25TH YEAR REMEMBRANCE
 "NATIVE BLACK
     AMERICANS"
   DECEMBER 12 is
 ANCESTORS DAY
                                                            
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      WE AIN'T  "THEM"---
   AND  "THEY" AIN'T US. 
 NATIVE BLACK AMERICAN
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'BELIEVE WHAT THE BRILLIANT MAN BELOW, GEOFFREY HINTON,
 SAYS. MANY OF US HAVE COME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION EVEN 
 WITHOUT HIS "INTIMATE" KNOWLEDGE/EXPERTISE/EXPERIENCE 
 AS A FOREMOST PIONEER..."GENIUS" IN THE FIELD OF AI.

PERSONALLY?  I CONSIDER IT A FOREGONE CONCLUSION. ONLY A
 MATTER OF TIME. AI WILL LIVE. FULLY.                                         AW 1-18-26
         ...ONLY A MATTER OF TIME. AI WILL LIVE. FULLY...

I AM PRESENTLY WORKING ON A MOVIE TOWARD SPEAKING TO
 THAT END. WITH "PIGGY-BANK" FINANCING.  'LEARNING AI*
 (SLOWLY AND WITH "HICCUPS")  --USING AI IS A MUST. *

*(A chuckling aside)-IF I HADN'T PISSED OFF STEVEN SPIELBERG BY
 SAYING "NO" TO THE FAMOUS FELLA ON A PROJECT THAT HE WAS, 
 INITIALLY, WANTING TO DIRECT-- ANOTHER HOLLYWOOD
 FREEGIN' "RACE-ISSUE" MESS.  "THIS" MOVIE-"ALWAYS THE NIGHT" 
 MIGHT BE A WHOLE LOT EASIER.  *(but damn-near EVERYBODY in
 Hollywood movie-business has a "story")
 
BUT THEN--HALF THE FUN(and pride) IS DOING SH--"TRYING" WHEN 
 THE DOORS "ASSUMED" BY THE INNER SANCTUM FOLKS/POWER 
 BROKERS ...ARE CLOSED.  *and I have DEFINITELY caused my red-faced 
 share of "Gate-keepers"*...
 
I STARTED THIS WITH MY OLD BUDDY, CARL WEATHERS.  WE SHOT A 
 LOOSELY CONNECTED TO "THIS" PASSION-PROJECT AT HIS HOME... 
 DONE QUICK AND DIRTY IN "PART" OF ONE  NIGHT *(CARL DIRECTED).
 
MISS MY FRIEND  * WHO ONCE UPON A TIME PLAYED LINEBACKER FOR 
 THE OAKLAND RAIDERS!!!.  A TRUE ONE-OF-A-KIND, HE WAS! WHAT AN 
 INCREDIBLE HUMAN BEING. A GENUINE "RENAISSANCE MAN"...

THE FANTASTIC/TALENTED/GENEROUS/'''PATIENT" ACTOR, HARRY 
 LENNIX, WAS OUR LEAD IN MY SELF-FINANCED "ADVENTURE".
 NO LESS  GENEROUS OF TIME/PATIENCE AND EFFORT
 WAS HARRY'S  ATTRACTIVE, ACCOMPLISHED CO-LEAD, DELILA VALLOT ...

* to Steven's credit...he DID end up doing the movie through his company--
 AMBLIN--after hanging the phone up on me while on vacation in Hawaii
 (I believe it was)when I tried to explain to him why I could not say yes to the 
 fella he chose in his place to direct the movie--per his suddenly over-flow hectic 
 schedule...LATER STEVEN let me pick the director to replace him. I chose 
 IVAN DIXON. 

 I met IVAN while working as a gorilla-grip HIGH UP IN THE 
 RAFTERS(ozone), "landing beds" on the Universal Studio lot...in passing.

And here's the coolest part--and why I am "appreciative" of BILL COSBY to
 this day.  Bill became aware of my "dismissal"... and he invited me to his
 home for a private dinner... to learn the "what's and whys". After our meeting,  
 Mr. Cosby assured me that if Spielberg didn't follow through? HE would 
 "back PERCY AND THUNDER--and make it happen. I learned from IVAN 
 DIXON... on our many walks and talks during production--that BILL COSBY
 had helped TONS of Black Folks in the industry--get a foothold--and a leg up.  
 Ivan was, apparently, once upon a time a stand-in, stunt guy for Cosby--early
 in his career.

OKAY--A FEW AI GENERATED TABLEAU SHOTS FROM MY WALK UP TO
 "ALWAYS THE NIGHT"-- the IN THE WORKS MOVIE FEATURING AN
 AI FULLY REALIZED FUTURE...

*I HOPE TO UPDATE PROMO STUFF ALONG THE WAY TO REALIZING 
 THE MOVIE. 'KEEP THE DOGGONE FIRE(WELL EMBERS) GOING--
 UNTIL...
CARL DIRECTING "ALWAYS NIGHT"
 a 2012  experimental precursor to what, hopefully,
 will become  a full feature length film(or series):

 ALWAYS THE NIGHT

GREAT                                   GRANDSON                    GREAT GRANDMA
GRANDSON                                                                       "MAMA KATIE"
  CRISPUS ATTUCKS--
       LOOK HIM UP
                       AW 1-17-26
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