Gina Greenlee, Author3 days ago1 minShort Film Festival #5: Happiness by Steve CuttsPrepare to have your mind blown.
Gina Greenlee, AuthorMay 71 minLearn to Make Yourself HappyI decided to come back to Los Angeles and learn to live alone. I said, I will learn about me… You have three or four choices here that...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorApr 292 minRandom Thoughts: A Manhattan Native’s 15 Years Living in New EnglandLet’s talk town fair. Three giant beans on a placemat win a blue ribbon. A kid with a cow on a frayed rope. Walking it like a dog. Fried...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorApr 241 minTruth Be Told Vol 2: Creativity and Misplaced Power“When we are angry or depressed in our creativity, we have misplaced our power. We have allowed someone else to determine our worth, and...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorApr 171 minDiggin’ on James BrownYa know the more things change The more they stay the same It may be a different age But I'm on the same page Cause one thing that I've...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorApr 101 minSupermanIn my dream I was invited to speak about Superman. I was billed as the premier authority – to be clear about my professional status in my...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorApr 21 minTruth Be Told Vol. 4: Time Will Tell“Time will tell… whether folks want to point and stare at the Black woman filmmaker who made a certain kind of film, and pat her on the...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorMar 271 minTruth Be Told Vol 3: Your Anxiety is Not My ProblemNot overfunctioning means not being a vessel for other people’s anxiety. That was my job in my family-of-origin. To absorb the psychic...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorMar 191 minI’ll Be Back for YouI am standing on the platform of the A train in Manhattan. My mother is with me. It’s winter. I am 8 years old, and I’m wearing the navy...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorMar 131 minFilm Festival #4: AlphaGoWith more board configurations than there are atoms in the universe, the ancient Chinese game of Go has long been considered a grand...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorMar 73 minRecipe for a César Vallejo PoemIn 2007 I took a poetry writing course at the Omega Institute for Holistic Health in Rhinebeck, New York. My key takeaway from that...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorFeb 272 minIf You Do it for Them, Do it for YouStill in my 20s, my first job right out of graduate school was at a well-respected Fortune 50 corporation. I worked hard my five years...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorFeb 211 minWhat He Already KnowsGina is 18 years old, 5 foot 3 with cornrows. Seated on the couch next to her father, she’s trying to choose the right time to reveal...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorFeb 125 minHell No, Love GodI sashayed into a midtown office seeking employment in 1983 at age 22. “How fast can you type?” came the question from the Manhattan...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorFeb 52 minDivide by Four“Divide by Four?” Detective Morales looked up from his notes. “Yeah, that’s our inside joke about Mary Lou and her stories,” Reva said....
Gina Greenlee, AuthorJan 301 minAsk Me AgainHow I Overfunctioned: I repeatedly invited Betty to various social activities. She would repeatedly decline my invitation then say, “Ask...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorJan 151 minShort Film Festival #3: Forever by Joyce SherriAn interracial couple’s love is tested when they fall victim to a hate crime. Watch on YouTube ◊ ◊ ◊ About filmmaker Joyce Sherri
Gina Greenlee, AuthorJan 102 min100 Years from Now No One Will CareDuring my Internet travels I came across a 2017 blog post by Sweden-based photographer Micael Widell. The title: Who will remember you in...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorDec 26, 20212 minLEAPThere is a time when we must firmly choose the course which we will follow or the endless drift of events will make the decision for us. ...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorDec 12, 20212 minJust the Two of UsEvery December Daddy took the box down from the top closet shelf. I sat on our blue carpeted living room floor to separate the artificial...