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Film Courage: Why did CryptTV hire a first time director to direct one of their first domestic feature film?
Bomani J. Story, Screenwriter: Yeah, I believe it is. So we could be on the journey together. I don’t know, you’d have to ask them but that’s my answer and I’m sticking to it.
Film Courage: Good answer. How hard is it for a first-time director to get that job?
Bomani: Hard. Everyone’s going to be asking you stuff. They’re going to want to see, they’re going to be worried about experience, they’re going to be worried about a bunch of different things. It’s not an easy feat.
Film Courage: How did you build trust that you could handle this project?
Bomani: Just through dialogue and talking to them and through my pitch and through some of my sample work that I sent them and those things. Nothing’s guaranteed and I try to always approach everything where no one has to make the movie with you or any movie with you. They don’t have to. I think understanding that and approaching it that way and talking to people and being transparent and things of that nature with what you want to accomplish, I think helps, at least in my one time experience. I hope that helped.
Film Courage: Would you have said no to selling the screenplay if they said no to the directing?…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
About:
Bomani J. Story was born in Riverside, California and raised in Redlands, California. Growing up, Bomani always had a love of reading literature and watching films. He even spent time writing his own short stories as a child. Upon graduation of high school, Bomani cut his teeth on filmmaking when he started making short films with his fellow collaborators. After two years at San Bernardino Valley College, Bomani was accepted into the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts to study film production. Since his graduation from USC in 2010, he has been honing his skills as a writer and director. Bomani makes his directorial debut with a reimagining of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster, a classic literary horror story filmed through a modern lens (which world premiered at 2023 SXSW).
Vicaria is a brilliant teenager who believes death is a disease that can be cured. After the brutal and sudden murder of her brother, she embarks on a dangerous journey to bring him back to life. Inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster thematically challenges our ideas of life and death. Writer and director Bomani J. Story crafts a thrilling tale about a family that, despite the terrors of systemic pressure, will survive and be reborn again.
WATCH ‘THE ANGRY BLACK GIRL AND HER MONSTER’
Theangryblackgirlandhermonstermovie.com
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