My dear friend Matt and I are on route to the epic Vasquez Rocks to meet the dynamic creative force AKA Tequila Mockingbird Productions lead by Thresa, my dear talented and most generous heart friend since... 1990. What lay ahead was an unforgettable creative day of endless summer fun!
Well, well, well. I have to tell you, I have NOUNed and VERBed with my voice from the moment I drew my first breath and wailed out loud.
My relationship with Tequila Mockingbird started back in 2014, right after I had graduated from AFI.
They say that a cat has nine lives. If there’s any validity in this old wives’ tale, then I must have traces of feline in my DNA.
A film student was gifted a mysterious 9-frame 35mm film strip during her internship at the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
As a writer, the stories I tell come from two sources: my imagination and real life.
I think it’s safe to say we’ve all been through a lot in the past year.
I haven’t known the Tequila folks for long, but I’m already impressed with their drive and dedication.
My high school drama teacher once put an unwanted spotlight on me in class by calling me “The resident jetsetter.”
During the early 1950s, this type of photography grew in popularity and created the 3D illusion of depth.
Hello TMP readers! My name is Danielle DellaPorta. I am a young actress and filmmaker who has worked with the Tequila Mockingbird (TMP) team for a few years now. I first met them when I was 16 going on 17, on Thresa (T) Richardson’s movie Strayed where I was the lead. After that experience, T and I stayed in contact.
Sometime in the middle of last year, when quarantine and madness were starting to normalize in everyone’s minds, after I spent two months in bed with COVID and another two months marching in the streets to protest a bunch of murderers that still haven’t been held accountable, I wrote a story about workers during the pandemic. It’s called Essential.
