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Q: How did you become a columnist for Noir di Monde? What was it like?
A: It ' s a funny story, I was doing an audition to become a columnist for a sport show. The producer thought that I was not exactly what they were looking for, so he gave me the information of the main host of " Noir di Monde ": Harry Delva. I met him and he hired me. I did the show for 3 years until I moved for Vancouver.
Q: Sabine, you were a Freelance researcher for National Radio and television Stations – Tell us how did you get involved in this and what did it entail?
A: I have a degree in Communication and Journalism and did a one year internship by working as a journalist at a place called Promedia. When I graduated, I was lucky enough to have some freelance work as a radio host and as a researcher because of the contacts I made at Promedia.
Q: You started My Destiny Productions as a vehicle to produce“ 13 Witches”. What was your inspiration behind 13 Witches? How did your idea evolve and come to production?
A: I created My Destiny Production to produce 13 Witches. The story behind 13 Witches is funny,
A few years before I created 13 Witches I had an audition for a show called Blood Tied... It was a guest-star role. The role required a black French woman. She was supposed to be able to speak French and Creole and was supposed to be a voodoo priestess. I was so proud of my audition, but unfortunately I did not get the part.
So I wrote a little scene as a Voodoo Queen and I posted it on YouTube..... I wrote it in French and in English. I was so surprised by the results, people actually BELIEVED I was a VOODOO Queen. It was crazy. The French Version went viral. People were even asking me to take care of their problems. I didn’ t know how to react and I was getting frustrated. Then I decided to make the best of it and write a story where I would be a witch and use the momentum I had with the Voodoo Queen to market 13 Witches.
Author’ s note: I did watch the videos on YouTube and I can see why people believed Sabine was a Voodoo Queen, it’ s a very convincing performance.
Q: What sort of struggles did you face producing 13 Witches?
A: So, So Many Struggles! First of all, shooting with girlfriends is not always the best choice. Secondly, the first director left me after the first day because she realized that the project was too big.
Third, I was also working 6 days a week at the same time 13 Witches was being filmed and produced, so I was so extremely tired. It was hard to concentrate. Fourth, I had to do everything from wardrobe, to directing, to scheduling, to acting, to directing, to solving conflict between actors, to regularly doing the marketing to create a momentum 5-shootings with 38 actors in 3 month while I am working full time.
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1961 Magazine Fall 2016