Company Mission: “Public Awareness from the Inside Out”
MayNovember Productions L.L.C. investigates controversial subjects from the inside out by presenting realistic viewpoints through personal experiences of the people by the people.
We evoke reasonable doubts in viewers to challenge stereotypes,
and educate inquisitive minds connecting them to the other side.
We strive to produce programming without borders; and without ethnic, cultural or religious bias in an attempt to tell the true essence of the subject’s story.
Our target audiences watch network, cable, municipal and public broadcasts, purchase DVDs as well as download and stream Internet content media.
Documentary Objective: “Present The Other Side of a Misrepresented Community” The Queensbridge Housing Project documentary compares and contrasts urban essentials to the suburban values of the “American Dream.”
“Home Sweet Home” is a place called, ‘”The Bridge.”
Selena M. Blake – Executive Producer/Journalist
Born in Jamaica, West Indies Ms. Blake still enjoys the success of her commercial modeling and acting careers. She reminisces how her years at Queensbridge supported her through tough times.
The actress/model can be seen in mega-picture walk-ons and speaking roles such as Spiderman, Hurricane Carter, Best Man, Death To Smoochy and Changing Lanes; television programs HBO’s Sex and the City, NBC’s Law & Order SVU, and TNT Network’s Monday Night Mayhem.
Print advertisement and top agencies still tap Selena for high profile corporate clients: American Express, Revlon, Eckards, Phillips, Saturn, Parade Magazine, All Woman Magazine (Cover), AT&T, The New York Times, and many more.
Synopsis
This documentary is based on the lives of the people, like my family, living in “The Bridge;” the Queensbridge Housing Project.
It’s not about drug dealers, crackheads or prostitutes. These segments of society are not the majority of the 15,000+ residents who reside here.
The majority of Queensbridge residents are hardworking multi-cultural, multi-ethnic families trying to make ends meet; keeping their children off streets and in schools.
The history of “The Bridge,” is told through the stories of these residents.
This documentary speaks of their struggle for change, success in career and life, of those who remain, and those who have moved away; yet many continue to support the community.
The interviews share and reveal an awareness of the community’s triumphs and tragedies. The Queensbridge community would be no different from Westbury Long Island, Scottsdale Arizona, Scarsdale New York or even your neighborhood; if in these neighborhoods, 15,000+ people did not live on top of each other within a six block radius with limited resources and assets. However, we all face the same challenges of raising a family and coping with the daily grinds of life.
This documentary shows that Queensbridge is home in the truest sense of the “American Dream.”
It is no bed of roses, neither is it a bed of thorns.
Heralded as the New York City’s community of choice for post war veterans and their families,1939 marked the construction completion of the Queensbridge Housing Project.“
“The Bridge” from inception was built as a stepping stone for families to save up enough money to buy a house, or rent a larger apartment. A few decades later, most families were unable to achieve the same goals as their predecessors, due chiefly to economic disadvantages.
Now, second and third generations of low income families are trapped in a community which was not designed for permanent living.
These families and individuals try to survive the perils of life in a place they call home, the best way they know how.
“The Bridge” is a place based on emerging ethno-social and religious cultures. Queensbridge has left it’s mark as an important part of New York City’s urban history.