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About Me

ella turenne is an artist and cultural warrior who's creative force is to be reckoned with. she has been involved in the television and film industry for over ten years. one of her first projects was her own television talk show, the ella show, which she starred in, directed and produced. she then went on to host and produce a live weekly talk show called not for nothin. some of her film credits include the viagra dialogues, celebrity babble, one more try and most recently big, dark, scary girl. ella is also a theatre and spoken word artist and has performed all across the country, including the black family channel show spoken, hosted by renowned poet jessica care moore. her poetry has been showcased in various publications including tanbou magazine, the anthology of haitian poets in massachusetts, the nubian chronicles and i got somethin' to say. her first short film, woodshed, which she wrote, produced and directed, is currently in post production. ella has been writing for as long as she has been performing. she was an arts and culture journalist with the haitian times for four years. she has also written articles for visual voice magazine and stank magazine and currently writes for famn creole magazine and town magazine. she has an essay that appears in letters from young activists: todays rebels speak out (nation books). ellas first book, revolution|revolisyon|r..volution 1804 - 2004: an artistic commemoration of the haitian revolution was published in january 2004 (liv lakay publications). as an actress, she has performed in on strivers row, raft of the medusa, blood wedding, africa atunbi!, shades of blue, love child and working things out. her visual art has been displayed at the boston center for the arts, the long island african-american museum and the salmagundi art house. she has co-curated the exposed, echoes of our ancestors and remember amadou exhibits. ella is a board member of the blackout arts collective, a grassroots organization whose mission is to empower communities of color through arts, education and activism and the movement of independent haitians for national reconstruction. she is also a co-founder of sistapac productions, an artist collective whose mission is to pursue artistic clarity through performance and the written word. ella is a member of the yb literary foundation. she studied acting at the harlem theatre company and one on one productions. a member of the harlem screenwriters workshop, she has also studied creative writing at columbia university.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

like minded soulful honest creative types

Music:

check out myspace.com/maladin other than that, anything by maxwell and of course, i'm a broadway junkie! check out kat deluna, doin it from dr...hispaniola baby. we're puttin it on the map!

Movies:

the princess bride, pirates of the caribbean, crash, uptown girls, badaaaass

Television:

entourage, rome, the l word, in living color, iron chef america

Books:

breath, eyes memory (edwidge danticat), talking with (jane martin)

Heroes:

god, mom, pops, sidney potier and harry belafonte

My Blog

sistapac casting!!

Casting Call for New Dramatic Webisode Series SistaPAC Productions (sistapac.com) is launching a fresh new dramatic series this Fall. We're seeking all-types of actors to shoot the series. The serie...
Posted by superblackwomyn on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:37:00 PST

me. now.

written and produced by hod david and muszetime will bring the real end of our trialone day they'll be no remnants no trace no residual feelings within ya..one day u won't remember meyo face will be t...
Posted by superblackwomyn on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 09:18:00 PST

woodshed!!

hey everyone,my film woodshed got into the hollywood black film festival - please check it out here!! help us be one of the most viewed films!!peaceellaclick here for woodshed!...
Posted by superblackwomyn on Fri, 25 May 2007 02:14:00 PST

ART OR DIE

..> ..> ART OR DIE Hosted By::Blackout Arts Collective When:Wednesday May 30, 2007at 7:00 PM Where::Nuyorican Poet's Cafe236 E Third StreetNew York, NY 10009United States ..> ..> Blackout...
Posted by superblackwomyn on Wed, 02 May 2007 02:47:00 PST

LISTEN TO SISTA SONIA SANCHEZ

this is one of the most beautiful womyn i know. please support her. --------------------- Sisters/Brothers/Humans, I need your support. 11 mothers/grandmothers (including myself) were arr...
Posted by superblackwomyn on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:29:00 PST

updates from ella....sit down for this one!

dearest friends, hope you are all well and surviving this heat wave we're having!! well, i've been busy (what else is new) auditioning, acting, writing and filmmaking. i'd like to share a few th...
Posted by superblackwomyn on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:49:00 PST

pushing forward

peace family: so today's post is all about pushing forward. we finished shooting celebrity babble today. what a thrill! it was amazing to see this project come to completion. i...
Posted by superblackwomyn on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 06:04:00 PST

spinning plates

its been a minute beautiful people, so here are the updates - first of all - go read maladin's blog!! myspace.com/maladin second, i finally got this damn myspace film thing to work, so enjoy!&...
Posted by superblackwomyn on Wed, 31 May 2006 10:22:00 PST

the next step up

ok, so many of you know i am a tech junkie. sue me. this myspace thing is really addictive. i can't believe how many folks are on it. wow. its kinds cool tho...that we ar...
Posted by superblackwomyn on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 04:09:00 PST

sak pase!

peace family: thanks for stoppin' by. this blogspot thing seems to be taking off, so i thought i'd dig up my little space. hope you are well and blessed. more to come from the superb...
Posted by superblackwomyn on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:55:00 PST