Quentin Tarrantino, Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Steven Speilberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Julie Dash
Awards
Best Short Film: 5th Annual Hip Hop Odyssey [H2O] International Film Festival
Festivals
9th Annual Reel Sisters Film Festival (Brooklyn, USA 2006), 40th Annual International Brooklyn Arts Council Festival (Brooklyn, USA 2006), Hollywood Black Film Festival (LA, 2006), African American Film Marketplace (LA, 2006), BET Jâ??s THE BEST SHORTS (Oct. 2006) www.onfumes.com/ Black Woman Legacy Film Showcase (North Carolina, 2007), Black Lily Film & Music Festival (Philadelphia May 4-6, 2007); H2O (Hip Hop Odyssey International Film Festival (Summer 2007); Short Film bum. (Roxbury Film Festival, 2001): WINNER, BEST SHORT FILM (H2O "Hip Hop Odyssey International Film Festival--2007)
Professional Affiliations
1st National Women's Film Critics Circle
house of Ming's Interests
General
History, Philosophy, People...
Music
Mos Def, Tupac, PRINCE, Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone, John Coltrane, Talib Kweli, Lupe Fiasco, Alanis Morisette, Russell Taylor, Slick & Rose, Sy Smith, Cold Play, St. Juste, Vanity 6, Marvin Gaye, Old School Rap, MUSIC CHOICE R&B HITS CHANNEL, Bobby Brown, New Edition, BBD, Biggie, Jay-Z, The GAME, Luther Vandross, Mary Jane Girls, Rick James, Al Green, Isley Brothers, Delfonics (what you know about that?!), Diana Ross, The Supremes, Common, Res, Maroon 5, Mary J Blige...music that is thought provoking, controversial at times, but mostly...something that makes you think.
Movies
Godfather I & II, HEAT (all day long), Scarface, Casablanca, 9 1/2 weeks, Lady Sings The Blues, La Femme Nikita, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Mahogany, Madame X, Malcolm X, Temptress Moon, Momento, My movies! Shottas, Casino, Jungle Fever, Boyz in Da Hood, Hustle & Flow, American History X, Street Fighter (the cartoon that was banned...) Superfly, The Mack, ROOTS, Ghost, Rocky IV (the soundtrack), Dirty Dancing, The Color Purple, The Auto Biography of Ms. Jane Pitman, The Wiz, 8 1/2, Journey to the End of The Night, Last King of Scotland...way too many and too broad to name.
Television
Sopranos, Entourage, Sex and the City, The WIRE
Books
The Alchemist, The Bible, The Prophet, 48 Laws of Power, From the Browder File, Valley of the Dolls, Africana Encyclopedia, The Gotham Diaries...
About me:
Some people call me Toni...Some people call me Ming...Still the same girl.
One part Visionary. One part Sage. To describe Ms. Martin is to understand her voracious passion for creating art and purveying culture, as these intrinsic elements define who she is. Further exploration reveals a rich legacy of artists and activists in Dominga’s bloodline- her mother, for one, is a political activist and recipient of the prestigious Martin Luther King Drum Major for Justice Award. “She always taught me to stand up for myself and speak up and change things if needed.”
A journalist by trade, Dominga’s diverse talents span everything from fashion to film. As a former VJ for Atlanta’s premiere video Show “In the Mixx”, she mingled and interviewed with today’s best and brightest entertainers including Outkast, Goodie Mob, Sean Combs, and Ludacris, to name a few.
From her experiences as a VJ, she established her own event planning company, Bubble City, and produced fashion shows featuring celebrity models such as PINK. Ms. Martin worked closely with Afeni Shakur and the Tupac Shakur Estate, planning the family reunion, and closing ceremonies for the launch of his summer camp in Atlanta, GA. She also organized poetry events that were the precursor to Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam, and introduced literary talents GA.ME, Abyss, and Jon Goode into the mainstream.
In 2001, Dominga branched out to other creative endeavors and formed house of Ming, a film production company that has developed two short films; “bum.” and “Yellow.” “bum.” received acclaim at the Roxbury Film Festival (2001). “Yellow” was featured in the 9th Annual Reel Sisters Film Festival (2006) the Hollywood Black Film Festival (2006) and BET J’s The Best Shorts (Oct. 2006) and a host of other festivals in NYC and LA.
More recently, Ms. Martin combined her love of film and fashion and launched tamBoi, a t-shirt line feminizing icons such as The Godfather, Scarface and Che Guevara. The t-shirt line has been in high demand since its launch in May 2006, including The GRAMMY FOUNDATION, where she provided T-Shirts for a celebration for Miami’s Mayor.
Martin has already heralded journalist career success with publications Rolling Out, Atlanta, and launched Rolling Out, New York. She has also freelanced for VIBE, UPSCALE magazines, Men’s Fitness online and Blackfilm.com. It was as the Editor-in-Chief of a start up publication, where she met Gladymir Leveille and Creme Magazine was born. “We started Creme to fill a void in the publishing industry and cater towards an older crowd that still wants to be in the know.”
As a young professional and tastemaker herself, Dominga understands the lack of media offering a well rounded, yet stylish, sophisticated and intellectual approach to entertainment, fashion, culture, arts, and politics. Dominga and Gladymir launched Creme Magazine in 2004.
Dominga, originally from Boston, Massachusetts, attended Clark Atlanta University where she studied Radio, TV, Film and Journalism.
Who I'd like to meet: Movers and Shakers, filmmakers, the talented 10th, indie artists, writers, singers, cool artists, people who are about their business, who walk the talk...who get the job done, moguls...whoever I click with.
confessionals are part of the site for the friends to participate and ask us questions on the site forum... here is a little shot, the next one is a british, a japanese and a jewish from israel......living without borders. www. fichedidentite. com check the videos
What a blessing to see you again last weekend. I am sorry we weren't able to really catch up but being under the same roof as you and the rest of the family was enough for me (I don't get to experience that often). I had a great time, gotta get to the Big Apple and kick it with you soon! Thanks for posting the pictures, I already stole a few, I will post mine soon and we can swap, I love taking pictures as well you have a great eye. Tell Glad, we missed him. Love ya and let me know when I can get those tanks and tshirts.
Happy Birthday, hope to see you this weekend. I am leaving for Boston on Wednesday (God Willing). How do I order some of your Tshirts, perhaps you can bring a few with you for me to buy. I wear a XL if they run small. Love ya!
Best wishes for your birthday! If you want, I'll let you have one of my MP3 tracks for free as my birthday present for you. Just let me know the name of which one would you like to get and I'll tell you where to download it.
Thank you for your support, I appreciate it! Please check out my work and tell me what you think...if you ever need anything, let me know! I look forward to hearing from you ;)
