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Virginia Screenwriters Forum Launches New Screenwriting Contest 

Virginia Screenwriters Forum Launches New Screenwriting Contest 

Ever wanted to write a movie? The time may be now. The Virginia Screenwriters Forum (VSF) is looking for the best thirty pages of a feature script for its inaugural “First Act, First Look Screenplay Contest.” The winner will receive $500 and feedback from...

CRT – Critical race truth

CRT – Critical race truth

As Black History Month 2022 wraps up, we again call our readers’ attention to the growing national assaults on teaching and learning about America’s past and the racist policies and practices that have brought our city, state and nation to where it is today – with...

Ms. Career Girl

Roberta Forest is a bright and rebellious Black thirteen-year-old living in Philadelphia at the height of the Watergate scandal. After a nun at her school makes a racist remark after Roberta criticizes Jefferson for being a slaveholder, she spirals into doubt about...

Getaway

Getaway

Roberta Forest is a bright and rebellious Black thirteen-year-old living in Philadelphia at the height of the Watergate scandal. After a nun at her school makes a racist remark after Roberta criticizes Jefferson for being a slaveholder, she spirals into doubt about...