Our Image Film and Arts is a film, music, and theatre curator of positive works of art about and by underrepresented ethnic groups. We promote and support the creation of non-stereotypical, honest, cutting-edge, thought-provoking depictions of Black communities, as well as other ethnic communities. By providing a venue for film and art emphasizing this rich cultural diversity, we facilitate open, educational discussions amongst diverse populations. Through these works of art and opportunities for dialogue, Our Image Film and Arts Organization brings cultures together and reminds us that our basic human struggles, needs, and desires are what binds all mankind.
* MESSAGE TO MY UNBORN, Joseph E. Elmore, Jr., Director
runtime 8:00 min
* NOT LIKE THE COMMERCIALS, Wyatt Cagle, Director
runtime 9:30 min
* COMFORT, Stacy V. Hart, Director
runtime 9:00 min
* FIRST DATE, Marcus Jones, Director
runtime 7:40 min
* HUMAN PEOPLE, Chris Cloud, Director
runtime 70 min
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Drama - A Brooklyn man's three-day journey through New York's infamous central booking jail system, infamously known as “The Tombs.”
Drama – A teenaged girl and the father she did not grow up with try to become family.
TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PUPUI5ElOs
Satirical comedy – Thugs, The Musical is a hilarious “mockumentary” featuring performances by David Alan Grier and Margaret Cho. The short chronicles “non-urban” Black actor, Michael Gardner, his doomed musical production, and the misfit group of actors he’s assembled as his cast. After years of auditioning, but not being considered “Black enough” to be cast in any of the stereotypical “gangsta” roles that his fellow Black actors have been getting Michael starts his own theater musical production with rather unexpected results.
TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GWnAgUtAZU
Romantic Comedy – Parker’s friends thinks he is crazy for believing that Al Green's new album will bring fractured families back together upon it's release. Parker is making a documentary about the difficulty African American families face in staying together, but he knows Al Green’s music can save them all. The films provides an intimate, well-rounded view of several couples navigating pregnancy, commitment, communication and fatherhood.
TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ayiUJDJAc4
Satirical comedy - A smart satire with a wicked streak of goofball humor, DESTINATION: PLANET NEGRO! has the feel of low-budget 1950s sci-fi, as leaders including W.E.B. DuBois and George Washington Carver kick off a secret plot to solve the “Negro Problem” by way of a rocket ship to Mars. Carrying a crew of three, the spacecraft vaults into a time warp, landing its brave scientists in a present-day Midwestern metropolis, where this comedy takes on the look of a reality show as the astonished adventurers discover unbelievable developments like young men with drooping pants and the election of a black president.