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A self-taught screenwriter and documentary filmmaker with a passion for historical research best describes Omaha, Nebraska native Victoria L. White. Her interest in the Great Migration of African Americans from the southern states to Omaha launched her journey into filmmaking that started when she retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2007.
White’s first documentary production was in 2008 with "A Time Remembered". The documentary covered the reunion of the participants and director of the Academy Award nominated documentary "A Time For Burning", which was filmed in Omaha in 1966. "A Time Remembered" was an official selection to the 2009 Omaha Film Festival and was critically acclaimed for its writing and narration. The film also revealed White’s strong documentary filmmaking potential.
In January of 2009, White was a production crew member on the regional Emmy Award winning documentary "An Inaugural Ride to Freedom", a moving story about a group from Omaha that traveled by bus to see the first inauguration of President Barack Obama.
White’s next production was "The After Party-Behind the Scenes of Wigger" in 2009 which documents the making of an independent film based in Omaha titled "Wigger" which starred Anna Maria Horsford and Meshach Taylor. White also created visual effects for the movie that earned her a second IMDb listing (Vikki White).
In 2012 White produced a short documentary that is on YouTube titled, "Race Riot of 1919 in Omaha-The Lynching of Will Brown". The video has well over 200,000 views and has been shown in schools and universities around the world.
The research on the horrific event of Brown's murder was the inspiration for White to write her first screenplay "City of Cousins" in 2021. Among numerous high placements in a more than a dozen screenplay competitions, "City of Cousins" was chosen for the 2021 Austin Film Festival second-round and was a finalist in the 2021 Omaha Film Festival where it was selected for the festival's writers theater.
Official Selection
City of Cousins
SoCal Film Awards
Huntington Beach, CA
2021
Honorable Mention
City of Cousins
Paris Film Festival
Paris, France
2021
Quarter-Finalist
City of Cousins
NYC Screenplay Awards
New York, NY
2021
Quarter-FInalist
City of Cousins
Los Angeles international Screenplay Awards
Los Angeles, CA
2021
Second Rounder
City of Cousins
Austin Film Festival Script Competition
Austin, TX
2021
Semi-Finalist
City of Cousins
Atlanta Screenplay Awards
Atlanta, GA
2021
Semi-Finalist
City of Cousins
Best Script Award
London, United Kingdom
2021
Finalist
City of Cousins
The Monthly Film Festival
Glascow, United Kingdom
2021
Finalist
City of Cousins
Page Turner Screenplays
Santa Monica, CA
2021
Best Documentary Nominee
The Inconvenient Native Son-Malcolm X and the Nebraska Hall of Fame
Cannes Shorts Film Festival
Cannes
Winner-Best Social Justice Documentary
The Inconvenient Native Son-Malcolm X and the Nebraska Hall of Fame
New York International Film Awards
New York, New York
Official Selection
The Inconvenient Native Son-Malcolm X and the Nebraska Hall of Fame
Black Art & Film Festival
Tampa Bay, Florida
Honorable Mention
City of Cousins
Tokyo International Monthly Film Festival
Tokyo, Japan
Quarter-Finalist
City of Cousins
London International Screenwriting Competition
London, England
Finalist
City of Cousins
Omaha Film Festival
Omaha, Nebaska
College
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
College
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Birth Date
June 7
Current City
Omaha, Nebraska
Hometown
Omaha, Nebraska
Children
2
"To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:" -Ecclesiastes 3:1
"A lesson bought lasts longer than a lesson taught" - my mom
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