A beautifully told story using archival footage to explore the life of Grande Otelo, a groundbreaking Black Brazilian actor. Overcoming poverty and racism, he built a stellar career, facing controversy yet using it to challenge prejudice.
Grande Otelo
Self (archive footage)
Klaus Kinski
Abdias Nascimento
Orson Welles
Oscarito
Ankito
Zezé Motta
Self (voice)
Dr. Barbara Staggers
Puente de la Costa Sur
Insight Prison Project
Bishop William Swing: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2006
Michael Morgan: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2006
Fuck
Val
Love, Antosha
Being Eddie
Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me
Dr. Joseph Marshall, Jr.: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2006
Arnold Perkins: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2007
Jane Garcia: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2007
Eva Paterson: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2007
National Center for Lesbian Rights
Beastie Boys Story
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story
Girl Rising
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library