ravebird, an Indigenous and woman-owned video production company based in Madison, hosted a virtual panel Thursday afternoon addressing the intersection of arts, activism and social inequity within Wisconsin arts and beyond.
Tying in themes from the company’s most recent feature film, “Trace the Line,” Trace the Line Community Conversations featured the voices of director, screenwriter, and Bravebird co-founder Alejandro Miranda Cruz, cinematographer Greg Hatton, Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce President Zach Brandon, and Dane Arts Director Mark Fraire.
The pandemic has forced much of the film industry to suspend production, but Alex Miranda Cruz and Noel Miranda have been undeterred in their creative pursuits. Their Middleton-based company, Bravebird, is currently in the midst of a safe, socially distanced autumnal shoot of its first narrative feature film, Trace The Line. Inspired by the mid-twentieth century photojournalism of Gordon Parks and the recent films of Barry Jenkins (If Beale Street Could Talk), the film is a poetic exploration of the internal and social chaos of 2020.
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Alex Miranda Cruz, an award-winning filmmaker and co-founder of Bravebird, a Madison-based, filmmaking company, was scheduled to be at Threshold in March with a much-anticipated evening debuting a presentation and conversation about Cinema Dignité.
Read MoreAt Bravebird I get to work with a team of artists who are fueled with a desire to share stories that bring dignity and hope to all who engage with our craft. Our goal is not simply to create successful projects for clients but to create artful work that leaves viewers wanting to engage with our content again and again. We want them to feel that together we can redeem our human stories.
