Former soap opera star Victoria Rowell[3] is trying her hand at crowdsourcing with Indiegogo[4] to fund her latest project, “The Rich and the Ruthless.” “I want to get them [African Americans] to black-owned productions,” she said. “It can’t just be Tyler Perry and Oprah.”

Stay connected on 2013 CBCF Coverage[5], and tune in to “NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin this fall on TV One[6]!