Promoted the World Premiere of "The Trouble with TQ" a the Naro Expanded Cinema in Norfolk, VA as part of the Tidewater Visionaries Documentary Series. The event sold out the 530-seat capacity for the historic Naro Theater and featured a performance by the Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception Basilica Mass Choir, as well as a display of artwork used in the film. The film garnered a favorable review from the Tidewater area press, to include a review by senior entertainment critic, Mal Vincent:http://hamptonroads.com/2014/05/priest-who-shook-hampton-roadsThe public's response to the film prompted the owner of the Naro to request a return engagement. Additionally, the One Eleven Art Gallery wants to collaborate on an art show for paintings used int he film combined with a screening of the film in their spaces.

Prodigal Altar Boy Films founder, Calvin Thomas, Jr., tells stories close to the heart. With a mission to connect Tidewater stories to national and world history through global audiences, Prodigal Altar Boy Films will educate and train a cadre of media artists, enabling residents to tell stories. This cadre will bring issues and the stories behind the issues to the forefront of local, national and international audiences. The late Rev. Thomas J. Quinlan (“TQ”) was pastor at St. Mary’s Catholic Church (now the Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception) in Norfolk, Virginia when Calvin Thomas was a teenager. TQ’s influence was the inspiration for “The Trouble with TQ,” his first documentary film. While TQ did not live to see the final film, he saw and approved key sequences of the movie and liked what he saw. Days before he died, TQ’s last words to Calvin were, “Keep editing!” He finished the assembly cut of “The Trouble with TQ” in April 2012 and the rough cut in September of 2012. Calvin screened a work in progress cut of “The Trouble with TQ” on 24 April 2013, the anniversary of TQ’s passing, at the Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Norfolk. He used 60+ pages of feedback from that screening to guide additional editing and Docs In Progress chose “The Trouble with TQ” for a “Works In Progress” screening on 8 August 2013.

Sharp Dressed Man collects gently worn suits & business attire and distributes them to men in Baltimore re-Entering the work force. Sharp Dressed Man was founded by a partnership between the Baltimore Fashion Alliance and the Living Classrooms Foundation in 2012 to support men re-entering the workforce. We have recently established a clothing boutique in downtown Baltimore at 235 Park Ave that is furnished with donations of recycled men’s clothing. Often a nice suit and appropriate business attire is the last hurdle for men getting back on their feet. Studies show that we have seven seconds to make a first impression. We believe that aligning a man's outer look with his inner character helps to remove biases and enables them to move ahead in their job search. Our suit program helps improve first impressions in the Baltimore region, helping men get back on their feet to live a better life. Sharp Dressed Man is an initiative of the Baltimore Fashion Alliance, a 501(c)3 non profit organization. Contributions to our organization are tax deductible under section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code. We are also qualified to receive tax deductible bequest, devises, transfers, or gifts under section 2055, 2106, or 2522 of the Code.