Now out on KQED Arts (PBS), my newest mini-doc, The Scraper Bike Team: Riding as One, an Oakland original. Read the write-up and check out the video on KQED Arts.
"Elevations" on Okayplayer
My new cinematography work is featured on the music video for "Elevations" produced by Kriswontwo released today on Okayplayer. Directed by Alex G. Starring Bay Area rapper/producer, Wallah Umoja of Left-N-Right Records. Principal photography set in Oakland, California. Check it out the write-up and video here.
PBS - How Afrofuturism mixes science fiction and social justice
My short documentary in association with KQED Arts about Selam Bekele's view of Afrofuturism was recently featured on PBS' Art Beat. A black woman with a renewed vision of arts from the African perspective in the Bay Area.
PÖFF (Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival) Intro
I recently got to direct a short film for the Black Nights Film Festival aka PÖFF in Tallinn, Estonia. This project enabled me to work again with long time collaborator, Aleksey Siman as cinematographer. I shaped a story around the Estonian countryside in the beginnings of winter. The film will serve as look into the festival's unique love of cinema as a promotional intro. The piece is produced by the media production company, Vita Pictura. Coming soon. Photos by Peter Trudolyubov.
Oakland Screening of 6 x 6
Selam Bekele, an Oakland Afrofuturist
Check out the new piece I produced and directed with the collaboration of KQED Arts, the Northern California PBS affiliate. This a special documentary short about an artist, Selam Bekele keeping the African presence in the Bay Area through her mult-media forms of art. You can read the KQED Arts article here. See the video below:
KQED Arts doc featured on Complex Style
From Jamaica to the Bay, Joonbug’s Illustrated Journey | KQED Arts
Check out the new KQED Arts piece, From Jamaica to the Bay, Joonbug’s Illustrated Journey directed by Alex F. Ghassan featuring artist- Joonbug, and director of photography- yours truly.
On Markee 2.0 Spotlight
See what we had to say about creating the visuals for MIA-mi in Markee 2.0 magazine here: Spotlight | Southeast: Tales from Two Cities
MIA-mi Teaser Trailer
See a quick piece of what's to come from MIA-mi with the official teaser trailer.