"HOME" A NAIMAH FULLER FILM

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Naimah Fuller is a writer, producer, director living in Atlanta, Georgia. Naimah has been involved in creating moving images since her early days as a student of filmmaking at The Studio Museum in New York City. She began her professional filmmaking career as a script supervisor on the set of motion picture productions. However, Naimah credits her tenure at WABC-TV News for her development as a writer and producer.

When Naimah relocated to Atlanta from New York, she accomplished her first goal, establishing Earth-Light Media, an Atlanta based Production Company. The first project the company produced is the documentary movie HOME, featuring Morgan Freeman, Maya Angelou, Reuben Cannon, Andrew Young, Representative John Lewis, Terence Blanchard, along with a host of marquee talents. The HOME documentary explores the historical phenomenon of the African American return-migration to the New South in the 21st century.

Naimah recalls, "When I began the HOME project I had no idea what an incredible journey I was embarking upon. When I was in the newsroom at WABC-TV in New York City I was accustomed to being provided with a camera crew, and an editor who followed my script. However, on the HOME project, those luxuries were not afforded me. Consequently, I had to be the writer, researcher, producer, director, videographer, sound and lighting technician, and finally the editor. So HOME has given me two incredible gifts: it reconnected me to my southern roots, and it made me a better filmmaker.

"The question I set out to answer in this documentary was why were African Americans migrating en masse back to the South? A place with a torrid history of slavery, Jim Crow terrorism, hatred, and racism? It was Dr. Maya Angelou who reminded me that the answer to my question was within the land itself; that the southland had been paid for with black blood and bones that are buried in the ground. So this New Great Migration is a home-coming of the black ethos, and on a deeper spiritual level black folks are simply coming back HOME. It is with tremendous pride that I dedicate this project to my Ancestors as they welcome their children back HOME.

Naimah is currently developing two projects close to her heart, the HOME Docu-Series for cable television, and SHOE, an original screenplay project. Visit Naimah's website for more details on her endeavors.

http://www.naimahfuller.com/