Portal
PORTAL is a short non-fiction film about the lack of touch for single people during the COVID-19 pandemic and how two queer, BIPOC friends sustain each other through communication and connection. RT:11 mins No Color Correction. No Sound Mix. Temp Title Cards. Dir., Prod., Editor-Rodney Evans. Featuring Rodney Evans and Homay King. Cinematographer-Kjerstin Rossi.
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Rodney EvansDirectorVision Portraits, Brother To Brother
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Rodney EvansProducerBrother To Brother, Vision Portraits
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Rodney EvansKey Cast"Self"
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Homay KingKey Cast"Self"
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Rodney EvansWriterBrother To Brother, Billy and Aaron
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Homay KingWriter
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Project Type:Documentary, Short
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Genres:LGBTQ, Disability, African-American
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Runtime:11 minutes 30 seconds
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Completion Date:March 23, 2022
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:16mm, digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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2022 OUTFEST FUSION QTBIPOC FILM FESTIVALLos Angeles, CA
United States
April 9, 2022
World
Official Selection
Distribution Information
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Rodney EvansSales AgentCountry: WorldwideRights: All Rights
Rodney Evans is an award-winning fiction and documentary film writer, director and producer. His debut fiction feature BROTHER TO BROTHER won the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize in Drama. The film garnered four Independent Spirit Award nominations including Best First Film, Best First Screenplay, Best Debut Performance for Anthony Mackie and Best Supporting Actor for Roger Robinson. His latest feature documentary, VISION PORTRAITS, celebrated its World Premiere at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival and won the Award for Best Documentary at Frameline-The San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival in 2019 and the Award for Artistic Achievement at Outfest 2019. It played theatrically in major U.S. cities from August to October 2019. It aired nationally on America ReFramed and screened virtually for a week at the Whitney Museum in July 2020. Other directing credits include THE HAPPY SAD, BILLY AND AARON, THE UNVEILING, CLOSE TO HOME and TWO ENCOUNTERS. Rodney was recently honored with the 2019 Frameline Award for LGBTQ+ Representation and was a 2020 Sundance Momentum Fellow. He was a Ford/Mellon Disability Futures Fellow for 2021 and is a recipient of the NEH/Firelight Media Spark Fund Fellowship for 2022.