us, please reach out on social media @artshrian & @greene_lester or email us at chocolateandchai11@gmail.com

Art and Lester recap the Golden Globes and they discuss the 19 must watch movies of 2019: Avengers: Endgame, Black and Blue, Bombshell, Dolemite Is My Name, Gemini Man, Late Night, Little Women, Marriage Story, Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood, Parasite, Pain And Glory, Queen & Slim, Shazam!, Sorry To Bother You, Spider-Man: Far From Home, The Irishman, Uncut Gems, A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood, and Werewolf Ninja Philosopher.