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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