When the Easter Seals Disability Film Challenge and Executive Producer Penni Wilson join forces with other major talents, this year’s result is Kryptonite, a very short movie with the feel of a full length feature. A movie that has left so many people wanting more, wanting a series, wanting to stay in touch with the two main characters who have been estranged for two years and come together again to deal with a life-altering reality.
Starting her professional career as an R&B singer at the age of 14 , Penni has with her trio opened for musical luminaries such as Della Reese and Lou Rawls and more. Penni received her BA in Pan African Studies and her Master’s in Critical Studies. She has taught at the college level for years and in 2011 Penni was named “Lecturer of the Year”. In 2016, Penni co-produced and co-directed a one man play entitled “Magic 8 Ball: My Life with Aspergers” which has been honored with 3 Hollywood Fringe Awards.
Penni is a deeply empathetic and loving woman who has faced challenges and loss in her own life yet knows how to keep putting one foot in front of the other to move ahead and make life better for others. She is open-hearted and open-minded, insightful and willing to chase down truths that sometimes go unspoken. In a word, emotionally courageous. And generous.
So, on the topic of love letters she had quite a bit to say. Yes, she has kept those written to her from long ago and now has a list of those who will get love letters from her. And, yes, no surprise that on the topic of who would get a love letter from her the answer was that more than one person would be getting a letter. She knows that the expression of love is a way of life. I invite you to learn who would be getting them now.
Penni’s request now is that we all go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZZP4fk2yS4 watch the film for the power of it, share and share and share, subscribe and like because all of this will help with an important award. Let’s do it to spread the important word about inclusion and diversity and the power it brings. Let’s do it for Penni and the rest of the Kryptonite crew, the producers, writer, the actors, the director – for everybody who had the spine and spirit to make this film. Let’s do it for everyone who wants to see diversity as mainstream America. Let’s do it for everyone who wants to see differences portrayed as the strength they are.