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Film Courage: Bomani, you’ve modernized Frankenstein, now you’ve modernized this idea of Lord of the Rings, is this correct?
Bomani J. Story, Writer/Filmmaker: Yeah, Juice meetsLord of the Rings that’s what I like to call it, as that’s the best way I can think about it.
Film Courage: How much of that is your love for these stories and how much of that is being smart about the business side of creation?
Bomani: Man, I wish I could say I was smart with the business because but I’m not. I’m too new to the game to kind of understand what the hell’s going on with everybody that’s moving in this business.
It’s just things that I love. I love Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. I love that book. I love that story. It moved me in the same way Tolkien moved me with the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. I loved those books. I loved those movies. I even loved the animated movie of The Hobbit that they did. Sméagol scared me in that and I loved Juice as a kid watching that movie, so I love both of those things. They just kind of collided in my head. I just wrote the script or whatever and shot a promo for it, but yeah, I just love them.
Film Courage: You say you’re new to the business but you’re not new to loving a story. You’ve been an audience member and it sounds like a very passionate audience member?
Bomani: Yeah, well I guess, I mean I can only speak for myself. I don’t know if people will…(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.
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