We are moving stories

“I’ve been interested in inter-generational exchange for a long time. I think we’re missing a trick in not hanging out with people of all ages - learning up and down the spectrum of time. I’ve also had a long-time passion for identity politics and processes. I’m enamoured by those brave souls who step outside the normative box and carve new ways of being.”

“The Skin of the Teeth is fundamentally about the relationship each person has with society, and how that impacts the way we see ourselves. Some of that is definitely pulled from my personal experience of coming to terms with my own sexuality and identity and going through the progression of thinking you’re one thing to realizing you’re something else entirely. The film extrapolates on that theme so that every character is revealed to be just a little different than we thought at first, which is a universal experience, I think.”

“Giovanni: The film and the play are rooted in my experience as a black queer man growing up in the American South. Doesn’t get more personal than that.”

“I think the film is interesting in that it explores class distinctions within the black community. So often we think about race relations purely from an interracial standpoint and not an intraracial one, and I think this film is unique in that it looks at the ways black people of different classes have trouble interacting, even when they’re family. And I think people should watch because of Jabree Webber. She’s incredible.”

“This film centers on a black family mostly comprised of Ghanaian immigrants and some black American characters, but the themes are very universal. I’m not sure why that happens. I can watch a film about a person and culture that I know nothing about, but if it feels like real human beings are on that screen, I can connect with their story. I love that about the film.”

“We discover the discrimination, ostracism and violence that the LGBTQ community has to face within French Guiana, and how it’s difficulty to be who you want to be, to live your life as you want, to free yourself from the codes of genders and sexuality of your society, it’s a universal fight.”

“Not a lot of people know about black rodeo athletes so I think that this culture sits at an interesting intersection between Western culture and African American culture. The film in a nutshell is about love and family. I feel that so much of what we do day to day revolves around love. I also feel that family is that thing in our life that’s the toughest to figure out. I think that audiences should check out A Rodeo Film is they want to see flawed characters try to figure out love and family and how it all pieces together.”

“The feedback has been mostly positive but of course, when you deal with the difficult subject matter, there will be those are offended or taken aback... The film can be difficult to watch at times, but that is so people can fully understand certain realities that are still happening in this country. We can’t change anything without first understanding the how and why of things. We do not shy away from the problems the town has had, but we make sure to look at reasons for these problems and possible solutions.”

“In the aftermath, of what seemed like a cycle of racially motivated killings, I wanted to create something about the history of racism and present-day racism. I also wanted to make something that would question if people like Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Trayvon Martin and many others would still be alive if they could’ve taken off their skin.”

“I am big fan of murder/mystery films, especially those that have a supernatural twist. I grew up watching Alfred Hitchcock Presents and the Twilight Zone and these two shows had a high impact on my writing and storytelling. One thing that I’ve noticed in a lot of the modern day horror/supernatural films is the lack of people of color portraying roles outside of comic reliefs or victim number number 3.”

“We invite audiences to take a complicated journey into love, spirituality and race. Where “GET OUT” operated as a serious race discussion film disguised cleverly as a HORROR MOVIE; “LAST LIFE” operates similarly as an American race discussion film disguised as a fantasy LOVE STORY. Two slaves in love, separated by their white master, travel time knowing each other as different people at different stages of American history, finally facing each other in modern times. We believe audiences will enjoy this unique ride.”

“The beauty of the film is in its ability to connect with any and everyone. We all have men in our lives. Finding ways to relate to each other and better understand each other is a powerful thing. You should watch this film because Black men who have and are still struggling are being upheld for the beautiful people we are. It’s Black joy and hope.”

“I found out I was going to be a father and I think the fear of wondering how I would be as a parent played a major role in why I made the film. Around the same time, all of the police shootings of African American men was a national topic of conversation. I began to reflect on my childhood, thought about people I grew up with, kids I watched in the educational system on a documentary I filmed and friends with kids.”

“I wanted to capture the relationship between a father and daughter in a vulnerable and intimate way that we rarely see represented on screen. Loosely inspired by the illustrations by Kadir Nelson in the children’s book “Please Baby Please” by Spike and Tonya Lewis Lee, I reimagined the story of a young girl whose name we never learn and a father who she loves. I wanted to go even further and subvert audience expectations by having the mother out of the picture as opposed to the Black father. Black masculinity, vulnerability, sensibility, and mental health were all thematic elements I had in mind and explored when writing and shooting this project.”

“The basic human need of help is something everybody goes through. Being asked for help and helping get help is difficult when we have obligations such as family that are also in need of our help. How do you choose where to invest your time. Especially when time is the only thing that we can never get more of.”

“As a pilot episode of an eight part series, we wanted to address topics that are considered taboo in black cinema. For instance, a daughter struggling with a sexual identity crisis and confiding in her father for his honest opinion. Or a black family trying to live a normal life in an all-white suburb in Roswell, GA. As the show progresses we hope to raise awareness to issues such as bullying, homophobia, racism, and co-parenting.”

“Circles tells the story of Eric Butler, a restorative justice coordinator who believes that by deepening communication and building trust with students at a continuation high school in Oakland, California, problems can be more easily and justly resolved. The film focuses on Eric’s struggle to do what few adults ever do with kids: to assume positive intent and learn where behavior stems from by being in conversation. We see him doing this masterfully at work, and less effectively at home with his 15-year-old son, Tre. This duality – his public success versus his personal struggle – intensifies throughout the film, drawing the viewer ever deeper into Eric’s world.”

“I would like to champion the single black father’s plight. I would like the most marginalized voices in our cities to be heard and humanized. We love our children as passionately as anyone else, and we are the only fathers that need to teach our kids to not only avoid evil doers, but police as well, for fear of loss of life.”

“Blueberry explores the desire to be spiritually enlightened for all the wrong reasons. It also explores the complex father and son relationships.”

“You should watch this film if you want to see a nuanced look of black fathers being vulnerable. Toxic Masculinity, Fatherhood, Loss, Autism are key topics of this film, but underneath it all, its a story about love. This story is a film made by and for black people, but the emotions and themes in it are universal.”

“We were amazed that so many African American men fought, spilled blood and died in the face of extreme systematic racism to make America what it is today. Their stories had not only not been told, but were virtually nonexistence in the canon of contemporary American history. The parallels of what they went through over a century ago, and what our black men are still enduring today were spellbinding. We had to not only highlight their achievements, but celebrate them with modernity.”

“This film shows a prosperous side of African American history that I think is extremely important in shaping the way we view the past. Yes, undoubtedly there was struggle and hardship, but through it all, families persevered and were grateful for everything they had.”

“It’s rare to find an individual with a life history and mission that intercepted (or collided) so perfectly with such a tumultuous time in our country’s history. For me, the story of Gip is a clear reminder that every ripple we make has repercussions and that our experiences (good and bad) create us, guide us and ultimately are the legacy we leave behind. Gip is an underdog, a missionary, an inextricable part of American music history. ”

“When it comes to race, it often seems as if in the past fifty years everything in America has changed—and nothing has. What is one to do with that contradiction; how can we make sense of it? ”

“Maynard Jackson is one of the most important African American figures in the 1970’s and one of the most influential African American politicians since Reconstruction.

He was the first African American mayor of Atlanta that ran for 3 terms. He supported affirmative action which was one of his major goals and he succeeded. The is an important figure in American history that has been forgotten.”

“Our team was congratulated on telling the unknown story of an impactful leader of Atlanta who has long been unrecognized in the history of the city. We were also thanked for informing audiences about the history of the city itself thanks to our visual documentation of the transformation and growth of metro-Atlanta in a four-decade span.”