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Out of the Muck 4th Monday Community Screening January 23, 2023

Monday, January 23, 2023 @ 7pm PST

St. Clair Bourne 4th Monday Community Documentary Screening

A Virtual Experience

"OUT OF THE MUCK"

directed by Bhawin Suchak

Family, football and history come to life in an intimate portrait of the Dean family, longtime residents of the historic town of Pahokee, Florida. We take a journey back home, with filmmaker Ira McKinley, to the land of sugarcane, as he reconnects with his niece Bridget and nephew Alvin and explores their shared family history that spans seven generations. Told through stories that transcend space and time, Outta The Muck presents a community, and a family, that resists despair with love, remaining fiercely self-determined, while forging its own unique narrative of Black achievement.

 

Bhawin Suchak

BHAWIN SUCHAK
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/DOP/EDITOR

Bhawin is an educator, filmmaker, and founding member/co-executive director of Youth FX, a media arts organization focused on empowering young people of color in Albany, NY and around the world by teaching them creative and technical skills in film and digital media while supporting self-determined communities of emerging artists. Bhawin also co-directs NeXt Doc, a year-round fellowship program that exists to amplify the voices of documentary filmmakers of color between the ages of 20-24 years old. Bhawin is the co-director, producer, cinematographer and editor of Outta The Muck (2022), a feature length documentary supported by ITVS, JustFilms, Sundance, and Southern Documentary Fund. He previously co-directed, The Throwaways (2014) with Ira Mckinley, and Free To Learn (2004).
 

 

Ira Mckinley

IRA MCKINLEY
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER

Ira Mckinley is a filmmaker and activist and the director/producer of the award-winning documentary The Throwaways. Born in Upstate New York he is now based in South Florida where Outta The Muck is set. Ira started his activism in the 1980’s when he participated in Act Up in Ithaca, NY. During the winters of 2007/2008 he started a Homeless Arts Showcase in Northampton, MA’s Pulaski Park which was inspired by his fifteen years being homeless himself. Ira is the recipient of the 2014 ACLU Carol S. Knox award, 2013 MLK Storytelling + Activist Award from Siena College, 2009 Northampton Arts Council’s Emerging Filmmaker Award, and was the 2009 Producer of the Year for Northampton Community Television. His current film Outta The Muck tells the story of his family roots in Pahokee, FL and is being produced with support from ITVS, JustFilms, Sundance, and Southern Documentary Fund.

 

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Monday, January 23, 2023
7:00pm - 9:30pm PST

  • To view the film via Zoom Share Screen and participate in the Q&A with the filmmaker, everyone must RSVP by Sunday, 1.22.23 at 12:00PM to badwestla3@gmail.com.
  • Only all who RSVP, will be sent the Zoom link for the screening and Q&A on Sunday1.22.23 after 5pm.
  • Screening and Q&A with the filmmaker are both on Monday, 1.23.23 from 7pm - 9:30pm PST via Zoom.

Looking forward to a great screening and lively discussion!

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The Black Association of Documentary Filmmakers West is a project of Fulcrum Arts' Emerge fiscal sponsorship program. www.fulcrumarts.org

The Black Association of Documentary Filmmakers West (BAD West) is a professional organization providing people of African descent working in documentary film, video or other media the opportunity to network professionally, share resources, exchange ideas and meet socially in order to enhance the development, production, promotion and exhibition of documentaries. The Black Association of Documentary Filmmakers West also advocates the recognition and professional advancement of Black documentary filmmakers.