Our Vision Caribbean and Latino The Vision Podcast 🎥🎙️
🎥🎙️ Welcome to the “Our Vision Caribbean and Latino Filmmaker Podcast” hosted by Charles Alleyne. This podcast is sponsored by the “Our Vision Caribbean and Latino Film Festival” which is dedicated to ensuring that Caribbean and Latino filmmakers and artists a have a voice that’s heard and a wide audience to showcase their work.
The “Our Vision Caribbean and Latino Film Festival ” is the only combined Caribbean and Latino Film Festival .
🎯 CLICK HERE to submit your film to the next "Our Vision Caribbean and Latino Film Festival" to share your work, reach your audience, and turn your dreams into reality.
ABOUT the Our Vision Host🎙️
Charles Alleyne, Filmmaker & Educator Our Vision Founder 🎞️ is a seasoned feature and short filmmaker and educator. Charles has written, directed, and or produced over +100 short and long-form projects and developed and supervised over +500 student film projects in South Central Los Angeles. As an independent feature film producer, director, and writer, his feature film "Justin Brown" screened internationally in Germany and his short film "Unspoken" captivated audiences throughout Hollywood and Los Angeles. FOLLOW Charles Alleyne on Instagram.
🎯 CLICK HERE to submit your film to the next "Our Vision Caribbean and Latino Film Festival" to share your work, reach your audience, and turn your dreams into reality.
Our Vision Caribbean and Latino The Vision Podcast 🎥🎙️
How to Make It in Hollywood as a Successful Actor 🎭 Bechir Sylvain
🎙️ On this episode, we speak with Haitian American actor Bechir Sylvain about how to make it in Hollywood as a successful professional actor, as well as the SAG Hollywood Actors Strike. Bechir’s storied career, which includes acting for film, television, and games, includes his portrayal of the characters EJ on the TNT hit series “Claws” and Willie on BET’s “Bigger.”
ABOUT Bechir Sylvain 🎬
Bechir Sylvain is a Haitian-American actor, writer, director, and producer who played "EJ" on the TNT's hit series Claws and Willie on BET's hit series “Bigger.” A lifetime member of The Actors Studio, Bechir studied drama at Southern Methodist University and co-founded Ground Up & Rising Theater Company in Miami where he grew up after immigrating from Haiti as a teenager.
Bechir has performed at Arizona Theater Company, Gablestage, American Stage, Summer Shorts, Ground Up & Rising, Gorilla Theater and Theater 68 where he earned a Best Ensemble NAACP Theater Award win for his performance as Malcolm X in the play "The Meeting." In addition, Bechir starred in Arizona Theater Company's production of "The Royale" by Marco Ramirez as the lead playing Jay "The Sport" Jackson.
His television credits include guest starring on “Black Summer” (Netflix), “This Is Us” (NBC), “Chicago, PD” (NBC), “Better Call Saul” (AMC), “Black-ish” (ABC) “Grace and Frankie” (Netflix), “Fuller House” (Netflix), and “The Mick” (FOX). He was supporting lead in the 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment family drama “The Ultimate Life” and a had supporting role in American Zeotrope's “Life After Beth.”
Fluent in French and Haitian Creole, Bechir has appeared in over 32 national and regional commercials. He was the inaugural grand prize winner of the ABC Discovers showcase and has won Best Actor at American Black Film Festival.
Connect with Bechir Sylvain on Instagram @bechirsylvain.
🎯 CLICK HERE to submit your film to the next "Our Vision Caribbean and Latino Film Festival" to share your work, reach your audience, and turn your dreams into reality.
