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Interests

  • General

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    Animation, Motion Graphics, Art, Film, especially independent film, Afrofuturism, Video, Digital Art, Multimedia, Video Art, New Media, Installation Art, Experimental Art/Sound, Jazz/Soul/Reggae/Hip Hop (Hip Hop Studies) Urban Art, People, Life, Family, Community, Social Justice, African Liberation, Indigenous Peoples' Rights, Self-Determination, Creativity, Revolution, Peace, Balance, Harmony, Human Rights, Graffiti Art, Science Fiction, Spirituality, African (Black) history, culture, art and music from the Diaspora; Native American, Latino/Hispanic, Middle Eastern/Asian & World Cultures, the art of resistance/revolution.
  • Movies

  • Books

    A People's History of The United States, Tomorrow's God, Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, The Prophet, The Husia, Of Water and Spirit, My Soul to Keep, Things Fall Apart, Two Thousand Seasons, Animation: Mechanics of Motion, Negroes With Guns, Autobiography of Malcolm X, Hip Hop America, The Death of Rhythm & Blues, The Power of Black Music: Interpreting Its History From Africa to the United States, Black Skin White Masks, Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, The African Origins of Western Religions, We The Black Jews, The Isis Papers, Assata

    REST IN PEACE GEORGE CARLIN (Warning: language, but not thinking is much more damaging to your health!!)



  • Heroes

    All artists! all of the prophets, revolutionaries, my people, fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, children, people who believe in justice, peace, love and life. Theodore "Tee" Collins, Frank Braxton, Floyd Norman, Ron Husband - (African American Pioneers in animation), Donny Hathaway, El-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz aka Malcolm X, Betty Shabazz, Harry Belafonte, Curtis Mayfield, The Black Panthers, Emperor Tewodross, Emperor Menelik II & Empress Taitu, Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee, Ralph Bashki, Franz Fanon, Queen Nzinga, Assata Shakur, Kool DJ Herc, Senator Dennis Kucinich, Public Enemy, KRS-One, Nat Turner, Haile Gerima, Queen Makeda, George Carlin, Afrika Bambatta, Oscar Brown Jr., Shamus Culhane, Meta Warrick Fuller, Romare Bearden, Dr. Martin Luther King, Ida B. Wells, Fannie Lou Hamer, Bob Marley, Marcus Garvey, John Henrik Clarke, Burning Spear, The Last Poets, Queen Mother Moore, Harriet Tubman, Nina Simone, Oscar Micheaux, Queen Makeda (Queen of Sheba, Bilkis), Ayoka Chenzira, Marimba Ani, Che Guevara, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Suzan Taylor, Paul Robeson, Shirley Chisolm, Josephine Baker, Fela Kuti, Julie Taymor, Martin Scorcese, Spike Lee, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Hugo Chavez, Miriam Makeba, His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I (Ras Tafari), Jesus the Christ (Yeshua/Isa), Frida Kahlo, Clint Eastwood, Carlos Santana, Toussaint L'Ouverture, Sonia Sanchez, Robert Williams, Kwame Toure, Octavia Butler, James Brown, The Essenes, Ceasar Chavez, Julie Dash, John & Alice Coltrane, Walter Rodney, Jomo Kenyatta, Mumia Abu Jamal,Dead Prez, Pam Africa and MOVE, Patrice Lumumba, Medgar Evers, Rosa Parks, Zulu Nation, Chuck D, Afrika Bambatta, Salvador Dali, MC Escher, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, Steve Biko, Mandela

Blurbs

About me:

Elevator Music (video music by Tewodross Melchishua) from Visual Jazz Media Group on Vimeo.


Tewodross "Tee" Melchishua (pronounced Tay-oh-droze Mell-keh-shoo-ah)
Visual Artist,Designer, Indie Filmmaker/ Animator, Producer and Educator based in Maryland/Washington, DC area. Associate Professor at Bowie State University, Visual Communications & Digital Media Arts, Dept. of Fine & Performing Arts and Adjunct Professor at Howard University, Electronic Studio, Department of Art; Prince Georges Community College. Creative Director & Owner of Visual Jazz Media Group, LLC. and The Soulsuite. Check out: www.soulsuite.com

CASRAM ACCESS-Paige In Full from SolSource Group on Vimeo.



Where I would love to be right, come join me (in my mind). Brasil! Music: The lovely and talented Sabrina Malheiros - Connexão



My Hero and Artistic Inspiration: Romare Bearden in his studio.



view my portfolio:
coroflot.com/tmelchishua


Visual Jazz Media Channel (Tewodross Melchishua)
http://vimeo.com/channels/56749

Features the work and productions of Tewodross Melchishua, other artist/producers, collaborators and partners of Visual Jazz Media Group.



STATEMENT BY WYCLEF JEAN ON HAITI EARTHQUAKE
http://www.yele.org/updates/2010/1/13/statement-by...

Who I'd like to meet:

Miles Davis & John Coltrane - So What (1959)


Revolutionary Thinkers, Creative People, Educators, Animators, Filmmakers, Designers, DJ's, MC's, Graffiti Artists, Poets, Actors, Musicians and other Artists people dedicated to peace, justice, liberation and positive energy, building family/community and improving life here on the great Mother Earth, especially those who use their art to heal social ills and change our society for the better. Folks ready for the revolution.



SUPPORT GREAT MUSIC: Nils Krogh new release DISPOSITION, features "Things We Do" The song is used for film/installation, Funkymonk," by Tewodross Melchishua.


myspace.com/nilskrogh ..

Details

  • Status: Married
  • Here for: Networking, Friends
  • Hometown: DC
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Ethnicity: Black / African descent
  • Zodiac Sign: Libra
  • Children: Proud parent
  • Education: Grad / professional school
  • Occupation: Human/Animator/Artist/Designer/Filmmaker/Professor

Schools

  • University Of Maryland-Baltimore County

    • Baltimore, MD
    • Graduated: 2000
    • Student status: Alumni
    • Degree: Master's Degree
    • Major: Imaging & Digital Arts
    1996 to 2000
  • Morgan State University

    • Baltimore, MD
    • Graduated: 1992
    • Student status: Alumni
    • Degree: Bachelor's Degree
    • Major: Art/Photographic Media
    • Minor: Telecommunications
    • Greek: Kappa Alpha Psi
    1987 to 1992

Companies

  • Visual Jazz Media Group

    • Washington, DC US
    • Creative Director & Owner/Producer

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Networking

    • Film
    • Visual Effects
    • Animation

    Design, Art, Motion Graphics, Multimedia, Direction & Production

    • Film
    • Direction
    • Director

    Independent Producer/Director; Script Supervisor; Music Direction.

    • Publishing
    • Art
    • Graphic Designer

    Motion Graphics & Multimedia; Direction & Consulting. Training & Education.

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