Editing Tim Reid (section)

==New Millennium Studios ==
Tim and Daphne Maxwell Reid built New Millennium Studios in 1997. Located in [[Petersburg, Virginia|Petersburg]], Virginia, the 57.4-acre site with its 14,850-square-foot sound studio was both the only Black-owned film studio in the United States since the 1930s, but also one of the largest independent film studios outside of Hollywood.

New Millennium Studios was used in dozens of movie and television productions, including scenes from the 2001 film ''[[Hearts in Atlantis (film)|Hearts in Atlantis]]'' of the [[Stephen King]] [[Hearts in Atlantis|book of the same name]]; parts of 2000's ''[[The Contender (2000 film)|The Contender]]'' and elements of [[Steven Spielberg]]'s 2012 film ''[[Lincoln (film)|Lincoln]]'' were all shot there. The Reids also produced feature films of their own.

Due to "a lack of incentives in the state" to bring film production to Virginia, the Reids sold the property in March 2015 for $1.475 million to Four Square Property Management LLC, a company formed by Four Square Industrial Constructors, based in Chester, Virginia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.richmond.com/business/local/reids-sell-new-millennium-studios-property-in-petersburg/article_87326fac-6463-54b0-b66e-2900c05645f2.html|title = Reids sell New Millennium Studios property in Petersburg|first=Randy|last=Hallman|website=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=May 8, 2015}}</ref>