B. Good Productions
Guishard Films is a holistic media organization with storytelling at its foundation and education as its core. B. Each B. Guishard (G-U-is-Hard)
Director's Statement: "Storytelling is an unmatched art whether in the classroom, a Ranger hat, on-stage, on-screen or on “the corner.” For me, an oral historian is as powerful as a writer/director for this reason. Filmmaking particularly fascinates me because of its “x-factor.” Given a two-dimensional palette, I have no boundaries (visual, intellectual, spiritual) as to how to communicate the w
First Podcast // Brooklyn Artist Residency // Black Panther -
First Podcast // Brooklyn Artist Residency // Black Panther WAKANDA FOREVER. And ever...the African utopia so lovingly created for us by us, filled with illustrative examples of beauty in tradition, diversity in the diaspora and power in perspective was an awesome way to breathe in Black History Month. On this cusp of Women's History month, I am so humbled t...
Made in NY/IFP, Black Women Film in Toronto & Win the Empire State -
Made in NY/IFP, Black Women Film in Toronto & Win the Empire State Whoever said "a setback is a setup for a comeback" never lied. Although I am not shooting my feature debut, "D-Days", at this time as forecasted, I have been awesomely rejuvenated and inspired as a black, woman auteur this fall. The amazing Adetoro Makinde has not only joined our team, but also secu...
Independent Film Week // "Power Casting" // Black Quakers
Independent Film Week, "Power Casting" and #BlackPennMagic It's official: "D-Days" is one of twenty narrative features selected for Independent Filmmaker Project's (IFP) Project Forum during IFP Week, September 17-21. Congratulations to cast and crew on our road to being fully financed for this fall's production!
NYSCA Grant // TV Tomorrow // Nashville FilmFest // First Look
NYSCA Grant, Nashville Filmfest, and Bold TV Segment on Tuesday, 6/20 Join us tomorrow morning at 9:50am on GenFKD's "Bold Business" online TV show as we discuss D-DAYS' recent developments and strategy to utilize our NYSCA monetary grant for Fall '17. As a screenwriting semifinalist at the Oscar-qualifying Nashville Film Festival, we are excited to share updates!
World Premiere Sunday // The Stand at Urbanworld // Blood Cancer Awareness
World Premiere Sunday // The Stand at Urbanworld // Blood Cancer Awareness "In Vivo" at Harlem International Film Festival this Sunday afternoon, Pitching at THE STAND in partnership with Urbanworld 20 and Ghetto Film School's "The Roster", A Night of Cinema & Conversation at JP Morgan Chase featuring "Jackie."
D-DAYS Film Website & WoMEN's History
D-DAYS Film Website Launch Home for the Dance-Driven Impact Film by Tamika R. Guishard Shooting this Fall Courtesy of the Women Cinematographers Grant from Digital Bolex
D-DAYS One-Pager & Black History Month Screening at Andover
D-DAYS Shot, written, directed, co-produced and co-starring Black women.
"The Wire", D-DAY, and Tribeca's Open Call For Youth Films
"The Wire", D-DAY, and Tribeca's Open Call For Youth Films Submissions Open for National Cinema Competition on "The American Experience"; Interview with THE WIRE's S. Robert Morgan on D-DAY, Complex Roles and A Community of Support
The Black List Announces the Purple List and "D-Day" Does Hollywood
The Black List Announces the Purple List, "D-Day" Does Hollywood and The Hollywood Reporter... The Black List Publicizes "D-Day" & NYU Purple Listers Take LA; "In Vivo" Teaser and Career Day at Brooklyn JHS (I.S. 383)
We made the Purple List! NYC Industry Launch Party this Wednesday
"D-Day" (Writer/Director, Tamika R. Guishard) Wins NYU's Most Prestigious Screenplay Award Celebrating selected projects for NYU's version of the Black Lis"
D-DAY, Fall '16: Digital Bolex Camera Grant Winner for First Feature
D-DAY & Digital Bolex, Fall '16 (GUisHard) Through a generous equipment grant from Digital Bolex, Tamika R. Guishard's first feature, D-DAY, is scheduled for Fall 2016 production. Cybel Martin is one of five DPs who have been selected as the first recipients of the Digital Bolex Grant for Women Cinematographers.
Foster Care Month & Film Fest Photos
Foster Care Month & Film Fest Photos On May 3rd, Jackie was one of two films profiling girls--who have come of age in foster care with relationships to their birth-mothers--at LHAAFF. Between returning from Langston Hughes Performing Art Center's one-of-a-kind festival on Cinco de Mayo and heading home to celebrate my own mother at Car…