<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0X8XgR_19Gt2eY600" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0X8XgR_19Gt2eY600" width="1200" height="600" >JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A Jackson filmmaker is one of ten semifinalists in the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Film Lab for Racial Healing, a first-of-its-kind national competition that drew more than 50 submissions from across the country. Now, Alexis Noble is asking the Jackson community to help fund her entry.Noble’s short film, “One Good Picture,” is a 10-minute story about family, memory, and what we leave behind. The film follows a grandmother who wants to take one final family photo while she is still alive, after the death of her husband.“Grandmother is wanting to take one good picture while she’s still alive because the granddad has passed away... the whole family is at the house and at the end they take their one photo to preserve,” Noble said.The top five finalists each receive $10,000 and a trip to Chicago for a national film premiere in June. To advance, Noble must raise $6,000 to cover crew, equipment, color grading, music rights, and travel. She has raised $200 so far.The film is a family affair. Script readings begin this week, with Noble’s mother, niece, cousin, and extended family set to appear on screen. Filming will take place at her uncle’s house in South Mississippi.“My mom was like, ‘Uhhhh.’ And then some of the family was like, ‘Where is my lines? I need lines,’” Noble said.Noble never attended film school. She worked her way up from production assistant to producer, learning on the job.The W.K. Kellogg Foundation says its pilot program was built for stories like Noble’s.“We really want people to see themselves in these stories... and maybe come to a better understanding of their neighbors,” said Stephanie Dukes, Communications Officer for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.Noble said Mississippi has always had a voice in conversations about racial healing — it just needed a platform.“We can’t go back generations and generations to know where we came from... that was something that was taken away from us due to racism. So I feel like that was something that we can start — keep continuing to make sure that we’re not cut off again,” Noble said.Beyond the competition, Noble founded Vibe Studio JXN to keep Mississippi’s creative talent in the state.“Since Mississippi, as a whole, has this brain drain of creatives leaving, I want to make sure that someone had a home to come to, to decide if they wanted to leave or not,” Noble said.Noble is also opening “The Seed You Sold,” an art installation she created with five other artists. The installation runs Wednesday through Friday, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., through April 7 at Vibe Studio JXN.To support Noble and “One Good Picture,” visit the donation link.Want more WLBT news in your inbox? Click here to subscribe to our newsletter.See a spelling or grammar error in our story? Please click here to report it and include the headline of the story in your email.</div></body>

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JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A Jackson filmmaker is one of ten semifinalists in the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Film Lab for Racial Healing, a first-of-its-kind national competition that drew more than 50 submissions from across the country. Now, Alexis Noble is asking the Jackson community to help fund her entry.

Jackson filmmaker seeks community support for national competition

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JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A Jackson filmmaker is one of ten semifinalists in the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Film Lab for Racial Healing, a first-of-its-kind n

Jackson filmmaker seeks community support for national competition

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