Blueprint For My People

World Premiere

About This Film

Groundbreaker Winner
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Festival Year: 2024
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Run Time: 10 Minutes
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Film Type: Short
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Animated: No
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Countr(ies): USA
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Language: English
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English Subtitles: No
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Captions: None

Film Overview

Blueprint For My People is a short film that illuminates the African-American experience by interweaving the poem, “For My People” by Margaret Walker with contemporary images and rare 19th century cyanotypes (blue photographic prints known as “blueprints”).

Film Contact: Paradox FIlms

Cast & Crew

Directed By

Carol Bash

Produced By

Carol Bash

Screenwriting

Margaret Walker

Cinematographers

N/A

Editors

Carol Bash

Principal Cast

Bettina "Poet Gold" Wilkerson-Spoken Word Narration, Richard "Braf Matic" Brathwaite-Spoken Word Narration