What can I say about Nelson George? He’s a renaissance man. A confidant, mentor, writer, director, producer and muse to many great minds. He helped finance Spike Lee’s first film She’s Gotta Have It and toured with Chris Rock this summer for another doc under his belt. He’s published 15 books. Produced and Directed some films. His new TV show, Soul Cities, premieres on VH-1 this November 11 and takes us through a tour of the most historically soulful cities in the United States. Episode #1 is Philly with another 5 episodes/cities to come.
A BARBER’S TALE from Nelson George on Vimeo.
Jauretsi: Tell me about the inspiration for this beautiful short?
Nelson George: The monologue is an excerpt from a play I had written. I had a reading of the play over the summer and this monologue was incredibly well received. Reg E. Cathey who starred in Oz, The Wire and in an HBO film I exec produced Everyday People, did the role at the reading and wanted to reprise it here. I shot Reg E. in my office and the barber footage with two DV cameras.
On the closing bumper, I see “Urban Romances”. What is that exactly?
Urban Romances is the name of my production company and under that banner I produce Hip Hop Honors for VH1, American Gangster on BET and Soul Cities for Vh1 Soul.
Any more cool art shorts?
A Barbers Tale is the first of several shorts I plan to do in the next few months.
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To read more details of upcoming projects, read NelsonGeorge.net.
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