Film Workshop: Storyboarding!

The foundation will be presenting a special workshop on Storyboarding on Saturday, December 3, 2016. For more information call or e-mail the foundation. www.barbaraseniorsharkinsfoundation.org

Fall Programs Are Here!

Join us next Saturday, September 24, 2016 at The Blazers Youth Center located at

1517 W 48th St, Los Angeles, CA 90062, from 10:00am-12:00pm for our Fall Open House and Registration. For More Information, please see our Flyer.

Volunteers Are Needed!

We are currently seeking discussion leaders for our Pre-Teen Book Club program. Discussion leaders will lead group discussions of contemporary novels and short stories, with a group of participating pre-teens. Discussion leaders will also host local authors of those works to meet with students and engage in discussions about literature and the writing life.

The program meets weekly for two-hour long sessions on Tuesdays, Starting September 27, 2016-July 7, 2016 from 5:00pm-7:00pm…. Please e-mail us at: info@barbaraseniorsharkinsfoundation.org

Need a Job? Tyler Perry is Reportedly Hiring at His Studios in Atlanta

Atlanta, GA — According to ET Inside, filmmaker Tyler Perry is expanding his operation at Tyler Perry Studios and is now hiring people looking to get into the entertainment business.

According to his official web site, “Tyler Perry Studios and its divisions are seeking people with a genuine passion for film and television. With our ever-expanding company we are always looking for talented and creative people to assist in bringing imagination to reality. If you want a career that inspires, work that expands your creativity, gives you the chance to live your passion, grow and evolve then come join our team.”

Launched in the fall of 2008, Tyler Perry Studios is more than 200,000 square feet in size with a staff of more than 400 employees. Located on the former Delta Airlines campus of more than 30 acres, the studio consists of five sound stages, a post production facility, a pond, a back lot, a 400-seat theater, a private screening room, and designated areas for entertaining and hosting events.

Perry’s latest projects include a show for OWN entitled If Loving You Is Wrong, based on the film, which premiered in 2014. That year, he also garnered rave reviews for his role opposite Ben Affleck in David Fincher’s critically acclaimed box office hit, Gone Girl.

He will next be seen on the big screen in 2016 for Paramount’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sequel as the villain “Baxter Stockman” and opposite Chloe Moretz in the independent filmBrain on Fire, in addition to reprising the role of Madea in Boo! A Madea Halloween in October 2016.

For more details and/or to apply for a job at Tyler Perry Studios, visit www.tylerperry.com/work-with-us/

Happy Labor Day From The Foundation!!!!!

USC/Foundation/Blazers Event

Last Saturday Volunteers from USC came out to speak to our Youth and Blazers Youth about their college experiences. 

Highlights From Film Camp 2016

Film Camp 2016: #2k16FilmCamp