Dr. Charity Clay is…
A Real Life Documentarian
On the intro Mos Def & Talib Kewli’s classic 1998 Album Black Star, I was was first introduced to the concept of a “Real Life Documentarian” through a sample of Jazz Saxophone legend Cannonball Adderly proclaiming that “we feel that we have a responsibility to shine light, into the Darkness.”
Through teaching and engaging in Documentary filmmaking, street (pedestrian) & aerial (drone) photography, and mapmaking the mission is to elucidate Black stories for the world to see.
Now watch that Black Girl Fly…
Documentary Film Projects
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A Corner of Africa in Colombia
This documentary highlights residents of Palenque de Benkos, who are descendants of African maroons who escapes enslavement on the Caribbean coast of Colombia to create the first Free Black Republic in the Americas in 1603. The film highlights the ways that history, food, fashion, agriculture, music, and spirituality keep them connected to their African roots
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South Memphis Stories
This documentary project series highlights the life stories of Black elders with connections to South Memphis. They talk about the strong tradition and Black entrepreneurship and education, the importance of the Black Church, the Black freedom Struggle and the complexities of integration.
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Le Triangle Noir
This Documentary seeks to show the ways that New Orleans, Louisiana; Saint Louis, Senegal and Cap Hatten, Haiti are all connected through their African traditions of resistance to the French Colonial Empire.
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