What has Florence from "The Jeffersons" Been Up to?

Hello everyone,

We are still uploading videos from our trip to Los Angeles attending the Oscars. We recently added Director Tim Story (Think Like A Man, Barbershop), Producer Will Packer (Stomp The Yard, Think Like A Man), and Ava DuVernay (I Will Follow, Middle of Nowhere, The Door). You can watch our interviews with these Directors, Producers, and more at: www.youtube.com/weconnectedprod

The interview below with Marla Gibbs (The Jeffersons, 227) is one of our favorites. She was such a lovely person to talk to, with a beautiful spirit. And the fact she complimented us our dresses was a highlight.

Rhonda W.

Take A Leap Webshow!!

The time has come to premiere the Pilot Episode of Take A Leap.  No further introduction is necessary-- here it is!!

Also, check out the full line of videos on our YouTube Channel, including all four of our short films; several Take A Leap teaser videos; and the two short films by the youths who participated in our Summer Film Camp in July 2012.  Yes, the Holidays have arrived!!

All the best!!
We Connected Productions, LLC
Rhonda & Sharee Washington

Take A Leap

We Connected Productions, LLC has a new venture in store entitled Take A Leap. Yes, we are still an independent filmmaker/videography company. However, we will be taking a break from producing other filmmakers projects from November 2012 to Spring 2013 to create our own content. Cameras are very inexpensive now, and audiences are hungry for new online content.  In fact, Sharee and I watch most of our TV shows online, even the ones broadcast on basic Network TV.  We Connected Productions, LLC desires to reach out to an American audience that is eager to learn about various countries cultures. We particularly want to explore the steady surge of African-Americans choosing to live abroad, such as the following:

• A childhood friend from Aiken, SC was the first of my friends to move out of the country. She has been living in South Korea for at least 3yrs now. 

• A former client moved to China last year. She returns to the US this upcoming June. 

• A classmate from my MBA program moved to Shanghai, China in October 2011. He does not plan to return to the US permanently.

We Connected Productions, LLC will follow these stories among many others out there to see how they live and work. Take A Leap will film the pilot (first) and second episodes in November 2012 when we travel to Rome & Florence, Italy. We have a few interviews already lined up. We also tentatively have a trip planned to China to interview my MBA classmate during our two week work hiatus in December 2012/January 2013. It has yet to be confirmed.

Unlike episodic TV, webisodes will be no longer than 7 or 8 min. We need you to watch the show once we place it on YouTube. We need at least half a million viewers within the first few weeks of it being online in early 2013. We want to show Networks such as BET, HGTV, Travel Channel, and others we are targeting for acquisition of an entire season of a half-hour show concept, that there is an audience who desires to see how African-American expats live and work. And just as important, how they can to.  Take a look at this promo video from our 2009 travel to Rome & Florence, Italy; French Riviera(Cannes, Nice, Monaco).

http://wcptakealeap.blogspot.com is the Blog site for where you can find more information and follow our journey.

Rhonda W, Co-Owner
We Connected Productions, LLC