by Fredgy Noël
This video essay focuses on the concept of Do It With Others filmmaking. In an industry focused on financing mainstream films with big budgets, independent filmmakers are not guaranteed distribution deals. In 2010, Ava Duvernay organized a movement that would support African-American filmmakers with distribution opportunities and created a landscape for African-American stories to thrive. She creates, AFFRM, the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement, a distribution collective of black film organizations dedicated to quality black independent films. This video breaks down the process of creating this alternative model of film distribution, and theorizes on the future of Do It With Others film distribution through an intersectional lens.