Chris Dean’s heart stopped when he was two. He died but he came back. When Chris was five, his father was murdered, riddled by more than 20 bullets in a gang shootout. At age 18, Chris gained national attention when he introduced President Barack Obama at his high school graduation. Chris is an observer and philosopher who has always had a few things to say about life from his vantage point in South Memphis. He and Emmy-Award winning filmmaker Alan Spearman walked the neighborhood for eight weeks observing and recording what became the script of As I Am. This film floats through this remarkable young man's landscape, revealing the lives that have shaped his world. Poetic and powerful imagery, captured by Spearman and cinematographer Mark Adams, combines with the young philosopher’s trenchant observations about life.
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As I Am from alan spearman on Vimeo.
Photojournalist Alan Spearman’s short film As I Am is a work of urban poetry, spoken and visual, about life in the Memphis projects through the eyes of a young black man who grew up there. An Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and staff photographer at The Commercial Appeal, Spearman made As I Am to kick off the paper’s ongoing project about poverty.
more: http://www.pdnonline.com/features/Picture-Story-A-Gui-7319.shtml
http://www.roguefilmschool.com/about.asp
As I Am from alan spearman on Vimeo.
Photojournalist Alan Spearman’s short film As I Am is a work of urban poetry, spoken and visual, about life in the Memphis projects through the eyes of a young black man who grew up there. An Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and staff photographer at The Commercial Appeal, Spearman made As I Am to kick off the paper’s ongoing project about poverty.
more: http://www.pdnonline.com/features/Picture-Story-A-Gui-7319.shtml
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