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lowing the screening film makers Kintsugi Kelley-Chung and Andrew "Jazzy"
Jasuira will discuss the making of the film and why they thought it was im
portant to tell the story. \;Fol
lowing the screening film makers Kintsugi Kelley-Chung and Andrew "Jazzy"
Jasuira will discuss the making of the film and why they thought it was im
portant to tell the story. \;
Free The People is a docutrilogy from the streets of DC\, detailing the efforts of front-line activists fi ghting in the 2020 movement for Black lives.
\nThis raw documentary film series tells the unknown stories of activists who dedicated their liv es to protesting the end of police brutality and envision a safer society.
\nSpanning from June through Thanksgiving\, this docuseries highlig hts the mutual aid\, marches\, and growth of the community\, while also ex posing the dangerous and violent altercations between protestors and polic e.
\nFree The People was directed\, shot\, and edited by Kintsugi Ke lley-Chung &\; Andrew Jasiura. Produced by RXNIN LIFE\, and made possib le by community support.
\nFor reasonable accommodations\, p lease contact the Center for Accessibility at 202-727-2142 or DCPLaccess@d c.gov. For ASL or tactile interpretation\, please allow at least seven (7) days notice.
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Kintsugi Kelley-Chung was born as Kian Kelley
-Chung on May 14\, 1997\, in the suburban town of Columbia\, MD. His fathe
r\, a first generation Chinese-Jamaican freelance photographer\, and mothe
r\, a half Black-half Japanese wellness center owner\, raised him and his
sister to be ambitious\, driven\, and independent.
Growing up in a creative and entrepreneurial household\, a career in the arts felt more l ike nature than choice. Pairing his curiosity with his creativity\, Kintsu gi explored various mediums\, spanning music\, photography\, film\, poetry and prose. Unwilling to solely follow one artform\, Sugi sought to create a platform that would allow him and other incredible creatives to pursue all of their artistic endeavors and shed the feeling of being boxed in.
\nKintsugi founded RXNIN LIFE in his freshman dorm room at the Univers ity of Maryland\, College Park. Throughout his artistic career\, he battle d with his identity\, going by several artist aliases\, where he eventuall y landed on the name Uncle Iso\, inspired by the &ldquo\;uncle&rdquo\; tro pe of being the fun sage of wisdom and the connection ISO has to light and solitude.
\nHis birth name\, Kian\, having two pronunciations (Key- in and Key-on) raised him with a defining identity crisis. Constantly feel ing like he had to choose between two sides of himself in the context of f amilial\, social and political pressures\, he was forced to think critical ly about the concepts of identity and self-discovery. At the age of 25\, a fter attending the NeXt Doc Film Fellowship retreat and a attending a work shop with Dr. Kameelah Rashad\, he reimagined the power he had in naming h imself beyond an artistic moniker and chose to change his name to Kintsugi \, in honor of reclaiming his Japanese heritage and the word&rsquo\;s mean ing as it regards to healing and identity through time.
\nBeyond bre aking barriers in the creative world\, Kintsugi also aims to break social barriers by joining his artistic craft with social justice and minority ad vocacy. As a firm believer in art&rsquo\;s power to change society\, his w ork is largely based in anti-racist\, feminist and queer theorist pedagogy with a goal of aiding in the fight for total liberation of all oppressed peoples.
\nKintsugi&rsquo\;s main goal in life is to inspire others to make whatever reality they want\, become what they have. Never limit yo urself\, and always strive for more. Be you and be great.
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Andrew &ldquo\;Jazzy&rdquo\; Jasiura is a photographer and film
maker originally from Western New York. Jazzy has always been a quiet pers
on\, so when he picked up a camera for the first time in 2014\, he learned
that he could let the pictures speak for him.
He got involved in RXNIN in 2017\, helping the collective grow visually as the lead photograp her. As the group got more gigs\, Jazzy switched his camera into video mod e and began his career as a photo/videographer. However\, he credits his e xperience in Tijuana filming the Documentary for HUMANO as the moment he b ecame a filmmaker. He is currently developing a series of documentaries co mparing the ongoing protest movements in Hong Kong and the United States.< /p>\n
Andrew has grown as an artist\, expanding his network to have work ed with Robin Bell\, Solomon Renfro\, Stretch Dynamo\, Seagraves\, Real Fa ke Band\, and Glover Official just to name a few. He has also done photo w ork for the environmental non-profit\, MobilizeGreen. Jazzy grew into his role as Creative Director in 2018.
\nJazzy is known to be a lighthea rted intellectual\, always known for his curiosity and desire to explore e very angle of a story. While maintaining a hold on the abstract side of ar t\, Andrew makes a strong push for investigative journalism\, hoping to am plify the voices of the people whose stories need to be heard. Jazzy wants his art to be powerful\, often uncomfortable\, but always inspiring quest ions. His style of direction aims to drop the audience into the scene for them to experience it\, rather than simply watching a screen.
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