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What is Sonic Liberation? ft. DJ Reborn

What are your plans for this year's Juneteenth weekend? 651 Arts has plenty, including a DJing Workshop hosted by none other than DJ Reborn. We're proud to support their work with our video editing services, in their upcoming documentary exploring the meaning of Sonic Liberation. Let us know what you think about our latest film collaboration in the comments below!

Creative Director Monica Williams

Director & Editor Paul A. Notice II

Featuring DJ Reborn

Produced by 651 Arts The Notice Blog

Voiceover Script by Paul A. Notice II

Music by Paul A. Notice II

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07.31.25 "Blessings on Blessings" | INVASION | Sat, Aug 16th @ Lips Cafe Bk

🎤 "Blessings on blessings on every one of my people. On God."

This is just a taste. A little prelude. A warm-up. And it’s all leading to something bigger:

INVASION 📅 Saturday, August 16th @ 7PM 📍 Lips Café – 1412 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn NY

This is the first installment of The INVASION Trilogy. It's rooted in Black liberation, Queerness, and revolutionary catharsis.

I’m an atheist, but I was raised in the church. I don’t believe Jonah was swallowed by a giant fish - BUT I do believe in the POWER of Community. Fellowship. LOVE. That’s the vibe coming you SATURDAY, AUGUST 16 @ 7PM We’re talking about my magnum opus people: The INVASION Trilogy – Part One of this LIVE Afrofuturist Vampire Saga will be at Lips Café in Brooklyn (1412 Nostrand Ave.) Details below and in my bio!

INVASION: Stage Reading + Q & A Discussion Lips Café | 1412 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, NY Saturday, August 16th @ 7pm | Tickets $7

Tickets are just $7. I made it cheap so I could pay my actors and so you can pull up. And if your pockets are bit slim? Hit me up! I gotchu. This show is for the Soft. The Radical. The Queer. The Melanated. The 1st Generation. The Tired. The Angry. Come see the magnum opus I’ve been building for over a year. Come see INVASION!

#WILLOW #INVASION #PaulNotice #BlackQueerArt #AfrofuturistTheatre #AnarchistDrama #BrooklynEvents #BlackLiberationArt

INVASION | Coming SATURDAY, AUGUST 16TH, 2025 (08/16/25)

What if aliens came, and they all were Black? Some came to you, for help to fight back. Against the ICE raids, and concentration camps. and what if those aliens happened to be Vamps?

INVASION Stage Reading + Q & A Discussion Lips Café | 1412 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, NY Saturday, August 16th @ 7pm | Tickets $5

#Invasion #Willow: Invasion

11.28.24 Blackberry Promo Rough Cut from Paul Notice on Vimeo.

COMING DEC 7TH: The 2024 Afrofuturist Vampire Dance Party!

We’re BACK!! Thanks to your continued support, since we began crowdfunding since 2020. Back then, you supported our journey of turning a 2013 stage play, “Willow,” into a short film, “Willow: State of Emergency.” After our premiere screening at the Nuoyican Poets Cafe, winning Best Short Film of the Chicago Black FIlm Fest, and winning the WAVE Farm MAAF grant - we premiered the FIRST FOUR EPISODES of “Willow: House of Griots" in front of a live audience at Here Performing Arts Center.

And thanks to your support in making last year’s AVD Party an absolute hit, we were able to find representation for not only House of Griots, but also for a BRAND NEW FEATURE FILM in the “Willow” saga, “Willow: INVASION.”

This year, we’re raising funds to develop two highly-anticipated new feature film scripts: “Willow: Invasion,” and Paul Notice’s experimental Afrosurrealist autobiopic tackling generational love, trauma, and healing called, “Limerence.”

Join us as we celebrate the start of these new projects, and boogie down in a world of melanin and vampires!

The Afrofuturist Vampire Dance Party Saturday, December 7th, from 7pm - 1am First Live | 219 Central Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11221. Find Details and RSVP here or at bit.ly/avdparty

Featuring Afrobeat, Hip Hop, and House tunes from Special Guest DJ; This event is not just about music; it's about continuing to foster a community around the stories that need to be told.

So, whether you come as Drolta from "Castlevania: Nocturne," Akasha from Queen of the Damned, Willow from “Willow: State of Emergency,” or Blade - we wanna see it! Best Costume receives a prize at the end of the night!

Guests will pay homage through “Willow” themed drinks, and special deals from local vendors like Black Thoughts.

Check out Willow: State of Emergency on Amazon Prime to prepare for the next chapter of the Willow series, “Willow: Invasion.”

Can’t make it to the party, but would love to support our upcoming projects?

You can still support by making a tax-deductible donation to The Willow Project, or giving directly to our nonprofit, The Notice Blog.

#Afrofuturist Vampire Dance #afrofuturist #afrofuturism #Afrofuturist Vampire Dance Party #AVD Party #willow #willow horror #Willow: House of Griots #Limerence #Invasion #Willow: Invasion

Limerence

The Limerence Collection

Limerence is a there part conceptual piece that melds together both real events into a fictional narrative. An afrosurrealist docu-drama following a protagonist’s search to rid themselves of their Limerence for a lover vanishes after a remarkably strange weekend.

“I don’t do cases, I do deals” - A conceptual one-person cinematic show, using found footage and clever camerawork, this film will never be released, but will serve as the base for the Full Cast Short Film. This is currently under production.

Limerence

Short Film version, featuring a full cast. This half-hour short film builds on the one-person show.

Go ahead, tell them what you did to me.

A powerful explosion of generational love, healing, and trauma, this feature film delves deeper into the protagonists’ emotional journey. They will unearth new levels of existence and find a peace that’s evaded both of the families for so long - but at what cost?

“His gentleness was uncompromising: because he would not compete for dominance, he was indomitable.” - The Dispossessed

"Revolution brings the change we need. But Love: radical and unending love, is the foundation we will build upon, once the fires have smoldered." -- Paul, "limerence"

“I used to be ashamed of my softness, or how quick I was to smile, to forgive, to try to understand others. But, the older I got, the more I realized these attributes are what help build a loving community.

Now, much of the love I wish I received, I am able to give to others. Softness, gentleness, joy, patience, mercy, empathy, play, laughter and love. These are things that foster healing, growth, and fulfillment; not just in oneself, but - just as importantly - in others too.

Revolution brings the change we need. But Love: radical and unending love, is the foundation we will build upon once the fires have smoldered.”

Paul, “Limerence”

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#Limerence #I don't do deals #i don't do cases #I do deals #experimental

11.09.24 Contact Self-Tape Paul Notice from Paul Notice on Vimeo.

11.09 (Copy) from Paul Notice on Vimeo.

11.09.24 Contact Self-Tape Paul Notice from Paul Notice on Vimeo.

1 The Good ol’ Days from Paul Notice on Vimeo.

Climate rough cut from Paul Notice on Vimeo.

1 The Good ol’ Days from Paul Notice on Vimeo.

Own the Libs rough cut from Paul Notice on Vimeo.

07.01.24 AniTOMO Lincoln High School from Paul Notice on Vimeo.

"Good Times" | Mike Bankhead | Dir. Paul A. Notice II

For “Good Times,” I wanted to use a quick dip into my personal life, as a framework to examine the complexities of Black Existence. I’d wager one of the biggest commonalities we have in the Black Experience is reconciling what the world sees/expects of us, and who we really are. We’re haunted by the racialized toxic positivity alluded to in the lyrics “Shut Me Up for the Good Times,” the anti-Black intentions behind mass incarceration in “Lock Me Up for the Good Times,” and cognitive dissonance from a litany of Double Consciousness byproducts.

So, I repurposed found footage into a gallery of memories, demonstrating all of the joy, grief, play, and resilience of Black life portrayed in the song. Rather than essentializing us down to oppression, or offering apologist rhetoric for colorblind racism, we follow Mike’s lyrics as they weave throughout a multitude of Black experiences. Because people are more than just one thing at one given point in time. Trayvon Martin isn’t just a murdered unarmed Black teenager. He was a son, a weekend snowboarder, a science camp geek, a jokester, a human being. Robbing Black folx of that existential complexity dehumanizes us.

Directed & Edited by Paul A. Notice II

Music by Mike Bankhead

Featuring: Katrina Reid, Danny Notice, Jade Notice, Jordan’s Vasquez, Chris Vasquez, Elliot Guilbe, Kirrin Tubo, Ashley Jones, Sultan Ali, Stephan Joseph, Nathaniel White, Cameisha Cotton, Suzanne Darrell, Justin Thomas, JP Campbell, Athena, Michelle Pham, and more.

#Good Times #The Notice Blog #clients #past clients

05.28.34 AIRS Screening Bk Library from Paul Notice on Vimeo.

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