From Entertainment Law to Storytelling For over 40 years, Cliff practiced entertainment law, representing multi-platinum recording artists, record companies, and motion picture producers. As Senior Vice President of Legal and Business Affairs at LaFace Records during the 1990s, he reported to multi-Grammy producers Antonio “LA” Reid and Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds. After leaving LaFace, he re-entered private practice, representing multi-platinum artists including Usher, Organized Noize Productions, and Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, and serving as General Counsel for multiple digital media agencies. A graduate of Tufts University with a BA in Philosophy and Emory Law School with a Doctor of Laws degree, Cliff brought his expertise in entertainment and Internet law to the evolving digital landscape. Advocate for Reconciliation and Justice Cliff’s greatest accomplishment came in bridging historical divides. He envisioned, created, and co-produced a groundbreaking event of reconciliation between descendants of the Buffalo Soldiers and the Lakota Native Americans—groups whose ancestors were engaged in combat for over thirty years. His commitment to honoring unsung heroes extends to his ongoing advocacy work for Lieutenant Henry Ossian Flipper, the first African American graduate of West Point. Cliff led a petition campaign to rename Fort Benning after Lieutenant Flipper, a former slave from Thomasville, Georgia, who became the first Black officer to lead Buffalo Soldier cavalry units and later distinguished himself as a civil engineer, translator, and expert witness before the U.S. Supreme Court. These experiences of bringing together people separated by history and ideology became the foundation for Circus Bim Bom‘s central question: Can human connection transcend the barriers that divide us? The Journey to Circus Bim Bom In 1990, Cliff witnessed something extraordinary: the first privately owned Soviet circus arriving in America as the USSR crumbled. What began as a simple cultural exchange became a journey through the chaos of a collapsing empire, where performers navigated treacherous waters filled with mobsters, Soviet agents, and political intrigue. Inspired by the real Circus Bim Bom and the courage of its performers, Cliff spent years researching this pivotal moment in history. The result is a genre-bending duology that blends historical events with satirical fiction, exploring whether storytelling itself can bridge the divides that separate us.