149. Constance Nicole Frierson: "Color of Autumn" and "The House on Union Street"

<p>Constance Nicole Frierson grew up on the Southside of Chicago after spending the first 5 years of her life in Mobile, Alabama with her grandmother. She was born into a legacy of secrets and has fought to heal her heart and be an agent of truth, change, and art for her children, grandchildren, and community.</p><p>Throughout her employment history, human services have been at the core. Some of the industries she’s worked in include higher education, financial services, corporate healthcare, and media management.</p><p>Constance is now a working writer and content creator focused on her autobiographical novel, The House on Union Street.</p><p class="ql-align-center"><strong>The Mission of the film “Color of Autumn”&nbsp;</strong></p><p class="ql-align-center"><strong><span class="ql-cursor"></span>Our mission is to tell a universal story through the eyes of Black woman writer and storyteller, Constance Nicole Frierson, so that more creatives can be inspired to galvanize a movement for racial education, equanimity, an end to hate speech, hateful acts and the underlying social currents that create environments in which hate flourishes. This film is a collaboration between a change maker and her allies.</strong></p><p><strong>Narrative of the short film “Color of Autumn” depicts a precocious eight-year-old Black girl who lives with her grandmother in a quaint house on the Southside of Chicago. Nestled in her neighborhood and focused on the comforts and stresses of her family’s hard-won middle class life. Dottie Grimsby has little awareness of racial tension or the isolation of segregation. But she is about to find out.</strong></p><p><strong>Website:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.colorofautumn.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.colorofautumn.com/</strong></a></p><p><strong>Instagram: Color of Autumn Film</strong></p><p><strong>Gmail:&nbsp;</strong><a href="mailto:Ariesista@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>Ariesista@gmail.com</u></strong></a></p><