Since 2020, 70 very talented, entertainment professionals moved from Los Angeles and are now living, working and creating in Lexington. Please meet these amazing film and television industry pro’s. With this powerhouse of talent joining an already established creative economy and growing production workforce, Lexington is poised to continue rising as a thriving film and television hub.
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Christian Honce @honcec
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Tim Kirkman @timkirkman
David Gerhard @david.gerhard
Yazmin Vinueza Granlund @yazmingranlund
Look y’all,
Madison, Doechii, Kendrick, Cardi B, Tim, Teyana, Tyler, Cynthia, Mariah, and I, along with a few others, were all nominated today for the NAACP Image Awards.
We are thrilled to share that Switchboard Short, Freeman Vines, has been nominated for an NAACP award in the Outstanding Short Form Documentary category. Huge congrats to the team on this incredible honor. If you haven’t watched the film yet, be sure to head to our YouTube page to stream now!
We are honored to have the legendary @theebillyporter join @freemanvinesfilm as an executive producer. In this powerful message, Billy shares why he believes the story of NC artist and luthier Freeman Vines demands to be seen, especially now. It is a story about art, memory, and the legacy of racial terror being transformed into art.
Co-Directed by @andrerobertlee89 and @timkirkman , Freeman Vines is Oscar-qualifying in the documentary shorts category. Distributed by @switchboard.magazine , produced by Gill Holland. @ethanpayne is editor and cinematographer. @greshamcash composed the music. @musicmakerfdn@swoice.mp4@t42entertainment #art #northcarolina #guitars #music #foryourconsideration #oscars #documentary #documentaryshorts
We are honored to have the legendary Billy Porter join Freeman Vines as Executive Producer.
In this powerful message, Billy shares why he believes the story of artist and luthier Freeman Vines demands to be seen — especially now.
Directed by André Robert Lee and Tim Kirkman, Freeman Vines is an Oscar-qualified documentary short about art, memory, and the legacy of racial terror transformed through creativity.
We invite you to watch and witness.
🔗 Link in bio.
We are honored to welcome the legendary Billy Porter as Executive Producer of the Oscar-qualified documentary short FREEMAN VINES, a portrait of an 82-year-old North Carolina artist who makes guitars, some using wood from trees traced to the lynching of a young Black man.
Porter’s production company, INCOGNEGRO, founded by him and his business partner DJ Guggenheim to champion bold, innovative, and culturally transformative storytelling across film, television, and digital media join co-directors Andre Robert Lee and Tim Kirkman and producer Gill Holland.
Watch now at the link in our bio!
𝗠𝗬 𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗔𝗦𝗦 — Tue, Nov 25 @ 7:15PM | $6.50
𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗴𝗲: 𝗔 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗶𝗺 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗸𝗺𝗮𝗻
"𝗔 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴-𝗼𝗳-𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗱𝘆." —𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳
In this fresh coming-of-age story, an 18th birthday mushroom trip brings free-spirited Elliott (Maisy Stella) face-to-face with her wisecracking 39-year-old self (Aubrey Plaza). But when Elliott's "old ass" starts handing out warnings about what her younger self should and shouldn't do, Elliott realizes she has to rethink everything about family, love, and what's becoming a transformative summer.
The Freeman Vines short film has been released today by @switchboard.magazine .
Watch the film and witness the search for his sound. Freeman reached a truth with his existence.
View the film and consider your journey.
#documentary #foryourconsideration
