Tag Archives: drama

I Have Promises to Keep

Posted on February 15, 2025 by mitchteemley

A Filmmaker’s Journal Twelve years ago, I met a man who altered my life forever. Mike, a producer and fledgling screenwriter, had spearheaded the formation of a production company called St. Michael Movies. And now they were casting their second … Continue reading →

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A Story of Radical Forgiveness

Posted on August 30, 2024 by mitchteemley

My multi-award-winning feature film Healing River is one of the highest-rated inspirational movies ever premiered on Amazon Prime. It’s been called “beautiful,” “powerful,” and “life-changing.” So, I’m inviting you to watch it — even if you’ve seen it before! And … Continue reading →

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Coming Soon!

Posted on July 19, 2024 by mitchteemley

Dear friends: I’ve decided to make all of my “stuff”—books, movies, videos, scripts, music—available here at The Power of Story. My new store page will debut next week! Just one thing… I’m not sure what to call it. So I’m … Continue reading →

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30 Years Ago This Month

Posted on June 27, 2024 by mitchteemley

Movies That Have Moved Me Yesterday, I wrote about a movie that, fifty years ago, moved me not to weep but to come out of the comedy closet, as it were. A movie that gave me, the boy who’d suffered … Continue reading →

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California Dreamin’

Posted on April 11, 2023 by mitchteemley

 My Real Memoir During my sophomore year at our SoCal suburban high school, influenced by the star of my favorite TV show, I became our school’s unofficial Dick Van Dyke, its most prodigious practitioner of pratfalls and double-takes. But was … Continue reading →

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My Friend the Movie Star

Posted on February 28, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Friendships shuffled during my freshman year in high school. My two childhood BFFs were still around, of course, and new friendships were popping up like Iowa corn. But my most unlikely friend that year was a bonafide … Continue reading →

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Letting My Geek Flag Fly

Posted on January 31, 2023 by mitchteemley

Drama Geek logo by impactspiritwear.com My Real Memoir “Some are born geeks, some achieve geekness, and others have geekness thrust upon them.” ~William (“Willy the Geek”) Shakespeare “Drama Geeks.” That was what they called us. “They” being the letterman-jacketed “men” … Continue reading →

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The Year I Broke My Teacher

Posted on October 25, 2022 by mitchteemley

Geeky 7th Grade Me vs. “Smoldery” 8th Grade Me My Real Memoir I was cocky, there’s no denying it. I’d started 7th grade as a self-doubting pre-teen, and finished it with an inflated sense of self-importance. It didn’t help that, … Continue reading →

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The Prince of Drama

Posted on September 20, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir We had one elective. It might have been Creative Writing if I hadn’t had something to prove. I’d gotten sick right before the 6th Grade Talent Show. Everyone was sympathetic, even my parents, and the TV ad … Continue reading →

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Best Movies of 2020

Posted on April 24, 2021 by mitchteemley

2020 was truly a game-changer. Among other public venues, movie theaters became almost invisible. Result? 2020 Academy Award nominees (which requires a theatrical release) are dominated by low-budget indies. Second, movie studios have permanently shifted their emphasis to a split … Continue reading →

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