Realizing: A Ronnie Braithwaite Film Showcase

1049 Ponce De Leon Avenue Northeast,Atlanta GA 30306

28 December, 2022

Description

Introducing REALIZING, a one-night-only film screening of WOKE (2017), BIPOLART (2022) and HE THEY (2023) followed by a panel discussion + Q&A with the Director, Producer, Cinematography and Sound team! Live at the Plaza Theatre on Wednesday, December 28. 7:00pm: Meet & Greet 7:30pm: Films screening begin 8:30pm: Interactive Feedback Workshop 9:00pm: Panel Q&A Discussion 9:15pm: Networking and Exit About the filmsWOKE (2017): At a predominantly white institution, Marcus convinces his black fraternity to admit its first white student. This short film follows the story of Omega Kappa Epsilon (ΩKE), a newly chartered black fraternity, as it accepts its first white member at Wilhelm University in the wake of campus-wide racial tension. What begins as a story seated between the societal lines of an interracial brotherhood, takes a dark turn for all of the fraternity’s members as their bond becomes one they never imagined. Genre: Drama Runtime: 12 mins. 55 sec BIPOLART (2022): An honest exploration into the creative processes of two friends, a musician and a documentary filmmaker, on their journey of sharing publicly that they are bipolar through their art. Genre: Documentary Runtime: 24 mins, 2 sec HE THEY (2023): A gender coming-of-age story that follows Ronnie, a documentary filmmaker, confronting his upbringing to reinterpret the influences that shaped their perception of boyhood. He They is a film that explores the relationships between masculinity, self-perception and self-actualization. Genre: Docufiction Runtime: 14 mins Panelists: Ronnie Braithwaite (Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, Cast, WOKE, BIPOLART, HE THEY) Kiah Alexandria Clingman (Producer, HE THEY) Cornelius Chandler (Producer and Cast, BIPOLART) Deion James (Cinematographer, BIPOLART, HE THEY) Victor Tyler (Cinematographer, BIPOLART, HE THEY) James Gary (Sound Engineer, BIPOLART, HE THEY)