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Bryan Green

Bryan Oliver Green is an independent filmmaker, writer, musician, teaching artist & model. Originally from Washington DC, he attended film school in Philadelphia where he wrote and directed dozens of short films, narratives, documentaries, music videos and promotional videos; including the critically acclaimed experimental short Something In The Way Of Things [In Town] (an adaptation of Amiri Baraka's poetic work), The Philadelphia Bicycle Vignette Story, nominated for Best Narrative in BlackStar 2017 and Recurrence Plot, a short film adaptation of Rasheedah Phillips’ science fiction novel of the same name.  He is currently based in California but still works frequently with the Philadelphia-based afrofuturist collective Black Quantum Futurism, exhibiting work nationally and internationally. 

Wednesday, April 20, 7:00 PM 

Grandfather Paradox Altar[ation]
(USA, 2021, 3 min)
In Green’s most recent work, the filmmaker utilizes several experimental film techniques to explore the concept of the Grandfather Paradox. Starring Bréhima Sangaré.

Amiri Baraka’s “Something In The Way Of Things (In Town)”
(USA, 2007, 10 min)
A visual adaptation of Baraka’s scathing and foreboding social commentary, with music by The Roots.

Recurrence Plot: The Family Circle
(USA, 2018, 16 min)
Adapted from a book written by Rasheedah Phillips, Recurrence Plot (And Other Time Travel Tales), this film is the story of a crystal memory-storing bracelet that transports a young mother back to past events in her mother's life.

A Variation on Three Funerals
(USA, 2006, 4 min)

An experimental documentary detailing the funerals of my great aunts & uncle who all passed away within months of each other and were laid to rest in Jenkins, Kentucky.