My first film as an actor in “Stranger Inside”. My first film as a director with “Breaking Night.” Film Stills

Tomorrow our Post-Summer Survey comes out! Keep an eye out for it as we’d love to get your thoughts on where you are in your filmmaking journey.

So much has changed since the beginning of the year. We’ve all been affected in one way or another.The mission of The Reel Women is to support and celebrate female storytellers. With all these changes, we want to see how best to help. With the summer ending, we’ve created a post-summer survey and would love… Read More Post-Summer Survey – Coming Soon

I was led to this place. It wasn’t a choice. I was led here to bring people and stories to life in a truthful and humane way, people that you see everyday, but never look at or take the time to know. I’m here to help people get to know and understand those that aren’t… Read More @yolondaross_creator: Why did you decide to get into this industry?

Words are on Twitter @Ashley_Says. Images are on IG @Ashley_Says. Next for me is continuing to edit my mockumentary feature and turn my play, superfecunda, into a film! 

I have a lot of books! I’ve moved several times and by far, the heaviest items I take with me are never shoes or clothes. Always books. One of them being my book of poetry, soy milk and agave! 

Keep going. Listen to your inner voice to guide you and if you can’t hear her talking, clear out all distractions. Meditate. Take a bath. Do something FUN and she’ll speak to you loud and clear. 

All the jobs I’ve booked without an agent or a manager. I’ve gotten them all through my own volition, my own gusto, my own belief in myself. Or, I created the work. 

Hmm, that things won’t shift. Or they’ll shift backward. Again. That in 20 years, we’ll still be undoing the mess that was created when this country began. And yes, it’ll take time but things are shifting so immensely right now that, maybe it won’t be long…? 

Moving to England to get my Master’s degree from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. I have a lot of family in England too. I loved living there!