looking for film subjects
Posted on | July 6, 2009 | No Comments
Greetings Good people,
I am the Co-Producer on a film project called Question Bridge Black Male. We are currently looking for more Black Male subjects to film in California. We will be shooting from July 14th -July 21st. We would like to include a variety of Black men and youth, but there are two groups of Black males who we would really like to focus more on. I am hoping you can refer me to some young kids; Black Males, from low income urban environments, who are living the street life, who would be interested in participating. We are also looking to find more openly gay Black men for the project. The film explores Black males from a variety of demographics however, after looking at the footage we have, we would like to have those demographics better represented.
And of course those of you who are Black Males are welcome to participate as well. Contact me for the exact shoot days and locations.
The link below, is to the trailer, which is also still a work in progress. It loads slowly so please be patient.
http://causecollective.com/hank/qb/QBTRAILER3min.mp4
In the case of young Black Males from low income neighborhoods, the irony is that they are often depicted in popular media, but are very difficult to get on camera in a documentary capacity.
Any assistance you could provide helping me find subjects in either group would be greatly appreciated. We are finalizing our shoot locations this week. We can also travel to special locations if necessary. We will probably shoot two days in Oakland and Two days in S.F.
Thanks for your help!
About Question Bridge Black Male:
Question Bridge creates a Question and answer dialogue between the various members of the Black American male population (primarily African American, but could include Black males from other parts of the world who are U.S. citizens and/or have been living in the U.S. for an extended amount of time) using video as the mediator. The idea is to expand upon the what the perceived identity is of Black men for those both inside and outside the Black community. Through this question and answer dialogue Black men will ask other Black men who are different from them or who they may even feel estranged from, questions they have always wanted to know the answer to. The differences could be economic class, age, religion, complexion, political etc. We shoot this with a mobile studio set and high definition digital video camera. We also plan on shooting additional footage of various Black Men in their own environments, in order to add some insight into what the various sub-communities of Black Men are like in this country. For example we would shoot some cutaway footage of young black men in urban areas on a typical day, a Black politician on a typical day, a Black farmer on a typical day, a Black banker, Black school teacher, Black military person etc.
The way Question Bridge works is that we simply video tape black men asking questions as if they were talking directly to other black men they consider to be very different from themselves. then we find someone who fits the basic demographic of who they are asking the question to, and video tape the answer as if they are talking directly to the original Black male asking the question. For example, on our trip across the South we were able to get a man in Birmingham Alabama who feels that he is constantly being racially profiled as a drug dealer by the local police, to ask why this is happening, as if he was talking to a judge. We were then able to get a black judge and a lawyer to directly answer his question.
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