Black Filmmakers: Telling Our Stories
Tuesday, February 21, 2006 at 6:30 pm
Friday, February 24, 2006 at 11:30 pm
Another View – Black Filmmakers: Telling Our Stories explores the careers of three successful New Jersey filmmakers.
Enter Kevin Shaw, producer and director of Jeremiah Strong, a short film about a drifter trying to make amends for past mistakes. While searching for a low-rent apartment, Jeremiah (Barry Scott) discovers that affordable housing is not the only thing that is difficult to regain in life. Screening in more than 30 film festivals around the world, Jeremiah Strong is the recipient of several honors for acting and cinematography. In 2003, Shaw was nominated for the Gordon Parks Emerging African American Filmmaker award sponsored by the IFP.
Meet Pete Chatmon, the writer and director of the urban romantic comedy Premium. Chatmon is also the CEO of Double 7 Film, a company whose mission is to “create and provide audiences with content (film, commercials and music videos) that deconstructs race as an idea and mirrors our ever changing society.”
Yvonne Smith brings the funk as writer and director of Parliament Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove. The film shows the making of a band and unravels the creative layers of the band’s leader George Clinton. Smith discusses the P-funk legacy and the collaborative nature of filmmaking. The film made its debut on PBS in 2005.
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Pete Chatmon
