On Friday night, Oct. 1, Tampa's most prominent families (you know, the ones whose names you see on buildings and theaters around town) and Tampa non-profit organizations converged at the Straz Center to celebrate the cinematic achievement of a few of the city's sons — one is the son of former Tampa Mayor Bill Poe, Charlie Poe — and the others, actor/writer Morgan Simpson, a pal of Poe since middle school and fellow Plant High grad, and Berkeley Prep graduate Jeff Balis produced with Poe the inspirational indie film Black, White and Blues.
This article appears in Sep 30 – Oct 6, 2010.