In the Press
ACTION Film Festival features 3 new works by local artists
The sights, stories and histories of the city of Richmond are the focus of a new film festival running from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14, at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture.
The ACTION Film Festival will showcase three films, “Still Fighting,” “Bleach” and “Break,” written by and featuring local creatives and set at historic locations and landmarks across Richmond…
Growing in the Dark
“I was thinking about why the theater, the building itself, is so important,” says Omiyemi Green, director of the Sitelines BLM Program for Cadence Theatre Company. “And it’s because when we all come into that space, all of our attention is focused in one direction. We are all there under a common agenda.”
Within Site
To be seen and heard is the goal of every artist, but not all creatives get the chance to have their work acknowledged. That’s one of the reasons Cadence Theatre Co. developed Sitelines BLM to offer a platform for underrepresented filmmakers…
Taking ACTION for BLM
Hear Omi Green, Sitelines BLM Program Director, chat on the SIFTER podcast about:
– How Sitelines BLM emerged
– The process from script selection to production
– A brief discussion the 3 shorts
– Why the festival is called “Action”
– The Welcome Table discussions afterward
