A Project to Change Sitelines

In 2021, I partnered up with Cadence (www.cadencetheatre.com) to work on a series of projects they are working on called “Sitelines BLM”, which highlight stories told by local black in incredibly intimate ways in order to spark conversation.  They are all filmed around Richmond, Virginia and in a way, do a good job of talking about the dark racist history of the cities past while offering hope for the future. It was my first time working on a short film quite like that (Mostly work on travel documentary, small comedic projects, corporate promotions, and wedding films), but was excited to get to work on a project as exciting as this.

The first project, “Still Fighting” is about to be released.  It certainly takes quite some time to coordinate finishing a project like this, complicated by the poor audio conditions that Joey Luck (Joey Luck | Sound Design & Music) worked absolute wonders on to overcome.  I worked on cinematography, editing, color correction, and the trailer for the short film, and after working on a 10 minute film for 8 months, it felt like I got to know every blink, every inch, and every exhale in the entire film.  It’s going to be different once this out in the open, unable to be touched again, but I can’t wait for you all to see it, and am so lucky to have worked with such skilled artist to make this possible.

The hope is to tour the short film around the country to spark conversations before holding a festival for the collection of Sitelines BLM films in Richmond, Virginia. I hope they bring to light perspectives of the BLM movement that have otherwise been unexplored, and bring to the light the vision of the folks who wrote it.

Check out the trailer below and check back later for festival dates.

Still Fighting was directed by Margarette Joyner, produced by Danny Caporaletti, and stars Rakeem Laws, Toney Q Cobb, and Whitney Tymas.