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I AM SEAN BELL, black boys speak
From Our Fathers
From Our Fathers is a Documentary Web Series that gives voice to the men who are willing to speak openly about gender violence, fatherhood and responsibility.
Created by Filmmaker / Activist, Stacey Muhammad in collaboration with the "WeAreThe44%" Coalition of Black and Latina activists, artists, and writers – all of whom have a long history in social justice activism.
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Imani Uzuri "DREAM CHILD" Directed by: Stacey Muhammad
Imani Uzuri "DREAM CHILD" Directed by: Stacey Muhammad Featuring Dancer / Choreographer Camille A. Brown
The Gypsy Diaries, Imani Uzuri's second album is an introspective, gentler companion to Uzuri’s high-voltage debut, Her Holy Water: A Black Girl's Rock Opera. On The Gypsy Diaries, Uzuri paints images of travel—the chance meeting, the surprise connection—and reflects in global tones on the nature of distance, love, and our shared, transcendent moments.
The mysterious figure on the moonlit railway platform, the passerby on the dusty road are not strangers; they are friends and fellow travelers, and to stunning vocalist and thoughtful, globally-inspired composer Imani Uzuri, they spark melodies and musical connections. With the beautiful growl of a blueswoman and the sweetness of a nightingale, Uzuri finds the deep ties that bind her rural Carolina roots to Eastern Europe and North Africa as well as ties that bind the purr of sitar strings and the ripple of Japanese folk flute to African-American traditions and the international arts underground. Born of worldly travels and spiritual travails, Uzuri’s rich acoustic songs on The Gypsy Diaries find fresh settings for unifying human experiences: the loss of loved ones, the joy of discovering, the alienation and shifts of moving, meeting, and departing.
“Ultimately, this album is about finding my place through the traveling,” Uzuri explains, “the communion, the loneliness, victories, sadness, losses, euphorias, revelations, transformations coming to understand that I am always here: home."
"Dream Child"
lyrics by Imani Uzuri
music by Imani Uzuri and Christian Ver Halen
Director: Stacey Muhammad
Editor: Stacey Muhammad
Director of Photography: RH Bless
Shot by: RH Bless and Stacey Muhammad
Art Director: OlaRonke Akinmowo
Still Photography: Petra Richterova
Make-up: Rebecca Casciano
Hair Color: Raina Jackson
Mystic/Choreographer/Dancer: Camille A. Brown
Mystic/ Guitarist: Christian Ver Halen
Mystic/Daf player: Neel Murgai
Siren: Imani Uzuri
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Stacey M. Writer / Director REEL
Stacey Muhammad is an award winning writer / director, filmmaker and music video director who has written, directed and produced a series of award winning films of both the narrative and documentary genre. She is also a social activist and cultural critic who has lectured on a broad range of topics including hip hop, pop culture, media and film, social justice issues, and most notably, the history of Black women filmmakers in cinema.
Her social justice work dates back to 1995 when she served on the national organizing committee for the Million Man March, which was inspiration for her first documentary film, “A Glimpse of Heaven, The Legacy of the Million Man March.”
A native of New Orleans, LA, Stacey has worked extensively to document and preserve hip hop culture and address social issues through film and media. Her work includes multi media projects, music videos, arts and activism and social justice campaigns and award winning films including “I AM SEAN BELL, black boys speak, which made it’s film festival premiere at the PATOIS, New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival. An official selection to the Media That Matters Film Festival, where it was awarded the “Speaking Out Award”, the film received international acclaim and toured with the HBO / Media that Matters Film Festival for one year, screening for audiences worldwide.
In 2009, Stacey co-founded “Intelligent Seedz” with Artist / Activist, Wise Intelligent. The organization is committed to equipping youth with the necessary tools to tell their stories through documentary film. The youth media group has won national awards from the Environmental Protection Agency for their groundbreaking work addressing social issues impacting the lives of young people.
Her documentary film, “Out of Our Right Minds, Trauma, Depression and the Black Woman” was released in March 2010 to rave reviews and also premiered at the PATOIS New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival.
Her latest project, For Colored Boys, REDEMPTION starring Rob Morgan, Julito McCullum Jacinto Taras Riddick and Tim Reid is currently on the festival circuit. The award winning series, Executive Produced by author, journalist and social justice activist, Dr. Marc Lamont Hill is preparing for it’s second season with new cast members Charles Dutton and Adesola Osakalumi.
Stacey has screened, participated in panel discussions and lectured in both academic and non academic settings including The University of Houston, The University of Miami, Prairie View A&M University, Marymount Manhattan College, The University of the District of Columbia and Brooklyn College. She’s screened at the esteemed Brooklyn Academy of Music, been a panelist on “The Future of Black TVE” for Viacom and a presenter for the National Association of Black Journalist.
She and her work have been featured in The LA Times, Essence, Ebony, The Root, OkayPlayer, IndieWire, Shadow and Act, Colorlines, ScreenSlate and on HuffPost Live.
Follow Stacey online at Twitter at @staceymuhammad.com FB facebook.com/staceymuhammad Website: staceymuhammad.com
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from Stacey Muhammad
I AM SEAN BELL, black boys speak is an award winning short docu film directed by Stacey Muhammad of Wildseed Films. Featuring young black men between the ages of 11-14, this film addresses the continued violence against black men by police officers across the nation, with a focus on the Sean Bell murder. Young black boys speak about their fears growing up in a city and a nation where the lives of young black men are often cut short. This film is currently on a nationwide tour with the Media that Matters film festival, sponsored by HBO. For more information visit www.staceymuhammad.com