Voice of North America Articles

EXCERPT: On Southern Ave. and Alma School Rd. sits an abandoned retail complex. Here is my Idea as to what the City of Mesa and developers can do with it.
They should keep the abandoned theatre and encourage a indie theatre owner to open up there, that would show indie and locally made films. It would include a microbrewery and cafe. The rest of the buildings would be demolished to make way for a movie studio and condos and penthouses. with its location nearby to the bank of America building,...

EXCERPT: When I first moved out here with my dad, we used to call the City of Mesa "Mesa Township" because of its bland, stale atmosphere and unwillingness to change and develop a positively progressive business climate. I even joked with my dad that Mesa was the suburb of Tempe. haha, i really cracked myself up with that one.
But several things have lead me to believe that the climate in Mesa is changing. First the latest news that Mesa agreed to a munincipal bond that will allow a...

EXCERPT: In the last couple of days at the azcentral.com website, they have posted stories about a theme park and water park to be built in Mesa and Eloy. I think this is great for the state because while it may be affordable to buy a house here, the state is sorely lacking in entertainment options and these two parks would solve that problem. It shows a progressive businness attitude and acumen and it is about time. the parks will succeed because the state's dynamics have changed. the...

EXCERPT: the other day I was at Corleone's Philly Cheesesteak shop in Tempe on Mill Avenue. While there I had the pleasure of bumping into a fellow who used to live in the NE section of Philly. It felt so good bumping into somebody from my former hometown. If you used to live in the Philadelphia, Penna. area, I would love to talk to you about getting together and watching the Eagles or Flyers on TV.
besides Corleone's on Mill, there is a sports bar and restaurant on Scottsdale Rd. in...

EXCERPT: I don't know if this post violates guidelines or what not, but I am posting it anyway.
I'm forming a filmmaking cooperative that will have as its mission to make short films and feature length films in the Phoenix Metro Area. that will be the start of it. I eventually would like to shot on location in flagstaff,az during the summer months. At first there won't be any financial compensation, but as we distribute our films via on demand and thru e-commerce, the chance of...

EXCERPT: My last article touched upon the local resources for filmmakers. Now I wanna to talk about how things can be improved upon to increase local filmmaking. an increase in local filmmaking would benefit the economy and uplift moral.  first thing that needs to happen is we need state of the art motion picture production studios, similar to the ones they have in Alberqurke, New Mexico. these facilities can be built along Baseline Rd., close to South Mountain. there is plenty of land...

EXCERPT: before you call me a racist, I will acknowledge that their is a percentage of today's hip hop generation that does strive to succeed. but the majority of them encourage ignorance and see higher education as biased against them and is a conspiracy perpetuated by "THE MAN". But what these people don't realize is that the people they so admire actually educated themselves in thefield of music so they could be better rappers/hip hop entertainers. If you want bling and...

EXCERPT: there is all this talk about how the city of Phoenix is one of the fastest growing metros  in the nation. but through my five years living here there is one thing i need to say. There is a extreme lack of culture here. The city needs to add some cultural institutions to make it more of a tourist haven. first of all they need a real museum of modern art. The one in Scottsdale just does not cut they could add a museum called the Historical Society of Motion Pictures, it would...

EXCERPT: Its been a while since I have posted on here and It is good to be back. for thoseof you who would like to check out my company, its Harlequinade Inc at
anyway I'm writing this article for local filmmakers to give them info on where to turn to, to make a film. some of the resources are:
Independent Feature Project- Phoenix at www.ifpphx.org
Arizona Film Commission at www.azcommerce.com/film
there is also a local meetup group for those in the industrybut i have forgotten the link...

EXCERPT: what to do with all of the jobs being outsourced to other countries? It is gonna take some outside the box thinking to reverse the trend.
we all know that these jobs go overseas because companies want to have cheaper labor and escape enviromental laws. so I am here to begin a discussion to reverse the trend.
one way we could reverse the trend is to lower our living standards. by this i mean we could become less materialistic and shop less.
another way would be for government...