Why Are Black People So Weak?
Ethnographic Short Doc
The quality of the Black American household has been battered, eroded, and disregarded by white America for generations. Through the mass erasure of black history, a racially biased carceral system, and the systemic lynching of black men and women, black families are more broken than ever. However, that is simply where we as a people, have wound up. Repairing our families, healing generational trauma, and building unified and connected Black households in America begins with ourselves.
Director: Damani Douglas
Writer: Damani Douglas
Cinematographer: Damani Douglas
Editor: Damani Douglas
Focus: Darius Daniel
Advisor: Tiffany Jackman, George Larkins
Pre-Production
- Proposal Writing
- Research
- Plot Planning
- Moodboarding
- Voice & Tone
- Characters
- Storyboarding
-Location Scouting
- Shot list
Production
- Conducting Interviews
- Shooting (Visual, Voiceovers)
- Shooting (B-roll)
- Shooting (Foley)
Post-Production
- Soundbite Selection
- Timeline Organization
- Editing
- Sound Design
- Score
WHERE DO WE START?
Pre-Production.
What kind of research did I do?
01.
Industry
What documentaries, short films, or think pieces have already been made to tackle the issue of generational trauma in Caribbean Households?
02.
Historical
How does the brutal, buried history of Blackness in America shape the current dynamics of the Caribbean American household?
03.
Systemic Racism
How has the American system disenfranchised Black people, and what institutions continue to perpetuate injustice & inequity?
04.
Psychological
What are the lingering psychological effects of colonial enslavement? What is Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, and how does it appear in everyday life?
05.
Ethnographic
Who, within my target audience of Caribbean college students, can I interview to learn more about the parallels and differences of the Intra-Caribbean family dynamic?
COMMUNITY RESEARCH
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HOW DO I TELL THIS STORY?
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POST-PRODUCTION
