Bridging Stories

11/25/2023

Things are not always as they seem. There’s always more to the story…

11/24/2023

Caption this:
What are actors Ryan Love and A-La Davis, talking about while on the set of Music For A While??!!🤷🏽‍♀️

11/18/2023

That Friday feeling ✨

Amir, Malcolm, and Ricardo rehearsing for Music For A While.

11/13/2023

Our 12/2 2:30 pm screening block is SOLD OUT!

But fret not! The festival screenings often have no-shows, and last minute tickets are available the day of. Get there early, and grab your tickets!

Hope to see you there! 🫶

11/12/2023

Dances With Films NYC 2023 announces lineup with 64 world premieres, featuring 135 films in 4 days. Don't miss this last major film festival in New York City this year.

11/10/2023

The word is out!

( ZIZ ) – Dances With Films NYC 2023 has unveiled full lineup for 2nd annual event.

08/27/2023

Sunday morning geek-out: the locked timeline to our upcoming short, “Music For a While” which I’ve been obsessing over for weeks. The picture tracks are nicely collapsed, until the final scene. The sound tracks are expansive cuz it’s a musical with LOTS of nat sound and effects. Super excited to share this to the world when it’s (finally) completed 🎞️✂️🥰

07/31/2023

Finally watching Yi dai zong shi aka The Grandmaster. I continue to be amazed with the beauty of films. A martial arts film about Bruce Lee’s sensei, , the storytelling, the acting, the fight sequences, the cinematography, the music, all elevate the film to pure art. More of this, please.

03/12/2023

Attended the opening night of the powerfully infuriating documentary Rewind & Play featuring the genius that was and is at this past Friday. The film deconstructs footage of a TV interview with Monk who was on the last leg of his 1969 European tour. An experiment in editing and sound design the film is beautiful, but as I said also infuriating as we witness Monk’s growing frustration at not being understood as the genius musician he is (the first jazz artist to grace the cover of Time magazine) by the French interviewer who asks him silly questions like why was his grand piano situated in his kitchen. Monk finally tells the interviewer and is all who he truly is with 20 minutes of solo playing that felt like watching him live. If you can get to BAM this week, I highly recommend it. Added bonus was the Q&A real talk about his father from . This film is 🔥 💪🏿

10/25/2022

Well past my bedtime for a Monday night but well worth it seeing this amazing film with . Big ups to

05/09/2022

Wonderful weekend in Austin, where had the world premiere of an amazing piece of music, “Coming Out Party.” What an amazingly complex and fun song, performed with perfectly by world class master guitarist . I am very proud of Justice, and amazed at his growing talent as a composer. The video will be available soon via . ❤️ ❤️ 🤜🏿 🤛🏿

04/19/2022

We are what we think. ❤️

11/19/2021

Me getting up at 3:30a to watch the red-tinged lunar eclipse brings back memories of 2012 with and getting up at 2am to film the solar eclipse in Cairns Australia. Both rare events, both memorable.

09/12/2021

Creation is forward not backwards.

04/30/2021

04/11/2021

Admittedly, I kind of suck at taking pictures of my friends. Luckily, I have those who do right by me. Photo by

03/14/2021

UP NEXT FOR “WILLINGBORO: YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW”
Bridging Stories is proud to announce that “Willingboro: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow” will screen next at the SR Socially Relevant™ Film Festival New York. Although this will be our New York premiere, it’s the mission of SR that really excites us:

“[SR] focuses on socially relevant film content, and human interest stories that raise awareness to social problems and offer positive solutions through the powerful medium of cinema.”

ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Showing as part of the CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY program, “Willingboro” screens with the feature documentary, “Stalking Chernobyl: Exploration After Apocalypse,” which examines the underground culture of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone three decades after the world's most infamous nuclear disaster. Bridging Stories HIGHLY recommends this film by activist filmmaker Iara Lee. The adventure of “stalkers” who risk radiation exposure to explore Chernobyl’s post-apocalyptic landscape is powerful and serves as a perfect companion piece to last year’s highly praised HBO miniseries on the Chernobyl disaster.

TICKET INFORMATION
The program screen on SR’s website from Monday March 15th through Sunday March 21st. Tickets can be purchased here: https://tinyurl.com/488wexd2

If you have a chance to view the program, drop us a line and let us know what you think. Hope you can join us!

—One Love—

Bridging Stories
Kelvin Z. Phillips, Producer/Director/Editor
Carla Jackson, Producer/Publicity and Promotions

Socially Relevant Film Festival