Antwone Fisher

Inspiration for the Film "Antwone Fisher"

 
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Gender:Male
TOPICS
African American
Author
Celebrity
Children / Family
Creativity
Creativity
Diversity
Empowerment
Empowerment
Film
Hero/Real Life Inspiration
Inspiration
Military
Overcoming Adversity
Personal Growth
Pop Culture
Success Story
Success Story
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Antwone Quenton Fisher was born in prison to a teenaged mother. He became a ward of the state of Ohio and was placed in foster care immediately. He spent two years in a loving foster home, but when it was apparent that the foster mother had become too attached to Antwone, deeming a reunion with his birth mother too difficult for the child, he was placed in a foster home where he would suffer twelve years of abuse at the hands of the foster family. He survived the cruelties of foster care and the brutalities of homelessness and set on a course of healing after joining the United States Navy where he served his country for eleven years.

Currently, Antwone works in Hollywood as a screenwriter, author and film producer. New York Times Best Seller Finding Fish a Memoir, is the inspiring story of his incredible life's journey. The film, Antwone Fisher, based on Fisher's life and written by Fisher himself reflects on Fisher's life as a sailor in the United States Navy and as a child growing up as a ward of the State of Ohio, living in Cleveland. Through his collection of poetry titled, Who Will Cry For The Little Boy? a National Best Seller and now one of the best selling books of poetry of all time, Fisher reveals the inner truths that took him from a tumultuous childhood to the man he is today.

SPEECH TITLES
Foster Care and Adoption
Getting Started with Life After Aging Out of Foster Care
Overcoming Adversity
The Philosophy That Helped Me Through My Teen Years
Recognizing, Accepting and Following the Leader Within
The Subject of Child Abuse
The Antwone Fisher Story 
Building a Career as a Hollywood Screenwriter
A Seminar in Unconventional Approaches and Practical Wisdom
The Film Making Process
A Seminar on Screenwriting and Collaboration