Of One Blood Project
(A Short Film, Book, Soundtrack Album)
(Proposal Kit)
Created by Jason Makwein Nkwain.
About Creator
My name is Jason Makwein Nkwain, and I am a 25 year old creator and educator based in Bowie, MD. I was born in Cameroon and moved to the United States when I was 13 years old. I received my Associates of Arts degree in General Studies from Prince Georges Community College in december of 2012 and my Bachelors of Arts in English and Bachelors of Science in Geographical Informations Systems from The University of Maryland College Park in May 2015. I am a spoken word poet with performances at over 15 Universities across the United States and have also competed as part of the University of Maryland’s Slam Poetry team at the College Union Poetry Slam Invitational in 2015. I was invited to the White House in April, 2016 to partake in The White House Workshop and Panel Discussion on Access and Inclusion in the Entertainment Industry, with the creator and cast of Scandal. I am currently an English Educator at Bladensburg High School where I also Coach football: Defensive linemen.
Objective of Document
I would like to give you the opportunity to become a part of a project that I believe will change the tide of not only entertainment, but will inspire a movement towards Freedom, Unity and Self-love in the Black Body. I am seeking a $500,000 investment for a 2510% stake of the Of One Blood Project.
About Project
The ‘Of One Blood’ Project critically examines the relationship between Africans and African Americans through the artistic disciplines of Film, Song, and Literature.The title Of One Blood stems from a novel written by the brilliant Pauline Hopkins. The novel tells the intricate and extremely complex stories of three Siblings (Reuel, Aubrey, and Dianthe) who born by way of rape through the institution of slavery, were separated from birth and grew up passing so as to survive the real and immediate threat of white supremacy.