"FREE" FILM BOOT CAMP - Compassion Care Center

Most people associate today’s youth with text messaging, Facebook, and long conversations on cell phones. Unfortunately, not all teens have it this easy. Each year, more and more young adults are subject to different challenges that no one, let alone a young person, should have to endure. Whether they’re sent to juvenile hall, homeless, or coming from an abusive home,  adolescents are in desperate need of support and love.

The Maddox Foundation sponsors a "Free" Film Boot Camp, which provides training in various areas of film making, including editing, lighting, filming, etc.  This year The Maddox Foundation teamed with Compassion Care Center to offer a film boot camp.  The program was quite a success with a 90% completion rate, and a documentary was made as the class project.  The students put their training to work!

JOJO THE MANNY - Behind The Scenes Photos

 

 Corey Holcomb, Tyler Maddox Simms, Vanessa Bednar, King Miller, NayNay Kirby

BEVERLY BARRIO - Behind The Scenes Photos

BEVERLY BARRIO
Writer/Director:
Tyler Maddox-Simms

 

The Gonzalez family, a poor Hispanic family from East Los Angeles, suddenly win $30 million in the lottery, they gather up their things--and their wacky Grandfather--and move to ritzy Beverly Hills.  Entering this new world of caviar and cocktail parties, the family must adjust to being uncomfortable fish out of water. When they move to Beverly Hills after receiving their windfall, they discover that being able to make the house payments doesn't mean that they'll fit in with their new neighbors, who wage a battle, packed full of laughs!

The war really heats up when Sylvia ("tacos 'n' tortillas") falls in love with her "champagne and caviar" neighbor, creating this crazy casserole of laughs! Things are turned upside-down in this “rags to riches” story.  Beverly Barrio is a irreverent comedy!

FILM BOOT CAMP - Val Kilmer Donates Complimentary Tickets!

Val Kilmer as Mark Twain

Citizen Twain

Written and Directed by Val Kilmer

Special thanks to Val Kilmer for the complimentary tickets for the students of The Film Boot Camp. They really enjoyed the play!

FILM BOOT CAMP - Launch Celebration!

Today was the first day of  

FILM BOOT CAMP!!

 

Special thanks to Jerome Comer and Judy Comer, the founders of Compassionate Care Center, The Maddox Foundation, and Tyler Maddox-Simms.

We also want to show appreciation for some of the people who made today's launch possible, by saying "THANK YOU" to Jackson Limousine Service for providing all of the transportation; Malik Barnhardt (Actor/Producer); Adrian and Veda Curry of the "Sack Full of Dreams Foundation"; Tim Lester (Compassionate Care Center, V.P.); New New Empire Productions; Al Shabazz; Sunshine Johns; Ethel Moore and Judy Sweet.

The excitement in the students voices and the light in their eyes, made my day, touched my heart and fueled my spirit!

~ Tyler Maddox-Simms

We are thankful and humbled to have a waiting list already!

~ Maddox Entertainment &

Compassionate Care Center

"Film Boot Camp"