
Bertha Lynn Davis is a proud 2026 Artswave Inspire Grant recipient.
This is a community-centered film close to my heart — and one I believe our community needs right now. This documentary explores mental health in the Black community through the lens of intergenerational storytelling, bringing together two powerful generations: individuals born in the 1990s and those who have lived 90 years and beyond.
Through candid conversations about stigma, coping, and healing, these voices paint an honest and hopeful portrait of resilience across time. The film also features insights from five licensed therapists in Cincinnati and Atlanta, grounding personal stories in professional perspective.
The 90's is more than a film — it's an invitation to talk, to listen, and to heal together.
A portion of the film will be screened at the Artswave Artist Showcase on July 17, 2026 at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati. Stay tuned.
Jackie has the voice of an angel and a life that looks perfect from the outside. But behind the music is a woman carrying wounds she has never fully faced.
When her marriage collapses, Jackie can no longer outrun her past. What follows is a raw, intimate journey through childhood trauma, broken trust, and the terrifying question she has avoided her whole life: Is true love actually possible for her?
The Beginning of Forever is a dramatic stage play about the courage it takes to start over and the hope that waits on the other side of our hardest truths.
Making its world premiere in October 2025, audiences called it inspiring, deeply authentic, and the kind of story that stays with you — and brings you back. For mature audiences.
"This play will help a lot of people."
Colby and Michelle couldn't be more different — at least on the surface. He's a hard-charging White business executive. She's a grounded, meditative Black woman. When the elevator they share suddenly stalls, what begins as an awkward pause becomes an unexpected connection. Trapped between floors, they discover they have far more in common than either anticipated.
But the elevator doors eventually open — and life outside is a different story.
Boy Meets Girl: The Final Chapter is a story about attraction, assumption, and the real work of human connection. It asks the questions we don't always say out loud: Can a relationship built in a moment withstand the weight of the world? And perhaps more honestly — should it?
Release date to be announced.
Click the link below to watch Part 1 for FREE! Runtime 00:12:00
In a world where everyone's highlight reel is perfectly curated, It's Complicated lifts the digital veil — exposing the messy, real lives hiding behind the posts. Meet a man with a secret he can't keep much longer, a couple teetering on the edge of collapse, and a wisecracking niece who lives for the drama and isn't afraid to stir it up.
Secrets will be revealed. A few hearts just might be healed.
Packed with drama, humor, music, and more than a few moments that'll make you go "hmmm".
It's Complicated premiered in Cincinnati in 2024 to multiple sold-out performances before taking the show to Chicago. The script has since earned the Urban Media Makers Top 30 Script Award — a testament to the story's reach and resonance well beyond the stage.
What happens when past trauma and clashes with present day trauma in one stress filled moment? Find out what happens to "Jackie" in "The Beginning of Forever". In this video the Writer, Director, Bertha Lynn Davis and the inspiration behind the stage play premiering October 25 at The Fairfield Community Arts Center, 411 Wessel Dr., Fairfield, OH 45014

Lights? Camera? Action? Yes! Check out this quick vid of behind the scenes rehearsal. Then come see the finished product at the 2Phresh Philm Phest on October 5, 2025 at The Vue.
Discover the stage play that sparked it all—It’s Complicated! A story of love, laughter, and life’s twists, filled with hope that speaks to everyone. Host this full-length play at your church or community group and share the experience together.







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I am honored to be named a 2026 Inspire Artist Grantee, supporting my continued work in theater, film, coaching, and public dialogue.