"The Normal Life" Film Project Expands
"The Normal Life" Film Project Expands
One would think that an extended holiday season would be enough to slow down even an industrious film team like the one with the upcoming movie, 鈥淭he Normal Life.鈥� Not so. Let alum Paul Graves tell it, the wheels have just started turning on the project.
鈥淭he movie project has taken off in all directions,鈥� said the project鈥檚 key man. He added that the alumni film group has entered the movie script into a prominent pitch competition for HBCU students and alumni. The winner for that competition will be announced on Saturday, December 18, on TNT network, and Paul feels confident the team entry should make it among the top three finalists.
Three finalists are invited to a live pitch in front of an HBCU audience, and top partners at Serena Ventures, MaC Venture Capital, Harlem Capital, and Cake Ventures. Finally, Michael B. Jordan and Serena Williams are slated to award the $1 million investment during December鈥檚 Legacy Classic, according to promos.
The newly named Invesco QQQ Legacy Classic will take place on Saturday, Dec. 18, at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. TNT will televise the basketball doubleheader competition between Hampton University and North Carolina Central University, and Howard University versus North Carolina A&T University.
With that undertaking careening toward a countdown, Paul expanded the group鈥檚 vision even further: The Councill Coin.
鈥淚f you have heard the hoopla around Bitcoin and non-fungible tokens (NFTs),鈥� said Paul, 鈥渨e have created the first HBCU coin for the school. Every other HBCU will have to follow, because we will be the first to do it.鈥�
Paul said the team is anxious to meet with AAMU administrators to share the many possibilities that could come with involvement in cryptocurrency, which is the wave of the future when it comes to transactions.
鈥淪tudents would be able to pay tuition and fees owed under the school鈥檚 coin, as well
as books, games, food, etc.,鈥� commented Paul. No other HBCU is doing this yet, nor
is on this Blockchain, he said.
鈥淲e have a full plate of stuff working,鈥� stated Paul. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not just about a movie
anymore. It鈥檚 grown into much more. It鈥檚 about the beginning of the future for the
school, as well as a movie they can be proud of.鈥�