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Film Courage: What’s your first step in a writing process?
Bomani J. Story, Writer/Filmmaker: I like outlines. I’ll kind of get the story down in some Word document or something or note pad or whatever and just start putting it down that way just to understand what I’m dealing with.
Film Courage: Do you believe there are dead ends in writing or that a writer can always find their way out of a story?
Bomani: I guess the idealistic version of me will say yeah. I feel like you can always find a way out because you can erase what you did and then do something else. Technically yes, there’s always a way out but I’m a believer of once you set your idea of what you’re going for with a story, then certain walls start going up. I believe that a lot of people think that because you’re writing you can do anything you want. I think that’s true, but once you start putting words down you are now putting boundaries up …(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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