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The Tragedy Unfolds is comprised of a video which the ultimate goal is to create a trans media physical and virtual space that explores police brutality and its impact on Black youth, families and communities through the lens of Newark, NJ and Ferguson Missouri.

The project outcome will comprise two components:

1. A physical exhibit and film screening to be held on Rutgers- Newark and Essex County College campuses in February 2016.

2. A web-based exhibit and crowdsourced portal to the black lives matter movement and movement to end police brutality.

The Ferguson project is directed by Essex County College graduate and Rutgers-Newark student Barbara Cummings. Advisors include Professor Jennifer Wager and Dr. Margaret Stephens.

The footage of the Mike Brown/ferguson incident will be displayed through two stages. There will be footage of Newark riots to show a parallel of images of incidents regarding black lives matter movement. This documentary with show how St Louis county, Missouri became the focus of national attention in the shooting death of Mike Brown. This will display a summary of the persistent problem of policing and racial violence  of unarmed black men.  The end result of this  project is to influence the audience and my colleagues that curation is creative  approach to display  factual information to an audience through a documentary.  This film is a great marketing strategy as a presentation for a future feature film. The chronicle above has  professional opinions of community activist, students and the common man interview of the Ferguson encounter.

This film has a clear picture of a specific event, while at the same time a mother’s wit, while at the same time a story from a student's perspective. You will see in this documentary from beginning to end how, we made an honest attempt to capture truth through our eyes vs other versions of edited stories that was given through the various media outlets. I felt this was a major responsibility as producer to capture the audience rare emotion through a lens. It brings  on a great amount of emotion to just edit and see these clips and know that somehow there is not justice in this case and many others.

We took on a strategy to take a bit out of crime through curation, in hopes through this film it would  motivate others to join in on the  black live matter movement. We hope the picture will help one to  take a stance to stop police brutality, and racial profiling. I displayed  how the Ferguson tragedy was indeed one of the leading forces in the good, bad indifferent, true as well as controversy issues in our communities. The process of this project did display a diverse coalitions coming together to speak out against  police brutality, racism. We in summary will continue through film to resolution to fight for laws against officers and confront the reality  that policing against black communities has not changed. But yet in time we hope there will be. We did manual research, viewing, reviewing, interviews  and vetting(making critical examination of footage). Overall the goal is for all viewers of film screening a better understanding of police brutality, black lives matter movement from the Mike Ferguson incident. Let us not Forget!

Works Cited

Drehle, David Von, et al. "The Tragedy Of Ferguson. (Cover Story)." Time 184.8 (2014): 22. MAS Ultra - School Edition. Web. 31 Oct. 2015.

(Modern Language Assoc.) Works Cited "The Cop." New Yorker 91.23 (2015): 44-1. Literary Reference Center. Web. 2 Nov. 2015.

(Modern Language Assoc.)Works Cited Lydia, Smith. "Mike Brown Shooting: US Journalists Ryan Reilly and Wesley Lowery Tweet and Film Arrest in Ferguson McDonalds." International Business Times: United Kingdom Edition (UK) 14 Aug. 2014: NewsBank. Web. 2 Nov. 2015.  

(Modern Language Assoc.) Works Cited Kathleen Caulderwood @kcaulderwood, k.caulderwood@i. "Mike Brown Update: Ferguson Shooting Protesters March, National Guard Close By." International Business Times (USA) 18 Aug. 2014: NewsBank. Web. 2 Nov. 2015.

actual building burdened during riot

protestor where Mike Brown was shot

                      

      

https://youtu.be/hQ0vclMS0yc

Omotade Fatiregun - America's Mirror

My Final project, "America's Mirror", is built on the premise that the Mass Media is a mirror into the lives of everyday Americans. It is said that America's biggest export is media/entertainment,with this in mind i embarked on a project that would be critical of the accuracy of this "mirror". It has long been an issue of concern that the creators and gate keepers of our various entertainment industries do represent a specific demographic as posed to reflecting the vastness of the American population. In other words, the people who own the companies and have the biggest influences over what we see are White Males. The purpose of my project is to start a dialogue amongst todays creators on how to change that. My project would consist of two components.

The first component is history. In order to create have proper dialogue, one must have a grasp of context. I decided to focus in on a specific demographic, according to history the first non-white demo to be depicted in american media, the african american community.  I decided to create a blog on the popular site Tumblr. On this blog i attempt to give the history of the depictions and quality of representation African Americans have had in american media. I intend for it to serve as sort of a timeline to lead to where today's creators have to build from.

The second component is a documentary that would target creators directly, especially those working in a visual medium. I based the documentary on two young African American photographers, on male and one female, currently working on a joint endeavor called, "The Melanin Project". The premise of the project is to photograph black, male and female subjects in the nude in order to celebrate the beauty of melanin. I wanted to document the journey they go on as they put this project together. While acting as a fly on the wall as a good documentarian should, I attempt to find out how America's Mirror has affected them as consumers as well as creators of media. Armed with a knowledge of this countries history of portraying melanated peoples, how do they plan on effecting change if intact the believe change is necessary.    

Below is a short teaser of the documentary. Due to schedules of both of the photographers and the difficulty involved in finding subjects that will pose nude, i have not gotten as far as i would have liked. I plan to continue documenting them on their journey as they work on what could be a defining project in both of their careers. 

America's Mirror Blog: http://americasmirror.tumblr.com/

Bibliography

1. Bogle, Donald. Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films. New York: Continuum, 2001. Print
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5. Burton, Nsenga. "100 Years of Black Cinema: Oscar Micheaux, Melvin Van Peebles, Spike Lee, Kasi Lemmons." N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2015.
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