African Cinema: Actress Ebbe Bassey Manczuk Needs Your Help to Complete HIV/AIDS and Senior Citizens Film Project

Actress Ebbe Bassey Manczuk who was recently featured on BlackEnterprise.com has a very dear and special project she needs help in producing. We have featured Ebbe and her stellar work on Ladybrille in the past. Read what she has to say, watch previous works (her acting and producing) and then help her!

“(Dear Ladybrille readers) I am writing this email to personally (ask) for your help with a project that is very close and dear to my heart. I am working on a short film that I sincerely believe will shed light on the issue of HIV/AIDS and senior citizens. I do believe that this film, SAVING FATHER which I wrote will generate much needed dialogue on this topic.

Please, I am asking you to view fund raising page and consider making a minimum tax deductible donation of $25.00 to help me meet my goal of getting this film made. 

How to show support: Please click on www.indiegogo.com/saving-father, click on contribute (please note, you do not have to chose the amounts with perks), scroll down to”No Perks” and place the minimum amount requested or any other amount you would like to donate. I really appreciate your help and I thank you in advance for your support.

Did you know….
According to the Center of Disease & Control, of new HIV/AIDS cases reported in 2005, over 15% were in persons 50 years and older while nearly 2% of new diagnoses were in patients over 65 years of age. Between 2001 and 2005, the estimated number of AIDS cases by age of diagnosis had risen by nearly 40% in persons 50 years and older. During the same time period, the number of persons 50 years and older living with AIDS had doubled, and by the end of 2005, this age group represented close to 30% of the total US population living with AIDS. source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Best Regards,
~Ebbe~”

Ebbe’s Reel

Watch Ebbe Act in ‘African Booty Scratcher

‘Prom nears and things seem to be spiralling out of control for the typically composed ISATU. In this coming of age story,West African tradition conflicts with American idealism and Isatu is forced to reassess her alliances.

Writer/Director: Nikyatu Jusu
Director of Photography: Daniel Patterson
Exec Producer: Artesia Balthrop
A ProCreate Pictures Production

Starring:
DeWanda Wise
Ebbe Bassey
Kadane Gabriel
Sofia Rodriguez
Stephen Hill

African Booty Scratcher-Short Film by Nikyatu Jusu from Nikyatu Jusu on Vimeo.

Watch Ebbe Bassey’s Film Siri Oko Fo

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