Dianne Ashford @ American Black Film Festival

Our Producer Dianne Ashford 

of Symmetry Entertainment

will be teaching a

Master Class: "The $300,000 Feature"

at the

American Black Film Festival

Let's Make HISTORY...

[WATCH] 

Our Writer/Director 

Crystle "CLEAR" Roberson 

show you how to make HISTORY by simply signing up at FILM FUNDS to SUPPORT 

"Echo At 11 Oak Drive."

Make HISTORY 

by HELPING a GROUNDBREAKING FILM; 

"Echo At 11 Oak Drive," 

COMPLETE production. 

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On behalf of everyone that helped bring this film to life, I would like to THANK YOU for your SUPPORT and I hope to always have your SUPPORT in the future. ECHO!!


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Happy New Year Echo Film Family!

Last night I was up late on the phone with Dianne Ashford taking care of some Echo business. The clock struck 12 midnight and I realized the date was January 11th 2012. Now, this is a special date for many reasons. For one, my sister Janika celebrated her 33rd birthday today, its also the date of birth for our lead actor Rockmond Dunbar (Happy Birthday yall!!!)

So, when I announced to Dianne that it was midnight, January 11th 2012 she screamed and burst into laughter and so did I. Because, a year ago today, we started the online fund-raising campaign for "Echo at 11 Oak Drive" on iFundie.com!

A year ago today, we had NO funding, NO official supporters, and NO idea of how this whole thing was going to pan out. All we had was HOPE and a treatment for a screenplay that we both knew we had to bring to fruition.

A year ago today, we could not have imagined that we would raise $20,000 in 2 months with YOUR help! We could not have imagined that so many supporters (including 5 and 6 year olds) would make support videos for our film. We did not know that our decision to do this independent film would lead to shouts of joy, tears of pain, long nights, early mornings, an incredibly unexplainable journey, and the most strengthening test of our FAITH to date! We were in for the ride of our lives, and YOU joined us for the roller coaster!

Here we are a full year later, having stepped off of a major cliff, allowing the wind to catch us. Wiser, Stronger, Smarter, and more Resilient than ever! One year later and  "Echo at 11 Oak Drive" is in the editing process! We will be releasing the trailer soon!

We THANK YOU in 2012 and for years to come for your involvement, support, encouraging words and prayers during this journey. We will continue to keep you posted, WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN!!

Please continue to support by "Liking" on Facebook "Retweeting" on Twitter and sharing our website with your folks! Info Below!

Cinematically Yours,

--
-Crystle Clear Roberson
Echo at 11 Oak Drive Director|Writer
www.echoat11oakdrive.com
Twitter @EchoFilmmakers
Facebook: EchoatEleven OakDrive

Our Director Crystle Clear Roberson on RollingOut.com!

If you’ve seen the music video for Idris Elba’s sultry new single, “Private Garden,” you have experienced a sample of the creative eye and spirit of filmmaker Crystle “Clear” Roberson, but if you haven’t viewed any of her award-winning short films, you are in for a real visual feast.
Roberson has been writing, producing and directing her own material for five years, and she already has an impressive collection of awards and honors from the industry. In 2006, she received a film grant from Kodak, which she used to shoot the short film The Song of Time, chosen as an official selection in the TOMI Film Festival of New Orleans, and honored by Women In Film & Television’s International Showcase.
Roberson went on to write and direct two more shorts, Friend In A Can and Standing Reign. The latter was awarded Best Film of Atlanta in the 48 Hour Film Festival, Best Short in the TOMI Film Festival of New Orleans and Best Narrative Short in the International Black Film Festival of Nashville, Tenn. Standing Reign was also featured on the Best of 48 Hour Film Project 2007  DVD, which includes 16 selected films of over 2,000 entries.
In 2008, Roberson was honored by Women in Film & Television/Atlanta with the esteemed Woman to Watch Award and was chosen as one of four filmmakers, nationwide, to compete in the Chase Legacy Film Challenge, an opportunity for young filmmakers launched at the SundanceFilm Festival. She  wrote and directed ”Next Door’s Next” and won the Challenge’s HBO Filmmaker Award, for which she received an additional film grant from Kodak.
Roberson also served as associate director for the award winning short film, Before I Wake, which won Best Film Grand Prize in The Doorpost Film Project. Her short film  “The Black Cage” starring Mykelti Williamson (Forrest Gump) also earned “Top Film” status in Doorpost. Both of these films were selected as 1 of 7 Top Films for BET’s Lens On Talent 2011. Crystle was the only director to have 2 films as Finalists in this esteemed competition.
On Nov. 11, Roberson will wrap her first independent feature film, Echo at 11 Oak Drive, which tells three stories that transpire under the same roof over three eras-1951, 1973, and 2011. Although each occurrence is unique, the dialogue is identical; proving that history repeats itself in the oddest of ways.  Famed film producer Will Packer (Stomp the Yard, This Christmas, Takers, Obsessed) is a supporter of the project which he says he is sure audiences will find intriguing.
Crystle “Clear” Roberson spoke with rolling out recently and gave us exclusive insight into her film career and the mission she is on as a filmmaker: Click Here to Read Crystle Clear's Interview:

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