The proposed project consists of a Juneteenth Art Exhibition along with a narrative short film and Juneteenth inspired documentary which will all be made highly visible in the Northeast Ohio community. The short film titled (Mississippi: 1963) is a time period piece that focuses on a man who is at wits’ end due to recent events of racism both within the state of Mississippi and at his workplace. The effects will be seen through the eyes of both lead characters in an A-B format which will create two perspectives of the same issue. It will explore life conflicts for African Americans in the 1960's civil rights era. The Juneteenth Art exhibition will serve as a forum merging photography and canvas art with poetic thoughts to amplify freedom while celebrating the abolition of slaves. We will invite members from the public to attend for free. We will feature artwork from an array of artists that focuses on themes of freedom and Juneteenth. We will also feature a total of three poets presenting special Juneteenth spoken word pieces. Neither visual or spoken word artists will have to pay to present their work. Lastly, we will create a Juneteenth documentary featuring elders and entrepreneurs from the community. Through the Juneteenth art exhibit, local artists will be able to display their work proudly within the community. This will add financial impact as artists will be able to draw profit for their by selling pieces at the event. Unlike other exhibitions they will not have to pay an entry or submission fee; this opens the door for artists who would not otherwise be able to take part.

  With donations, the films created will feature lead cast members from the Kinsman and Buckeye neighborhoods. Dontae Hill will act as project manager using his experience with videography in the past by gathering local extras, set items, audio personnel, and graphic text editors. We as a group will use upcoming Cleveland media mixers to cast members from the community and possibly Karamu performers for acting positions as well. The films will be directed by Camelle Jones, Isaac Bixel, and Dontae as all three members have previous directing experience. Donations for the film portions of the project will cover video editing, color grading services, film audio enhancement, drone footage, Filmpac stock video clips, film submission fees, and copyrite registration. Thank You.