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A few frames from our short film BLACK BLACK. One of the inspirations for the film came from W.E.B. DuBois’ early 20th Century writings on the racial divide, which he calls “the veil,” and the “double consciousness” that emerges as a result. These concepts continue to be relevant 100 years later. Our film is about discovering the catalyst for consciousness, and imagining how to deconstruct dominant narratives. Right now we’re seeing bias and misinformation weaponized in ways that threaten art, education, democracy, and human life. Hateful and regressive speech, ideas, and policies are being framed and marketed as egalitarian. This project was shaped by years of research into racism, wellness, and how technology alters the way we see one another. It’s a story about relationships, family, and tensions with people we love. We hope this film sparks difficult conversations that make a clearer way forward possible. Dir @rob.eschmann Producer @champagne_mamee Director of Photography @sikaafi Production Design @evanisthenewblack Editor @ivanalvaro7 Original Music @josueveramusic 1st Assistant Camera @simone_alezandria 2nd Assistant Camera @mel.wick Gaffer @sharonpulwer Key Grip @itsweiland G/E Swing @kuhneeo Steadicam @leandro.imaz Starring @antoinew22 @caitlinrduffy @hello_berkeley @dotmcdonald @tessandra @imtombytheway 1st Assistant Director @jackclarke02 2nd Assistant Director @michaelduggan_ Production Sound Mixer @decabitsound Boom Operator @nist_cat Sound Design @music.ian_ alyxahellman Wardrobe Stylist @miraaaacle Hair and Makeup @sam.cota Prop Master @cranchdressing Colorist @jacobbarajassantos Graphic Design @suahcho_23 Script Supervisor @kels.lore Production Assistants Christine An @cameronhoge Photoshop Artist @nataszko Creative Producers @darrylgenejr @khalidelkabah @_anthonyrich @sisyphean_bliss Nkemka Anyiwo @josephaaronjohnson Executive Producers @jujurera @jelanijulyus @mistermister57 @sincerelytunda #shortfilms #independentfilm #dramedy #storytelling
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@fritzwa - This one might be my favorite from the set!
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Saturday collabing with @fritzwa - love how quick and simple this shoot came together 🖤
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Saturday with @fritzwa
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Saturday with @fritzwa - sometimes the simplest impulse yields the best results! Been enjoying doing some still photography to make visuals for this one!
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…dark skies from early days of the fires - glad to be in the rainy season now 🌿
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…aaaand gotta keep the grid cute so here’s a couple more disposable camera film emulations…
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…found a nice walk on a wet mountain top - winter is my favorite time in LA - 🙃☔️
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Another day, another birthday. This humble little pomegranate had a lesson for me about wealth today...I was standing on a beautiful rock wall next to an old stone house where my friend lives with her sweet little family. I was looking out over a damp green valley ready for planting, cowbells chiming slowly in the distance, a place and country entirely new to me but that feels like all my favorite familiar places — wide open, green, calm. While eating the little red seeds was thinking about how they looked and tasted like precious little rubies and that this feeling / moment was priceless and that I felt incredibly rich…lately with all this industry + world doom and gloom I’ve been feeling like the material wealth I had hoped to achieve in life is going to be elusive if it ever comes and what that means for how I should design the next 30 years of life. Thinking about all that while simultaneously feeling sooo “wealthy” in other areas of my life. On this day am feeling wealthy in varied life experience, deepening friendships + chosen family, travel + adventure, wisdom, moving with integrity, joyful making, living my life as art and not just waiting to make art, personal growth + internal work, imagination, realness, values + purpose aligning with action — the gratitude list goes on but vulnerability will stop me here…a perpetual work in progress and feeling content in the process 🤲🏽♥️🕊️
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…life lately✌🏽🏝️
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