Hella Cinematic | KEEP IT ON THE REAL ft. Joslyn Rose + Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi
Hella Cinematic: The Radical Impact of the Bay Area on Film with Institute for Diversity in the Arts' Visiting Artist, Chinaka Hodge
An open class ft. guests:
Joslyn Rose + Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi
Theme: KEEP IT ON THE REAL:
FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY
from Bay Area Filmmakers
Tonight Chinaka Hodge is joined by Josyln Rose + Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi. We’ll ask them what documentary film should learn from feature film and vice versa? How does cinematic structure inform a documentary filmmaker’s story-telling processes?
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Chinaka Hodge is a poet, playwright, and screenwriter. She attended USC's School of Cinematic Arts MFA in the Writing Division with a focus in Augmented Reality/ARG. She has appeared on two seasons of HBO’s Def Poetry and is a Kennedy Center Next50 recipient. Chinaka's screenwriting credits include RISE, SNOWPIERCER (HBO/MAX) , AMAZING STORIES (APPLE+), and THE MIDNIGHT CLUB (NETFLIX). Chinaka is Head Writer/Executive Producer of Disney+ / MARVEL’s series IRONHEART, which focuses on the adventures of black girl tech genius, Riri Williams. Chinaka is also a mom to a brilliant 4 year old.
Joslyn Rose is an Emmy®-nominated director, award-winning filmmaker, producer, and writer working across both narrative and non-fiction storytelling with films featured on Showtime, Paramount, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Starz, and Lionsgate. Her projects have premiered at festivals including Sundance London, Essence Fest, and Urbanworld. She was named a finalist for the Academy Gold Women's Fellowship under the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Joslyn's feature-length studio directorial debut, Stand (Showtime/Paramount+), explores the extraordinary journey of activist and basketball prodigy Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf. The film features Steph Curry, Mahershala Ali, Ice Cube, and others, and was nominated for a Sports Emmy® Award for Outstanding Feature Length Documentary.
Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi is an internationally-recognized and award-winning filmmaker. He is the founder of FistUpTv, a non-extractive media platform uplifting and telling stories from underrepresented communities worldwide. His work has circulated through National Broadcast: Free Speech TV, Teaching Channel, and PBS. Online he has created content for remezcla, okayafrica, TIDAL, and VIBE. Known for the award-winning documentaries, We Still Here / Nos Tenemos and Bakosó Afrobeats of Cuba, Eli is currently curating his 17th Annual Fist Up Film Festival. His dedication to his craft is deeply connected to his commitment to social justice and the belief in the transformative power of storytelling.
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Hella Cinematic: The Radical Impact of the Bay Area on Film is presented by IDA, the Institute for Diversity in the Arts.
This winter, join celebrated poet, screenwriter, and show-runner Chinaka Hodge (Marvel’s Ironheart, Snowpiercer, and The Midnight Club) for a generative writing course rooted in community. In this course, we will examine The Bay Area’s radical influence on Modern American Cinema from the standpoint of both creator and critic. Students can expect to learn the fundamentals of traditional three act structure, gain a comprehensive knowledge of industry workings, and investigate a wide swath of genre and approach. Work from directors and composers from Northern California or with films set in the area will be the core of our syllabus, with special attention given to Ryan Coogler, Nijla Mumin, Boots Riley, Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi, Joslyn Rose Lyons, and Barry Jenkins. We will look at forms in feature film, musical variety, hour long and half hour TV, original soundtracks and scores.