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Essex Film Makers Go to Hollywood!

Written by Michelle Ward in Eat My Brunch 693

Thursday 14 November 2024, 8.39am

For this month's Book Club with Sylvia Kent Vice-President and Archivist at the Society of Women Writers & Journalists, we were joined by writers, script and film makers, Anne Murray and Benita Cullingford. Their real life story takes them from Essex to Hollywood! Listen to the Award Winning Film Makers tell their incredible story.

Four women passionate about making independent films that don’t cost a fortune.INTERVIEW

Inspirational story that proves age is but a number.

Check out this interview with Benita and Anne, writers, script writers and Film Makers that ended up in Hollywood (winning over ten awards for their films). An incredible journey.

Full Interview link below.

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HAZEL'S QUIZ NIGHT - SATURDAY 16 NOVEMBER 7.30pm supporting BILLERICAY COMMUNITY ARCHIVE

We are all gearedup for tomorrow's annual Quiz and happy to welcome our brainy friends once again.   Good luck to everyone!!!

VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP OUR LIBRARIES OPEN! THINK ABOUT CROYDON AND OUR FRIENDS WHO LIVE THERE!

 

OUR 2024 FUN WALK: ALL SET FOR THE "GRAND REVEAL" ON FRIDAY 29 NOVEMBER

This year’s Fun Walk saw 90 local charities and community groups registered and an estimated 3,000 supporters take part in sponsored walks across Essex. The participating organisations are currently collecting their sponsorship money, and the Fun Walk team is set for a ‘grand reveal’ of the amount raised at their Celebration Evening on November 29^th.

The Fun Walk Trust helps charities, local schools and churches, grass roots sports teams and other community groups raise funds for their projects and initiatives, and a Bonus Pot sponsored by local businesses tops up the amount each organisation raises themselves.

 John Baron, Chair of the Fun Walk Trustees, said:

“This year’s event looks as if it will be even more successful than last year, and we are delighted so many charities and good causes will be able to use the Fun Walk to boost their fundraising efforts.”

“The photos we received of the various sponsored walks completed around Essex have been wonderful and we are happy to share some of the highlights. To see more photos and learn about the Fun Walk, please visit our website: www.thefunwalktrust.co.uk”

“We could not hold this event without the generous support of local businesses who sponsor the Bonus Pot. They include Greater Anglia, Sanctuary Housing Association, Brown & Carroll, Butyl Products Group, Tunnelcraft, IFE Global Logistics, Mr Barrie Stone and other individuals. Our thanks go to them all.”

SATURDAY'S GREAT ANNUAL BILLERICAY COMMUNITY ARCHIVE GATHERING - THANK YOU FOR VISITING

 Last week's all day gathering at Billericay Library was a huge success and members of our rather special Billericay Community Archive were happy to sign up more local residents (and some out of town visitors) to join the 'Friends' group we are currently recruiting. Do take a look at our website: www.billericaycommunityarchive.com to pick up some of the most interesting images we have to show you.  Maybe you have some yourself and it so, please do make contact? 

WELL - YOU HAVE YOUR PUMPKIN, NOW GET COOKING!

This time of year reminds me of spending Halloween in Kansas, long before England caught on to the idea of generally marking this weird old slice of tradition.   At least I was given the pumpkin before I started peeling (hacking away at it), and turning it into soup and pumpkin pies, oh, and little pots of jam. My recipes were included in a sweet little book published by The Telegraph that autumn!

SNATCHED - AWARD WINNING FILM PRODUCED BY OUR LOCAL WONDERFUL WOMEN OF THE SCREEN

It's so wonderful when members of our Society of Women Writers and Journalists' see their work in print, but equally fun when their ideas and stories appear on the silver screen.  Benita Cullingford, Anne Murray and her team of of movie makers that form J.A.B.S. Productions based in Hertfordshire, have created some clever small films which had earlier won awards in the UK and which have taken them to Hollywood in California to collect their prizes for some of the films that have won them first class honours.

More recently, Benita, their director has written a screenplay, which again, has met with resounding success. This is a 90-minute film based on a story from the excellent novelist, Patrick Forsyth and all good wishes to them all if the screenplay is adopted for the movie.    

MORE PHOENIXFM GUESTS COMING UP

 In this busy old world, it's always difficult to fit in face-to-face visits to our friends.  One great way I manage this is to invite some of them to pop into our superduper local radio station PHOENIXFM where I have the luxury -  via one of Essex' best presenters - Michelle Ward to interview them. What a wonderful way of our  listeners learning about our creative writing guests'  new books, film and music releases and with an increased listenership, the reach is expanding exponentially.  

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With this in mind, may I wish Liz Wallace in Denver, Colorado, Stella Perrot in Australia and our newest and very famous novelist Sue Copsey (Olivia Hayfield) in New Zealand - a very happy day!