Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 January 2002 — Page 7

FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2002

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telephone. More specifically, she wanted to show on film what she and some of her friends do at times when they are on the phone — gossip, dishing out the 4-1-1 on everything from the latest breakups and makeups to who just bought themselves a few physical feature enhancers like new hair weaves and new breasts. “I was inspired by the Budweiser commercial ‘What’s Up’ where I saw all these men doing a little male bonding and I thought where are the women, so it came to me that women love to talk on the phone,” said Kearney-Cooper. “So I wrote the script out in one night about a series of conversations between women desperately trying to get some dirt about a specific situation.” Thus “Girlfriend” was bom, a five-minute short comedy about a few girlfriends talking on the telephone trying to get the juicy details of a recent event in the life of some “hapless sister.” The short film marks a change for the documentary producer who is a self-described creative entrepreneur. Her past documentary work mainly focuses on natural family living issues such as midwifery, natural child birth and breast cancer awareness projects. “This short film marks a paradigm shift for the 3-year old company in that it shows the public that Envision Pictures is an overall content provider,” said Sharon Jenkins, the company ’ s marketing producer. The company has grown to four employees that create and distribute original content such as documentaries,'!^ series, commercials and the like to network and cable channels, businesses and public and private sector organizations. “Nicole has strong community activist roots having professionally worked on economic development and child and family quality of life issues and so there will always be a component of our work that is issue-oriented, but ‘Girlfriend’ is the calling card for our commercial product offering,” said Jenkins. “Girlfriend” will make its local premiere as part of a soon-to-be launched series of free, weekly screenings of locally produced short films at the Key Cinema, with plans to host a larger, free citywide event next month. Black homicides rise 6.8 percent to 79 in 2001 Special to The Recorder African Americans fueled the slight increase in homicides in Indianapolis/Marion County during 2001. Seventy-nine Blacks were homicide victims last year, an increase of five over the 74 murdered in 2000. Overall homicides in the city/county increased by just one, from 112 in 2000 to 113 in 2001. Blacks made up 69 percent of the homicides last year, compared with 66 percent in 2000. Nearly 90 percent of AfricanAmerican homicides, (71), occurred in neighborhoods patrolled by the Indianapolis Police Department, even though those neighborhoods contain two-thirds of the city/ county’s Black population. Despite the 6.8 percent increase in African-American homicides, 2001 experienced the fourth lowest number of Black homicides in II years. * In 1991, there were 73 Black homicides, followed by 86 in 1992 and 63 in 1993. The huge jump in Black homicides in Indianapolis began in 1994 with 104, followed by a decline to 85 a year later. Between 19% and 1998, Black homicides in Indianapolis jumped above 100; 104 in 19%. 106 in 1997 and the record breaking 119 Black homicides in 1998, which helped fuel the city/county ’ s record 161 homicides. Black homicides declined sharply in 1999 falling to 81, dropping again in 2000 to 74.

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Other projects in the works for . Keamey-Cooper and her Envision Pictures team include the issue analysis program “Worldwide Voices.” The half-hour program aims to be an engaging forum to discuss compelling issues of concern to African Americans and other people of color. It’s set to air this spring on WDNI-TV 65. “The tag line for the show will be journalism that you are proud of,” said Keamey-Cooper. “It’s about empowering people and giving them some substance. We will discuss everything from public education reform to the impact HIV/AIDS is having on communities of color.” In the meantime, KeameyCooper’s primary focus is on finding distribution vehicles for “Girlfriend,” which was originally created for Internet viewing. “We are currently in discussion with an LAbased Internet entertainment company about the possibility of hosting the project on their Web site,” said Keamey-Cooper. “The Internet is one of the best vehicles now to distribute shorts.”

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In an industry where ideas are the currency, the former Recorder JAWS intern, said her goal is for her company to produce at least two documentaries a year, a couple of short films and TV series and later move on to feature films. Through May, Envision Pictures Productions will tape “Black Women & Breast Cancer: Families Sharing Stories to Save Lives.” The company is seeking AfricanAmerican women ages 30 and older

in various stages of diagnosis to share their families’ and friends’ personal stories. “I am always busy thinking of ways to grow and develop and better serve our target groups of African Americans, women and natural family living clients," she said. For more information about "Girlfriend" or its creator Nicole C. Keamey-Cooper log onto www.envisionpictures.com or call 255-6670.

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