Kreateabuzz Documentary Films

06/02/2024

Excited for our first screening event in 2024 with Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence! One change for tomorrow's "This Ain't Normal" Film Screening and Panel Discussion at Boston University School of Public Health. Same building location, but it has changed to Keefer Auditorium, and no longer held in Bakst Auditorium.
RSVP Here: https://lnkd.in/eMnyRUcY

WHEN: Tomorrow or Wednesday, February 7th from 6-8PM
WHERE: Keefer Auditorium, Boston University Medical Center Building E Keefer Auditorium @ 72 East Newton Street, Boston

Parking: Parking will be at 710 Albany Street, right across the street from the location of the event.

PANELISTS: Beverly Mayo, Survivor
Donald Maurice Osgood Sr.
Rusti Pendleton, Boston Medical Center VIAP
Jonathan Jay, BU School of Public Health
Rudy Hypolite, Film Director and Producer
Moderated by Angelica Fontes, Director of Organizing at The MA Coalition

Resource / Informational Tables: MACOPGV, Citizens for Juvenile Justice, and Boston Public Health Commission.

25/01/2024

We haven’t posted in a while, but that doesn’t mean we’re not continuing to Kreate-A-Buzz. Lots in store for 2024! We’ve had a very successful 2023 with new and continuing partnerships, impactful “This Ain’t Normal” Film Screenings and Panel Discussions with Ruth Zakarin & Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, including Beth Israel Lahey Health Film Screening, filmmaking workshops at Emerson College securing grants from Mass and Boston Cultural Councils, and finally completing the filming stage of our newest film “Neighborhood Oasis: Chopping It Up” after five years and now deep into post-production editing with our amazing editor Oriel Danielson Below are some of the posters and images from 2023.

Kreateabuzz Documentary Films will continue our team mission to spotlights stories that illuminate the beauty, resiliency, and challenges faced by people of color in the predominantly Black and Brown neighborhoods of Boston, MA., from perspectives rarely seen in mainstream and Hollywood studio films. We foster opportunities for dialogue, understanding, and compassion between folks from diverse lived experiences. We educate, inspire, and mobilize audiences for measurable outcomes through community screenings, film festivals and national distribution of our Emmy-nominated and award-winning films on national cable networks: such as SHOWTIME® TV Network, PBS, Aspire Network, ESPN Classic Cable Network; and streaming services: iTunes, Amazon Prime, Vudu, Google Play, Hoopla and YouTube Movies.
We’ve always appreciated your support in this ongoing endeavor.

25/10/2023

Looking forward to joining our friends at Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence 2023 Peace MVP Awards! This year they are honoring Dr. Thea James and her team at Boston Medical Center's Violence Intervention Advocacy Program. Our own co-producer "Coach" Dennis Wilson received the Peace MVP award last year. Dr. James and her incredible advocacy work is featured in "This Ain't Normal" film. Boston-based R&B singer Lisa Bello will also perform. It's a great way to show your support for gun violence prevention in Massachusetts.
WHEN: Wednesday October 25th, 2023 7PM
WHERE: The Cathedral at the Church of St Paul
138 Tremont Street, Boston
Get your tickets today: https://buff.ly/3YJdJON

25/10/2023

We are ONE WEEK away from the 2023 Peace MVP Awards!

This year we are honoring Dr. Thea James and her team at Boston Medical Center's Violence Intervention Advocacy Program. Boston-based R&B singer Lisa Bello will also perform. It's our biggest fundraiser of the year and a great way to show your support for gun violence prevention in Massachusetts.

WHEN: Wednesday October 25th, 2023
WHERE: The Cathedral at the Church of St Paul
138 Tremont Street, Boston
(A virtual option will be available, with a link sent closer to the event date.)

Get your tickets today: https://buff.ly/3YJdJON
Sponsorship opportunities are also still available.

07/06/2023

Continuing to bring the film and activists to communities all across Greater Boston. Check out the Greater Boston GBH Channel 2 TV interview: https://lnkd.in/eEAkQA2P
Next "This Ain't Normal" screening and panel discussion this Thursday, June 8th at 5-7pm at the Boston Public Library Grove Hall Branch, 41 Geneva Avenue, Dorchester. Panelists consisting of frontline workers, survivors and advocates will discuss the root causes of gun violence and solutions that invest in our youth and families. We appreciate the excellent interview by Greater Boston GBH TV program featuring Donald Osgood Sr. and Ruth Zakarin hosted by Tori Bedford to talk about this upcoming screening, and the partnership between Kreateabuzz Films and the Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence.
Panelists: Carrington, Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence's Lavell Fulks and Donald Osgood Sr, and Milton Jones of Louis D. Brown Peace Institute

23/05/2023

Looking forward to our next "This Ain't Normal" film screening and panel discussion hosted by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's Center for Violence & Recovery and Trauma Surgery Team tomorrow, Wednesday May 24th @ 4pm-5:30pm in Klarman 11 Building. All are welcome (see flyer). Kreateabuzz Documentary Films LLC in collaboration with Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence. The film will be followed by a panel discussion of frontline workers, hospital providers and community survivors around what the film teaches us about the root causes, and the policy initiatives that will make lasting change.

05/05/2023

featured and streaming THIS MONTH on Showtime Networks’ Movie Channel-HD & XTRA Channels!
Starting today 5/5/23 to Tuesday 5/16 in several time slots on “The Movie Channel” (TMC) XTRAs channels 367, 368, 385, 386, 388, 867, 885. Broadcast over 100 times since August 2021.
“Popular Movies and Shows on Showtime and TMC”
Boston, Malik Williams, Liptunes Music Pecci

18/04/2023

Excited for "This Ain't Normal" film screening and panel discussion at Tufts University's Posner Auditorium. Thank you to Kreateabuzz Documentary Films Malik Williams, Liptunes Music and Tufts University's Dr. Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha for making it possible. Also, special thanks to the Tufts DEAR Council (Diversity, Equity and Anti-Racism Council) for hosting. Panelists will include Coach Dennis G. Wilson, Donald Osgood Sr., Rudy Hypolite and Malik Williams.
https://tufts.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8wwBhmMU3HMMJ2S

22/02/2023

Looking forward to participating in the panel discussion that follows the debut special screening of Robert Townsend’s groundbreaking remastered film Hollywood Shuffle (in 35mm), an ingenious guerrilla satire that takes riotous aim at the typecasting of Black actors in 1980s Hollywood. The Post-film discussion on working in the film industry, featuring documentary director Rudy Hypolite, narrative filmmaker Thato Mwosa, and director of photography Rui Lopes, moderated by Vladimir Minuty.
Thursday, Feb. 23rd 7:30pm at Coolidge Theatre/Cinema.
Presented by NAACP Boston Branch, The Secret Society of Black CreativesThe Secret Society of Black Creatives, and RoxFilm.

06/02/2023

KB Director Rudy Hypolite & Music Composer Malik Williams, Liptunes Music looking forward to the Emerson College students Q&A after screening of “This Ain’t Normal” on Tuesday 4/7/23. Invited by Prof. Regge Life, Emerson faculty member, who teaches Collaborative Documentary as part of TNGV or “Transforming Narratives of Gun Violence” at Emerson College’s Engagement Lab for collaborative learning, design and research. Excited to learn that this TNGV class is partnering with Boston Uncornered to produce a documentary:
https://elab.emerson.edu/initiatives
https://elab.emerson.edu/initiatives/transforming-narratives-of-gun-violence
https://elab.emerson.edu/

Studying and designing media and technology that is reshaping civic life.

26/01/2023

PRIMETIME SHOWING ON SShowtime Networks The Movie Channel TODAY!
Next broadcast streaming on "The Movie Channel" (TMC) today Thursday, Jan. 2023 at 4:30pm and 7:30pm!
Showtime’s TMC 385 & 885 @ Thursday 1/26/23 @ 4:30pm ET
Showtime’s TMC 386 & 886 @ Thursday 1/26/23 @ 7:30pm ET
“Popular Movies and Shows on Showtime”
Thank you to our distributor FFreestyle Digital Media& Entertainment Studios.

02/01/2023

Starting off 2023 on Showtime Networks’ The Movie Channel (TMC), new broadcast of on Tuesday, Jan. 2023 at 11:45am and 2:45pm!

Showtime’s TMC 385 & 885 @ 11:45am ET/PT 1/3/2023
Showtime’s TMC 386 & 886 @ 2:45pm ET/PT 1/3/2023
“Popular Movies and Shows on Showtime”

30/12/2022

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from our Kreateabuzz Films team! We continued to “create a buzz” in what has been a great year in 2022: “This Ain’t Normal” broadcast on Showtime Networks and The Movie Channel Networks, community collaborations, event partnerships, film screenings and panel discussions. Thank you to our distributor Freestyle Digital Media and Entertainment Studios. We wrapped up production on December 2nd on our new film "Black Barbershops and Hair Salons: Neighborhood Oasis." We’re now in the Post-Production Editing Phase! Upon reflection, so much has happened in the world since we started filming in the Summer of 2018.

Here are a few images from a successful year with exciting times ahead in 2023. Thank you to our “This Ain’t Normal” event organizers and collaborators: Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Transformational Prison Project TPP, Citizens for Juvenile Justice’s “Youth Justice Week of Action,” Harvard Medical School & Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s “Better Together Community Dialogue,” Temple Beth Elohim - Wellesley, MA's Racial Justice Initiative and Congregants, Nubian Gallery Panel Discussion (featured Rep. Liz Miranda and coordinated by Pheonix and Cindy Diggs), HAVI Virtual Conference in November, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts, Boston Public Library Screening and Panel (City of Boston Office of Arts and Culture & Black Male Advancement), Massachusetts Production Coalition’s "Filmmaking for Social Impact" Event featuring director Rudy G. Hypolite, with special recognition of Coach Wilson and his brother Harry at Harry G. Wilson III and Dennis G. Wilson Franklin Football Field Dedication and Peace MVP Awards tribute to Coach Dennis G. Wilson. The support for our mission has been unbelievable!

05/12/2022

Next set of Showtime Networks airing of today Mon. 12/5/2022
Showtime EXTREME Channel 373 @ 11am and Channel 374 @ 2pm
SHOxBET-HD Channel 868 @ 11am and 2pm
Monday 12/12 @ 10am on SHOxBET-HD Channel 868

Great months of Oct. & Nov. for T.A.N. film screenings and recently wrapped up filming on our new film "Black Barbershops and Hair Salons:Neighborhood Oasis!" Ready for Post-Production!

08/11/2022

There's been a significant uptick in gun violence in Boston and other communities recently. Grateful to Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence , Temple Beth Elohim - Wellesley, MA, Temple Israel of Boston and these groups for allowing our "This Ain't Normal" panelists and film to be part of the conversation and solution at this event. See flyer!
Featured Guests: Co-Producer Coach Dennis G. Wilson, Donald Osgood Sr., Dr. Alisha Moreland Capuia, Gail W. and more.
Moderated by Janet Goldenberg.

02/11/2022

What a great event and opportunity to present virtually yesterday 11/1 at the annual national . The screening and panel discussion highlights a unique collaboration between the Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence and the creators of the documentary film "This Ain't Normal.” The session was moderated by MACOPGV’s Ruth Zakarin and included Transformational Prison Project TPP's Armand Coleman, Trey Pound and Donald M. Osgood Sr. both featured in the film, Director Rudy Hypolite and Producer Coach Dennis G. Wilson of Kreateabuzz Documentary Films, and Coalition Community Organizer Angelica Fontes closing the session with A Call To Action.

This Health Alliance for Violence Intervention or HAVI organization represents medical professionals, frontline violence intervention workers, researchers, policy experts, philanthropists, and government leaders. They will gather virtually for their 12th annual conference with the theme: "Going Further, Together: Building the ."
https://www.thehavi.org/

21/10/2022

Films have an incredible ability to enlighten and inform audiences, spark dialogues and inspire social change. KB Film Director Rudy Hypolite will be one of the guest speakers on “Filmmaking for Social Impact” panel of documentary filmmakers this coming Wednesday, October 26th 6-8pm.
Here is the link and information on the seminar:
https://massprodcoalition.org/event-list/2022/social-impact-filmmaking
In-Person at CIC Cambridge, Venture Café – 1 Broadway St., 5th Floor, Cambridge 02142.
This seminar is sponsored by the Massachusetts Production Coalition (MPC), representing the robust and diverse network of Film, TV and digital media professionals and businesses throughout the state.

Presented with Center for Independent Documentary, Filmmakers Collaborative and LEF Foundation.

19/10/2022

Many Exciting KB Events Coming Up! Starting with Celebrating Co-Producer Coach Dennis G. Wilson receiving the prestigious 2022 Peace MVP Award from the Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence on Monday, October 24th 2022 from 7-9pm. The Peace MVP Award recognizes community leaders that played an important role in promoting peace and preventing gun violence throughout Massachusetts. Huge Congratulations from the KB team Coach!
Here’s how you can join in-person or virtually:
https://www.mapreventgunviolence.org/peacemvp

22/09/2022

: Check out the Emmy award video from that memorable evening one year ago. Great memories and amazing experience for our KB team at the 2021 national Emmys / Television Academy Awards when our film was nominated for the prestigious award of "Outstanding Social Issue Documentary" film. We didn’t win the category, BUT it was quite an honor and validation of our independent film. It focuses on a different story about our Black communities in Boston & the orgs and community advocates that support and transform the lives of gang-involved youth. Freestyle Digital Media

31/08/2022

One year left on our Showtime Networks broadcast contract. They've shown the film 40+ times. Next Showtime Networks airing of is Thursday September 1st @ 6:35am on Showtime NEXT Channel 378 & Tuesday September 6th @ 11:30am on SHOxBET Channel 868. Excited to be planning our next series of screenings beginning in October with incredible organizations. Also, editing the new film. More to come.

04/08/2022

Harry G. and Dennis G Wilson Field Dedication:
Join us for the dedication of the football field at Harambee Park in honor of Harry G. Wilson III and Dennis Wilson on Saturday, August 6th at 11am-12noon. The event is at Harambee Park, 930 Blue Hill Avenue, Dorchester 02124. We’re glad to see their incredible dedication to the youth of Boston acknowledged and send our team’s heartfelt congratulations to these brothers.
https://www.boston.gov/calendar/harry-g-wilson-iii-and-dennis-g-wilson-field-dedication

Harry and Dennis Wilson co-founded the Boston Raiders which consists of five football and cheerleading programs and is one of the oldest Pop Warner organizations in the city. The goals and objectives of the program are to encourage, support, and foster prominent professional young people through sports. The program also mentors and develops young men and women to go on to become successful coaches on the high school and college levels. The Boston Raiders programs have given hundreds of boys and girls many treasured memories that will last a lifetime.

Harry and Dennis Wilson co-founded the Boston Raiders which consists of five football and cheerleading programs and is one of the oldest Pop Warner organizations in the city. The goals and objectives of the program are to encourage, support, and foster prominent professional young people through spo...

29/06/2022

What an incredible evening at Boston Public Library's final summer "This Ain't Normal" screening and panel discussion! Sponsored by The Galen Foundation. Thank you for the continued support and turnout by our community. Thank you to our incredibly panelists, including Beverly Notimenone Mayo for the update and sharing her story. Inspirational Mother! Wonderful collaboration with Ruth Zakarin and the Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Presenter Leon Smith of Citizens for Juvenile Justice, Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture Boston, Presenter Frank Farrow, Tom Johnston of Mayor's Office of Black Male Advancement, Transformational Prison Project TPP, Malik Williams, Kristin Motte, BPL team and many many others. Great to have our super-film editor Oriel Danielson from NYC join us! Next event in the fall and next Showtime Networks broadcast @ 10:30am July 2nd.

27/06/2022

COME AND JOIN US FOR THE LAST "This Ain't Normal" FILM SCREENING & DISCUSSION EVENT OF THE SUMMER!
Tuesday 6/28 4:30pm-7pm at the Boston Public Library’s Rabb Lecture Hall in Copley Square. Open to the public.
700 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116.
Register on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/this-aint-normal-film-screening-at-the-boston-public-library-tickets-350453043487
Checkout flyer with panelists and special guest line-up.

● Proposed questions for the panel:
○ Talking about the role trauma plays in what we saw in the film - what do you think needs to happen to better address mental health and emotional well being in communities most impacted by gun violence?
○ Can you reflect on programs/interventions that you think are critical to violence prevention, such as youth jobs or other measures? Why are they so important?
○ We know that rates of violence increase in the summer, and given that, what else would you like to see happen in Boston that can prevent that from happening?
○ Addressing the nuances of what we mean when we talk about gang violence vs guns - the differences and the intersections.

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23/06/2022

Excited for our next "in-person" screening and panel discussion at the Boston Public Library's Main Copley Square Branch on Tuesday June 28th at 4:30pm. Great panelists and Call to Action.

15/06/2022

https://www.cfjj.org/day-1?fbclid=IwAR3PId7to7JUtFKag6J-edmj-L365dfEhoPqXOLy-vxl1XGPmpCB8WHOfs4

WITNESS, LEARN and JOIN. YOUTH JUSTICE: So excited about this event later today at 4pm and the incredible line-up of panelists.Week of Action to advance Juvenile Diversion, Expungement, and Raise the Age legislation.
EVENT AGENDA
Welcome Remarks: Leon Smith, Director, CfJJ
“This Ain’t Normal” Film Screening
Panel Discussion with Special Guests
Gail Windley, Trey Pound, Donald Osgood Sr., Naoka Carey, Armand Coleman
Legislative Priorities and Call to Action
Sana Fadel, Deputy Director, CfJJ and Ruth Zakarin, Executive
Director, MACOPGV

10/06/2022

WITNESS, LEARN and JOIN. Next "This Ain't Normal" Film Screening and Panel Discussion. Week of Action to advance Juvenile Diversion, Expungement, and Raise the Age legislation. Striving to move the needle on youth justice, so ALL youth have the resources they need to be safe, well and successful in the world. Event page: https://www.cfjj.org/lobby-day-2022
Registration link: https://forms.gle/e2ZvUF7neK7GCRX16
Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence
Citizens for Juvenile Justice
Transformational Prison Project TPP

09/06/2022

Action Alert! WITNESS, LEARN and JOIN us for a Juneteenth Week of Action to advance Juvenile Diversion, Expungement, and Raise the Age legislation. Co-sponsored by Citizens for Juvenile Justice, Kreateabuzz Documentary Films, Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, NASW - MA Chapter, Transformational Prison Project TPP, Citizens for Public Schools, Mass Mentoring Partnership, Greater Boston Legal Services, Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, , , .lowell.ma
by striving to move the needle on youth justice, so ALL youth have the resources they need to be safe, well and successful in the world. cfjj.org/lobby-day-2022



REGISTER HERE: https://forms.gle/e2ZvUF7neK7GCRX16
EVENT PAGE: cfjj.org/lobby-day-2022

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Juvenile Diversion: Expand diversion eligibility to allow young people to be diverted to community-based interventions and avoid a juvenile record (S.2836)

13/05/2022

Please check out this WGBH-TV Greater Boston interview on the most impactful approach to dealing with violence prevention in our city with Ruth of the Mass Coalition and Jamaane of MissionSAFE. Honored to be teaming up on public screenings and panel discussions with Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence and wonderful human beings like Ruth Zakarin, Angelica, Emily and other members of their team. Looking forward to moving the needle on addressing the many challenges facing our youth, their families and our community.

Recent incidents place focus on youth violenceA series of high-profile violent incidents involving young people in the Boston area has placed a spotlight on ...

07/05/2022

Loved this collaboration with these incredible human beings and community organization like the Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence. So looking forward to future partnerships with our Kreateabuzz Films team and these folks! Timing is everything!

ICYMI - last month we collaborated with Kreateabuzz Documentary Films and MGH Center for Community Health Improvement to host a screening of "This Ain't Normal" at Nubian Gallery. If you didn't get to attend, we have some good news - the planning committee is back together again and excited to work on more screenings! Stay tuned for details about upcoming events, and please reach out to us if you are interested in hosting one.

15/04/2022

It’s been a week since this amazing and impactful event and I’m still feeling the energy of the day! It was so great to be in-person again. The love and caring was very evident by those who attended. KB team’s heartfelt thanks to Cindy Diggs, Ruth Zakarin, MA State Rep. Liz Miranda, BYOP’s Pheonix, Sarah, Angelica, Carla B. Monteiro, Christian, and panelists Tasha Carrington, Gail W., Coach Dennis Wilson, Tim Deal, Donald M. Osgood Sr. and so many others. Special thanks to Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence and MGH Center for Community Health Improvement for sponsoring and for their support. Photos courtesy Carla B. Monteiro.