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There is a huge lack of representation of BLACK DEAF PERSPECTIVES in film & TV. Your donation helps our creative team fund a year of producing three films: "The Shattered Mind", "The Two Essences" and "Kaomi's Three Charms", all created and written by Ann Marie "Jade" Bryan. We're the new VOICE in Independent Filmmaking. Look for our Indiegogo campaign at http://jadefilm.com.

 "FIRST, we started with a STORY. Yet, we are still being overlooked, marginalized. Then, we started a Support Black Deaf Film Movement. Finally and slowly, they are starting to take note. Now, we are starting an ASL BLACK CINEMA that will center on Black Deaf Perspective through black deaf lens as well as address issues and topics regarding diversity and multicultural perspectives within the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing communities. Now, you cannot tell me what I don't know or do know. You need to walk in the shoes that I have been walking in; 24 years of walking, and I am still walking. And THESE are my storyline for the world." - Queen Jade, Visionary/Producer/Writer

NEW CONTENT FOR OUR AUDIENCE: THE SHATTERED MIND!

Now we have a new film in the work. We just completed production of "THE SHATTERED MIND." We've exhausted all production funding and is raising more. Our goal is to complete the film before the year end in 2013. (See teaser below)

ABOUT THE SHATTERED MIND FILM:
The film is centered upon a proud Black Deaf family with a captivating story that has never been told before in the mainstream film industry. THE SHATTERED MIND is a 40-minute short film that explores a black deaf family's journey while their daughter, Zhane Rain struggles to overcome adversity; traumatic childhood past and hearing loss. 


The film tells a story about a misplaced teenager who is trying to find herself in a self-respecting Deaf family and overcoming an unusual psychological and neurological conditions. Ultimately, her biggest battle is in dealing with recurring nightmares due to amnesia from the traumatic experience she had as a child.
SLATED FOR PREMIERE IN MARCH 2014.


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