The film shoot went very well on Sunday (9/28/14). The production is very well organized, shots well planned out, and takes were relatively quick, thanks to the professionalism of all, including actors. Satisfied with how smoothly it went, the director wrapped the location hours early. Even though it is a blink-you-miss-me moment on screen, it was a pleasure working for director and producer Carlos Entios Roman (Roman Pictures) and assistant director and co-producer Sharon Carpenter-Rose. SPIROS AND THE HOOD, a TV detective series, will be released in 2016. It was nice to work with Sharon a second time. In BABAR, THE JIHADI, for which I have the title role, Sharon played the arresting policewoman. A very interesting aspect of the day was the film location--inside the famous Jefferson County (WV) Court House where legendary anti-slavery activist John Brown was tried and sentenced to be hanged in 1859. One of the actors playing a fellow reporter Sunday (a retired reporter in real life), who gave tours of the court house for five years, between takes in filming, pointed to the very spot in the former courtroom where John Brown lay during the court trial (he had been wounded during his capture). The extra time allowed me to drive over to Winchester, Va., to have an early dinner with my sister and brother-in-law; give her a sleep number bed for their guest room, that my princess of The Princess and the Pea no longer wanted; and then be home early to spend the evening relaxing with my wife (the princess, lol) as we always do on Sundays. In all, a wonderfully full day. My wife, a gifted artist, when she is not teaching kindergarten, spent the day working on her encaustic art. Life is blessed!
If you want to read more about abolitionist John Brown, I suggest starting with this Web page:
The Life and Trial of John Brown.
