I started attending the 818 Session weekly. Right away, I enrolled in Bill Yahraus’ documentary film class at USC, buddied up with Tee, a young woman in my program from South Africa, and we filmed every week into the wee hours. What we lacked in experience, we made up for in enthusiasm. I loved the local krump scene, but I also grew to care for Miss Prissy. She let me into her world. We became friends. Our 15-minute film was picked to be screened in two 2012 film festivals: Dances With Films and Dance Camera West. I built a blog, The 818 Session, to follow my progress.

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