30 - (In)Visible Portraits (with Oge Egbuonu)

Filmmaker Oge Egbuonu joins Jenny Curtis on Hollywood Unscripted
to talk about her powerful directorial debut, (IN)VISIBLE
PORTRAITS. Through the conversation they discuss: 


TIMESTAMPS:


0:36 - The experience of the week after releasing the
film 

1:06 - Meeting EP Michael Meyer and how the film came to
be. 

3:15 - Why Oge hadn’t thought about being a director

3:48 - Creating the structure and flow of the film. 

7:27 - The artist Victoria Cassinova and the process of her
involvement in the film. 

9:01 - The poet Jazmine Williams and the process of her
involvement in the film. 

10:21 - The composer Jamey Heath and his process of creating
the score. 

11:23 - The research phase of this project and the revelatory
things she learned. 

13:32 - Dr. Joy Degruy’s introduction

13:54 - How Oge found and got to know the subjects in the
film, from the scholars to everyday women and girls. 

15:38 - How she created an environment that allowed for true
vulnerability and insisting upon an all-female crew. 

17:13 - The subjects of the film and the story of Helen
Jones. 

20:55 - Having a variety of generations, careers and
lifestyles in the film and remaining open to the process. 

21:51 - Moving the release date from fall to
Juneteenth. 

23:47 - Facing rejection in the search of distribution and
redirecting the approach. 

24:31 - The personal effect that the research had on Oge and
how she was able to take care of her mental health in the
process. 

26:36 - The choice of using parenthesis in the title,
(In)Visible Portraits. 

27:48 - Oge feeling invisible as a child, and finding herself
feeling seen now. 

29:29 - What she hopes to see happen in the next 20 years and
the goal to have this film included in school curriculum. 

31:09 - Realizing after picture-lock that the film was
something special. 

32:34 - Sitting with the film before being able to talk about
it. 

34:19 - Oge’s gratitude for the support she’s received 



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