FILM WORK
Kemari Bryant is a multi-disciplinary artist based on the East Coast. He is deeply concerned with uncovering untold stories on film, and the juxtaposition between realism and the absurd – particularly the thin line that separates the two, lying in the expression of surrealism in visual media and theatrical storytelling. He seeks to push the boundaries of audiences by revealing expressions of the unconscious mind, and by pushing the viewer so close to non-reality that they are forced to face absolute reality. Both intimate and charged with perspective, his work aims to strip down preconceptions of Black art and life on through theatre and film to give way to the infinite possibilities that come from the Black experience.
INSPACE
WRITER / DIRECTOR / EDITOR
INSPACE is an exploration of Black bodies in white space through the mediums of dance and film. An unconventional narrative, INSPACE follows the filmmaker's experience growing up in predominantly white spaces. Four dancers embody this journey from beginning to end, portraying what it truly is to be INSPACE.
VOTE FOR VLAD / THE 24TH YEAR
WRITER / DIRECTOR / EDITOR
An eccentric vampire hires a local filmmaker to film his campaign ad.
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Vote for Vlad is a biting comedy satire about how soulless modern politicians can be.
The average age-of-onset for bipolar disorder is 25 years old. I was diagnosed when I was 24.
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A collage film using a mixture of archival footage and home video, The 24th Year explores Vincent van Gogh, suicidal ideation, and being an artist with bipolar disorder.
MOTHMAN: AN ANTI-HATE SUPERHERO COMEDY
WRITER / DIRECTOR / EDITOR
Co-written with Michael Newman. Co-edited with Alexei Mejouev.
It’s 2020, and the student government election is in full swing at the PWI, James Buchanan University. After the death of Eric Fullson, a Tri Kappa Fraternity pledge, there is a spike in the polls for Bradley Holden, the president of Tri Kappa. Ronnie Reed discovers that Holden is using the death of Fullson to garner sympathy as he rigs the polls against his opponent, Veronica Moore. With the election quickly approaching Ronnie realizes that he must create the vigilante alter ego Mothman and, much like a moth, find the light in the darkness to defeat the political injustice on his campus. Link available upon request.
HAWTHORNE: A WEB SERIES
CREATOR / SHOWRUNNER / DIRECTOR / EDITOR
After a young woman’s emotional trauma creates a tear in the time-space continuum, the citizens of Hawthorne explore love, loss and identity as reality bends around them. The full Hawthorne web series is available on YouTube here.
Co-created with Michael Newman.
Hawthorne is a web series produced by my production company, Adynaton Productions. It was co-created by myself and Michael Newman. We also served as showrunners, heading up a Writer's Room of eight writers who each wrote an episode of the series. I had the responsibility of overseeing production, leading the design team and team of ten directors who came in to direct each episode, and directed three episodes myself (Episode 1, Episode 13, Episode 14). I also shot every episode on the BMPCC 4k.
BRINA
WRITER / DIRECTOR / DP / EDITOR
Co-written and co-directed with Cameron Linly Robinson.
A young woman must find stability in her community when she discovers she is pregnant on the eve of her 21st birthday.