Rising Stars: Meet Elexus Hunter

Today we’d like to introduce you to Elexus Hunter.

Hi Elexus, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
Hey, Voyage FAM! It feels so good to return back to my community of DOPEness! Great news, I’m actually back in Atlanta,GA, temporarily for graduate school—at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) for my MFA in writing. Yay me! Since writing and producing my recent feature film, Love At War (2020), in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. Directed by Avery C. Fields, my submission to SCAD got me an academic scholarship for their two-year MFA program. Don’t worry…I’ll be back to LA in May of 2024. This was so unexpected! I didn’t think I would be leaving LA anytime soon. BUT. I’m going, going, back—back to Cali, Cali. Hang tight.

Outside of that! To make it this far is a dream come true! I mean during the pandemic, I’d reached another low, very low moment in my life. The amount of challenges that I had to endure was insane. I honestly didn’t think I was going to make it. The long nights of driving Lyft to the maximum hours, just to meet the budget for this feature film and to keep myself afloat. Omg, I can go into details about all the sleepless nights, moments I had to remind myself to eat and the amount of sacrifice it took before, I found myself in the ER 1…2…many times. That’s when I realized I have to take care of Elexus. Being an artist can be a little risky sometimes. However, balance is KEY!

Any challenges I’ve come across, I always end up on top! Somehow, someway. I managed to shoot Love At War with one eye open. Literally. The long nights of shooting and planning. Most people would call me crazy, but at least I’m doing what I love. Thanks to my team and cast. I couldn’t have done it without them. Since the online screening premiere of Love At War. We’ve received over 500 views and a rating of 9.7/10 on IMDB! This is just the beginning.

I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey have been a fairly smooth road?
Oh goodness! No smooth ride whatsoever. Nothing about fulfilling your dreams is smooth sailing. Otherwise, we would all be doing what we love. There will be plenty of bumps and whirlwind moments. Trust me. You would think coming back to California, my home state, things would seem to be very soothing. Nope. This NOMAD gal has been hopping from home to home for a while now. Some pit stops but always on GO. Sleeping in my car, washing up at the gym just to change clothes and act like everything is normal. The one time, I got so sick, I had lost everything my: car, apartment and almost my life.

You would think, how did she manage to create and produce a TV Show as well as shoot a feature film with all this baggage? Well, I honestly kept my faith and trusted the process. The warm feeling I had while lying in the hospital bed, my smile on my face brought me tears because I wanted it as bad as I wanted to breathe. Just to only find myself tied to a breathing machine with an IV in my arm. Yeah, I want it bad. Sad to say, I told me so. I push myself to the extreme, I had to learn the art of balance again and taking care of me. This is more important because without me—none of this can go on.

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
My work is still unraveling. I’m wrapping up scripts and budgeting for my next projects. I would consider myself wearing multiple hats but the popular ones would be: a writer, public speaker, entertainer and philanthropist. My work all lies under my brand Let E. Tell It. Arts and Entertainment Media.These new projects are going to blow you away! Stay tuned.

What do I not do! I do too much. That’s my addiction. I really, really enjoy writing. The ideas that come to my mind naturally is super inspiring. I instantly begin to write and connect with my characters to develop their story. From there, I create the dialogue that drives my talent to connect with my audience. It’s my ritual of start to finish scripts or anything I set my mind to do. I like the thrill of dreams becoming my reality.

I’m most proud of myself for sticking to my dreams and leveling them out to be goals and setting myself up to meet those goals. Taking accountability isn’t easy but it gives you a sense of completeness – I can do bad all by myself. This is what sets me apart. I move in silence…everything I do is calculated and serves a purpose in which everything is connected. I’m not doing this for the money or attention. I’m writing and producing TV/Film projects or books because it reflects me, my art and my gift to interpret art. E. Knows Best, DUH!

We’d love to hear about how you think about risk taking?
Taking a risk is a risk itself. LOL. You really are not supposed to put too much thought into risk taking. Once you have written down your goals 5-7 times a day/week. You find yourself doing whatever it takes to meet your goals without harming anyone or yourself. Of course, I didn’t intend to end up in the ER twice—while living in out my dreams in the city of Angels…I got burnt out tooooo quick. Lesson learned.

I enjoy taking risks because it’s part of the journey. There’s some stuff you’re going to have to do, that you’re not interesting in doing but it’s all leveling you up for what you asked the universe to grant you. Think about it…If your goal is to go to college somewhere out of state and you asked the great source to grant you your wish but you’re so stuck on staying home because your family, friends, etc. Well, there’s a sacrifice either way if you chose to stay home or go to school out of state. You need to think fast. You have to understand certain sacrifices/risk-taking moments are considered healthy, especially when it deals with your goals. Unhealthy risks are more of a slap in the face because we all get that intuition feeling that screams out – HOLD YOUR HORSES BUDDY! So. My perspective of risk taking is knowing when to act and when to not to. When you get in the habit of taking risks so freely like me for whatever reason, you find yourself understanding the game of it and how it serves a purpose. Growth is the sum of sacrifice and risk taking. As long as your guided by your source of belief, everything will be alright! Just go with the flow. Trust and believe.

Let E. Tell It!

Contact Info:

• Website: https://youtu.be/gW8Mo3Uaw58
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/letetellit
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/letetellit
• E. Reflection (blog): https://youtube.com/channel/UCCTgyanmC1ITfaKbZnaerCA

Image Credits
Directed and photographed by Avery C. Fields | Greg Paragh Written and produced by Elexus Hunter Film Festival nominee: Indie Night Film Festival – Los Angeles, CA