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Monya Claborn
Creator, Executive Producer |
The concept for Cornerstone Entertainment was created by Executive Producer, Monya Claborn. Monya grew up in the South as a minister's daughter. When her mother Gueldine Nelson developed Alzheimer's, Monya decided to put a cook book together in her honor by gathering recipes from all the women who Monya's parents had met while serving others (available at our Thank You Gift Store ).
Monya was amazed at the cooperation in the volume of responses, but perhaps most significantly, she was overwhelmed by the letters that came with the recipes. They were letters of stories of all the things Monya's mother and father had done for others over the years, many of which, Monya had never known. There were letters of gratitude and praise and humor.
The Nelson family was very moved by these letters, but they also gave them something that the family didn't expect. Mrs. Nelson now had an opportunity in her lucid moments to relive the past through these words. Monya did and does feel that these were the best gifts her mother could have received in her last years.
Thus the concept of entertainment with a positive, grateful, and inspiring message was born. |
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Chris Conder
Director of Photography |
Chris has nineteen years of shooting and directing cable, syndicated, and network television programs; documentary, public affairs, and long-form video productions; local and national television news including "Restore America," "Interiors by Design," "Country Style," and "Food Finds." Chris shoots for the Weather Channel, the Oprah Winfrey Show, and numerous other television shows. He has shot and directed several documentary and public affairs programs for the local PBS station in Nashville, including "Deford Bailey, A Legend Lost," "Sam Houston Volunteer Exile," and "The Carter Family, An American Original." These programs have been picked up by PBS nationally and have garnered ten Mid-South Emmy Awards, including two for Camera/Non-News and Lighting/Location. Chris has a B.S. from Ohio University, cum laude. |
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John Greer, Editor |
John has been frantically EDITING to get the first episode of Give a Living Rose "in the can" (that's entertainment industry speak for "done - finished - ready to view - complete - FINITO!")... so stay tuned for John's bio once he can come up for a BIG breath of air... after creating our shows first masterpiece!
We're excited and can't wait to see the magic that John puts to all the footage that has been captured thus far! |
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