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Progress Village Civic Council Recognizes Volunteers
The Progress Village Civic Council, Inc., recently held their Volunteer Appreciation night on No- vember 20th at the Emanuel P. Johnson Community Center. Individuals and groups that have volun- teered their time and energy in support of the Progress Village community this past year were recognized.
Seated, Michelle McKinney, Opal Lattimore, and Linda Washington (President). Stand- ing, Debbie Tolbert, Vannetta Scott, Jackie Jones-Wilson, Kenneth Washington, Sheila Lewis, Shirley Griffin, Jackie Johnson, Roesolia Young, Layvonne Culbreath, Patricia Stewart, Deputy Chris Former, and Elnora Marshall Butler. Not shown: Beverly Webb, Pastor Michael Price, Jim Williams, Sandra Jackson, Marlese Tolbert, Joseph Soletti, Hillsborough County Parks & Recs; Elsie McArthur and David New, Principal, Spoto High School.
The Progress Village Civic Council Board Members: Linda Washington, President; De- laney Pittman, Recording Secretary; Jackie Mix, Corresponding Secretary; and Alfred Shep- pard, Sr., Treasurer. Not shown: Leslie Jackson, 1st Vice President; Twanda Bradley, 2nd Vice President; and Hilrie Kemp, President Emeritus.
Movie With Tampa
Connections Is Part Of
Weekend Film Festival
BY GWEN HAYES Sentinel Editor
‘The Turnaround’
will premiere in Tampa on Sunday, December 3rd. Tampa natives have lead roles.
Two Tampa natives
who grew up as next door neighbors have leading
roles in the movie, “The Turnaround.” The movie
will premiere in Tampa
on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at the Britton Theater in Britton Plaza. The movie time is 1:30 p. m.–3:50p.m.
The film will be a part of the Underground Film Festival held in Tampa November 30-Decem- ber 3, 2017, and has been nomi- nated for “Best Florida Feature.”
Hometown film producers Robyn Jones and Lorenzo Carswell have leading roles in the faith-based film.
Since its debut, “The Turn- around” has received several awards and nominations and been presented at several film festivals.
Most recently, Ms. Jones, Carswell and several members of the production team were in Orlando for the Orlando Film Festival, October 19-26. The movie was an official selection. The film was also nominated at the Orlando Urban Film and Music Festival, November 10th and 11th and won “Best Dramatic Feature.”
Ms. Jones and Carswell are very active in the film indus- try, outside of “The Turn- around” and their professions.
She is Executive Producer of a TV series, “American Terror- ist,” now in production in Or- lando; co-produced a short film, “The Season,” also in produc- tion in Orlando; producer of the movie, “The Haunting of Pot- ters Field,” production set to begin February 2018; and con- sulting producer and Medical Technical Advisor of the TV se- ries, “Becca On Call,” produc- tion scheduled in Los Angeles, CA during 2018.
Robyn Jones and Lorenzo Car- swell at the Orlando Film Festival.
Carswell has also been very active. In addition to being an executive director of “The Turn- around,” he was the lead actor in “Amen and It Is So;” editor and actor in an upcoming movie, “The Life Of A Trucker;” actor in upcoming movie, “13 Girls and 13 Suspects;” co-pro- ducer in the movie, “The Sea- son;” and actor in the upcoming movie, “Breathe.”
Professionally, Ms. Jones is a Registered Nurse and educa- tor with the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, VA. She is the daughter of Ms. Erma Grif- fin.
Carswell is a Professor of Reading and Writing at Hills- borough Community College. He is also CEO of Carswell Con- nections Consulting, LLC. The father of 6 children is the son of the late Nita Henderson, for- merly very active in the College Hill/Ponce DeLeon communi- ties; and Minister Alfred Carswell, Jr.
“Robyn and I grew up next door to one another and have only strengthened our friend- ship through teaming up with several other producers to fur- ther expand our business rela- tionship. With the purpose God has for our lives, we will inform, inspire, and educate many peo- ple through present and future film productions,” he state.
Unfortunately, due to a scheduling conflict, Ms. Jones will not be in Tampa this week- end for the film festival. How- ever, Carswell will be there to represent the movie.
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