chioke nassor’s notes

So I got asked to play a black guy in this college humour sketch, which was insulting, flattering and confusing all at the same time.

Sort of wanted to say “are you sure you don’t want a blacker dude?” But it was fun nonetheless. Check out my world debut at :51 seconds in.

“A quick introduction to the beauty of me.”

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Cinematography: Tavon Bolourchi!}

Continue reading ‘Dat’s me!’

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Cinematography: Dan Sharnoff
Starring: Bat-Sheva Guez + Chioke Nassor}

So recently, I decided to try making a tone poem style film, kind of like a cinematic journal. I’m hoping that being loose will enable me to be more prolific and get better as a filmmaker. I met Michel Gondry in his exhibit at Deitch Projects, where we shot this and he was nice enough to engage me in a conversation on making art. In short he said:

“You ave to,errrr, make lots of films, and chew know, keep experi-menting. Zat is the only way to get bet-er.”

Any feedback on “Breakup” would be greatly appreciated, especially by way of comments on the blog. A dialogue even!
Continue reading ‘breakup.’

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So last spring I went down to Trinidad with producer Everard Findlay to do work on a documentary about Laventille, a really impoverished area of the country. It’s sort of like the slums in City of God, and though they have a free school system, the area has no public bus system, so kids have to take cabs to and from school. Over time it becomes too expensive for most of the residents to keep sending their kids to school so they drop out. Which leads to gang involvement, teen pregnancy, drug use, and so on.

After bringing in behavioral psychologist and economic advisors to meet with the residents and the government, the community advocated that implementing a public bus system would prove to be a dramatic improvement for all involved. So the 2008 goal of the organization is to do just that.

Above is the documentary made to raise awareness. Hope you like it. And if you’d like to help out feel free to contact me or SFOTE at info[at]sfote.org

So if you listened to M.I.A. new album, you probably heard Afrikan Boy on the track Hussle. He’s the kid saying: you think it’s tough now? Come to Africa!”

I heard the following track after reading “What is the What” about Valentino Achak Deng, one of the “Lost Boys of the Sudan”. That book, and the story is harsh. Amazingly told and highly recommended, but HARSH! This track conversely, is hilarious but also kinda moving. Plus it’s got a good beat and I can dance to it!

(note: there should be a flash audio file below, but if it’s not there, it sucks for you.)

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So my new favorite thing in life is this comic. I think part of it is that cummulatively, the book is a great portrait of shit I like: dirty jokes, biking, love of comics, peter pan syndrome, etc. It’s crudely drawn but somehow I think it makes the work better. So here at chiokenassor.com, we salut you Julia Wertz!

So I just discovered this sketch group Picnic Face- er, actually I didn’t “discover” them, like Columbus…though that is probably a pretty good analogy.

Regardless, they are funny and I like their stuff.
Quick notables: lawyers, and women in comedy.

This has been highly blogged about but I don’t care. I mean come on, is this kid not the most mesmirizing thing you’ve ever seen? He’s like a 80’s teen movie come to life!

I smell a development deal!

So for the month of February, I’ve had roommates, which is a first in many many moons. So in honor of such a momentus occasion, here are two of my favorite roommate related short films.¹ Continue reading ‘Roommates!’

So it’s been a hot minute since I posted and to make up for it this week there will be one post every day! That’s right folks, from Monday-Friday there will be a new Holy $!@# post for you to read and enjoy! Best Leap Year Week Ever!

A lot of you are probably wondering: How the hell did I get to this site? Who is this ass clown? Well to you I say “Good day!”

-but
-egh, I said Good Day!
Continue reading ‘Best Week Ever Raw Selects’

So today is my last day before leaving LA, and after reading that “LA sucks” post, I feel an odd bit of hometown pride for the city. LA is easy to make fun of. I mean, there is a warehouse sized store that sells crystals across the street from a clog emporium. And for the most part people don’t really rep this city with any sort of backbone. If you were to say to the average Angelino, LA sucks, they’d probably quietly agree with you.¹

But the other day I was talking to this woman who put it really well. She basically said,

“LA is amazing in that almost everyone here is here to pursue a dream. People here may seem flakey or flightly or whatever, but it takes a lot of guts to try to live out your dreams, and I think it makes this city a better place, like there is something in the air having that many people chasing after what they are passionate about.”

Continue reading ‘run sammy, run!’

Continue reading ‘Merry Christmas LA!’

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Kind of dramatic title right?

Actually its really nice out here and I like it a lot. There are a lot of fantastic things LA has to offer: fresh produce, great weather, um…fresh produce. But sometimes LA seems wack. So, in order to bring a balanced opinion of the city after being here for well over a week, here’s the bad news rap up:

1. Traffic: what the #$% is up with the congestion on the road? I went last thursday to drive to MOCA, the museum of contemporary art, and spent literally two HOURS in traffic even though my house is 15 MINUTES away. WTF LA?

2. Parking: parking suuuucks here. Drove to Venice beach to play some street hockey on Saturday and spent an HOUR trying to find a spot. Then a bird shat on my car.

Continue reading ‘LA sucks.’

This is the best spam I’ve ever seen:

©roman coppola or something

So when last I left off, I briefly mentioned that I bumped into Jessica Alba at a “Hollywood Party”. A friend of a friend invited me to this thing at Kiki De Montparnasse a really high end lingerie store where they can apparently get away with selling $600.00 panties. They were hosting a reception for Roman Coppola’s latest project: an animated porno. It’s exactly what it sounds like but more amazing than you’d think, if that means anything.

I mentioned said event to two different people and they surprisingly both asked if I slept with Jessica Alba. Which of course I did; hence the announcement the following day that she was preggers.

Ta-dah!

Continue reading ‘LA, day 3-4; scientology+porno parties’