Body of Work: Bryan Green (Day 2)
Body of Work: Bryan Green (Day 2)
A retrospective glance at films and filmmakers who have shaped local culture.
Q&A with filmmaker each night
Bryan Green
Bryan Oliver Green is an independent filmmaker, writer, musician, teaching artist & model. Originally from Washington DC, he attended film school in Philadelphia where he wrote and directed dozens of short films, narratives, documentaries, music videos and promotional videos; including the critically acclaimed experimental short Something In The Way Of Things [In Town] (an adaptation of Amiri Baraka's poetic work), The Philadelphia Bicycle Vignette Story, nominated for Best Narrative in BlackStar 2017 and Recurrence Plot, a short film adaptation of Rasheedah Phillips’ science fiction novel of the same name. He is currently based in California but still works frequently with the Philadelphia-based afrofuturist collective Black Quantum Futurism, exhibiting work nationally and internationally.
Thursday, April 21, 7:00 PM
One Phshy Morninh
(USA, 2009, 2 min)
a comical short depicting a day in the life of native West Philadelphian DJ Phsh, also known as DJ Matthew Law.
The Philadelphia Bicycle Vignette Story
(USA, 2015, 35 min)
The Philadelphia Bicycle Vignette Story is a series of loosely yet cleverly strung-together surrealist, socially scathing, comical vignettes. It's a story about a city, a humorous and unique portrayal of Philadelphia–specifically in terms of hip-hop and the black experience, youth counter-culture, modern racism, poverty/homelessness, the public education system and the city’s budget crisis.
William’s Plight
(USA, 2005, 5 min)
An experimental documentary/narrative about a friend, 18-year-old William Holmes, nearly locked up for 20 years for a crime that he had nothing to do with. Creatively addresses the eternal problem of racial profiling within the DC Metropolitan Police Department and the country at large.
A Troubled People
(USA, 2003, 1min)
One of Green’s earliest shorts, an experiment in "in-camera editing", an impressionistic glimpse of my block & hometown in Washington DC with commentary on the black experience. [Including audio clips from The Roots & Spike Lee's Mo' Betta Blues]
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