INDIE MEMPHIS

Before the clock winds down to midnight, we want to thank everyone who participated with Indie Memphis this year! We truly could not operate without the support of our community and we appreciate all of you. As a reminder, we are still running our campaign: Project Indie which can be accessed at this link: https://ow.ly/bKeq50Uypqm! Please consider making a year-end contribution so we can continue a providing a platform that uplifts #filmforall! Thank you again and we wish you all a Happy New Year!

It's that time of year once again! We hope you join us for Shoot & Splice trivia TOMORROW at The Green Room at Crosstown Arts! Hosted by John Beifuss of The Commercial Appeal and Chris McCoy of The Memphis Flyer, come test your film knowledge and win exciting prizes to celebrate the holiday season! *The Green Room at Crosstown Arts - 1350 Concourse Ave FREE Doors open: 6:30pm Trivia begins: 7:00pm *Located inside Crosstown Concourse on the second floor of the East Atrium

Throughout the year, Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts bring cinematographers, directors, editors, writers, actors, and technicians to Shoot & Splice, our monthly filmmaking forum. Come help us celebrate the end of another fun year with the return of our annual Shoot & Splice Movie Trivia! Test your film knowledge against returning Trivia Masters - John Beifuss of The Commercial Appeal & Chris McCoy of the Memphis Flyer. The Green Room at Crosstown Concourse - 1350 Concourse Ave. 2nd Floor in Crosstown Arts next to ArtBar Free to play RULES - No more than 4 people per team - 5 rounds w/ 10 questions per round - The top 3 teams will win prizes Doors open at 6:30 PM and Trivia starts at 7:00 PM! We look forward to seeing you there!

Got some cool news from Memphis - I produced a short film called FREEDOM'S VILLAGE, about the sharecropper tent cities in Fayette County, TN in the 1960s. It world premiered at INDIE MEMPHIS last weekend - and it won the award for Best Hometowner Short! Congrats to our cast and crew, especially writer/director Kristen Hill, fellow producer/editor Nathaniel C. Ball, cinematographer David Goodman and production designer Brian J. Ruggaber. They put so much time into this project, outside of their day jobs at UM. It was all worth it 👍 #indiefilm #indiefilmmaking #memphis #grindcity

Day 1 of the INDIE MEMPHIS Film Festival is in the books!! Get your tickets and passes at www.indiememphis.org to experience the rest of the festival!

This morning I was on the radio at WYXR with Willy Bearden and discussed the upcoming 27th INDIE MEMPHIS Film Festival and Songs That Move You! Check out our episode at the link! Also tickets are going fast so grab your tickets and passes to the festival today! https://lnkd.in/eK9gGdMH

I feel a peculiar sense of alignment amidst the uncertainty today. Let's go back to 2020. At that time, like many #AsianAmericans, I grappled with the drastic increase in reported Anti-Asian hate crimes in the U.S. and the growing conversations about Anti-Blackness in the Asian-American community. Meanwhile these incidences of verbal and physical violence were bolstered by equally violent legislative and political shifts under Trump's first administration. So. Many. Layers. This reality drove me to begin collecting a series of oral histories with a community historian and now close friend, Emerald Dunn, in our hometown of #Memphis, TN. We united in our yearning to find narratives against the grain of mainstream media, to hold these narratives up to the world (and especially to ourselves as Chinese Americans) to show that we are more than what the media portrays of us. I am affirmed because 4 years after meeting Emerald, our hard work and conviction to honor the timeline of Chinese Americans in our corner of the country is stronger and more necessary than ever. And it's just the beginning. I'm proud to share that our documentary, #BluffCityChinese will premiere next week at the INDIE MEMPHIS Film Festival on November 15th, and the virtual screening link is currently available for pre-order on the festival's website. Please watch and share your thoughts and feelings. We still have so much story to tell. And no matter who governs us, as long as we are here, they will be told. You can watch the trailer here: https://lnkd.in/gEdhcq-P

Thank you so much to our Legacy Sponsor Duncan Williams Asset Management for meeting with our Executive Director Kimel Fryer this morning! We truly appreciate your support and we look forward to seeing the DWAM staff at the festival! #indiememphis #filmforall #filmfestival #memphis

Join us at the 27th Indie Memphis Film Festival! Opening night is November 14th and we have a strong lineup that everyone can enjoy! Get your passes or tickets today! #FilmForAll #IndieMemphis

Thank you so much for highlighting our upcoming festival!