...I've Seen Love Die
Nona’s been estranged from her family for the past 10 years. When Nona made the decision to come out to her Mormon family about her sexuality the family persecuted her in front of the entire church, and she was excommunicated. Nona lost everything she ever knew with the raise of her father’s hand to cast the final vote of excommunication. Without a word Nona has lived without family and then the phone call came; her mother died. Nona’s heart is conflicted about whether to return to a home where she is hated, or to allow her mother’s death to go unnoticed as every other moment has for the past 10 years.
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B. Danielle WatkinsDirectorKisses in the Wind
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B. Danielle WatkinsWriterKisses in the Wind, BlacButterflii: The Saigon Ruse Story
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B. Danielle WatkinsProducerKisses in the Wind, BlacButterflii: The Saigon Ruse Story
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Britt DiasKey Cast
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Jason SheppardKey Cast
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Michelle RamonKey Cast
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Cyne'Thea TravisKey Cast
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Rudy PruittKey Cast
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:Drama, LGBT
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Runtime:16 minutes 59 seconds
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Completion Date:December 20, 2015
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Production Budget:1,500 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
B. Danielle Watkins, author, screen-writer, and film maker, was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. Growing up in Buffalo she was exposed to many different variations of the arts including stage, and film. She began writing at the age of 9 starting with poems and short stories. In 2000, at the age of 15, Ms. Watkins had her first poem published in the “Poetry Gems” Collection presented by The Famous Poets Society. Her first novel “No Other Man (A Three Part Tragedy)” was released eleven years later on August 26, 2011. “No Other Man (A Three Part Tragedy)” was followed in succession by “Redeye (Book Two in the No Other Man Three Part Tragedy)”, “Forever Your Girl (Book Three in the No Other Man Three Part Tragedy)”, and “The Alyse Diaries Volume 1: Curious”; with the later released in August of 2014. In May of 2013 she was officially announced as the head of the Creative Writing Department for M.PoWeR Productions LLC, based out of Atlanta, Georgia. In October of 2014 “BlacButterflii: The Saigon Ruse Story” premiered to a sold out crowd in Atlanta, Georgia. While “BlacButterflii: The Saigon Ruse Story” was in pre-production Watkins tried her hand at producing, writing, and directing a religious LGBT theme film entitled “Kisses in the Wind” which was screened at the 2015 Outreels Cincinnati Film Festival presented by the Cincinnati Film Society. Currently, Ms. Watkins is the writer/creator of a new web series entitled "Sinful Paradise", the writer of a LGBT web series based on the novel by Natalie Simone entitled “Girls Just Don’t Do That”, as well as the writer and producer of the upcoming short film compilation “One Night”, which deals with trending topics in the LGBT community such as suicide, promiscuity, self-image, and isolation, and closing out 2015 with another religious LGBT theme short film entitled “I’ve Seen Love Die”. January of 2016 marked another mile stone when Ms. Watkins launched her own production company Dream N 1 Productions, LLC. Based out of Las Vegas, Nevada. Joining forces with the CEO of M.PoWeR Productions, LLC, Onyx Keesha, Ms. Watkins and Dream N 1 Productions will produce its first major production (though Dream N 1 Productions, LLC houses “Kisses in the Wind” as well as “I’ve Seen Love Die”) entitled “The HERStory Movement” with the subsidiary documentary “The Other Side of the Rainbow”. “The HERStory Movement” will chronicle B. Danielle and Onyx on their 30 day journey to film two high profile documentaries at the same time. With these many projects underway Watkins has proven that being a novelist was just the beginning. She currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a Graduate of Winston Salem State University, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. She is a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. With whom she held many positions, including a state executive board officer for the state of Nevada. For more please got to www.bdaniellewatkins.com.