Thank you Chatham Arts & NC Arts Council

Thank you Chatham Arts Council and NC Arts Council. Your have helped EbzB Productions keep our artists employed during Covid19. Together we are able to continue offering our arts-in-education programming. We are deeply appreciative. Deeply appreciative.

 For details read here: https://www.chathamartscouncil.org/press/nc-cares-for-arts-grants-awarded/

2020 FootCandle Filmmaker Grant Of The Year Goes To "The Problem Of The Hero"


EbzB is honored to be a recipient of the FootCandle Filmmaker Grant of The Year for the upcoming film, The Problem Of The Hero.  This film is directed by Shaun Dozier, and is an adaptation of the play, Native by EbzB Productions and Ian Finley.  David zum Brunnen stars as Paul Green and J. Mardrice stars as Richard Wright. Filming on location at Carolina Theatre in Greensboro, North Carolina.   The Problem Of The Hero is scheduled for 2021 release.


J. Mardrice as Richard Wright in The Problem Of The Hero

You may watch the full awards ceremony here... http://ow.ly/ydJX50BLRt3

#gratitude #NativeSon #PaulGreen #RichardWright #FootCandleFilm #ebzb




EbzB Introduces "Mask Musings" on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook [Covid19 Virtual Care Package For Educators]


Follow EbzB Productions on Twitter (@ebzb), Instagram (ebzbproductions), and Facebook (@EbzB.Productions) for "Mask Musings." 

EbzB Productions brings you "Mask Musings": A series of posts to inspire learners. We shall don our masks off-stage during the pandemic. Stay tuned for posts about the uses of masks in the history of performing arts. #artsintegration #mask #artseducation

 

Filming Native: Systemic Racism, Richard Wright and Paul Green




Native details the metamorphic debate between Paul Green and Richard Wright. The authors are originally brought together by the Mercury Theatre to adapt Wright’s novel, Native Son, for the stage. Green, a white southern professor who advocates for social justice, and Wright, a self-educated African-American with communist sympathies, forge a deep respect for each other as they discuss systemic discrimination against African-Americans. They start their collaboration in Chapel Hill, North Carolina like a “house on fire.”

Then, in 1941, with World War II on the horizon, the two authors meet again in New York for rewrites. Orson Welles’ Broadway production is already in rehearsal. Differences over a single page of the script create an impasse between Green and Wright. A life-changing dialogue about who has the right to tell the story of racial, political and class injustice ensues. In spite of their common goal to affect social change, the scintillating argument dissolves the friendship of the two influential social justice authors.


The film version of Native is based on the stage play by Ian Finley & EbzB Productions.

Foul Weather: EbzB Arts Integration Residency with Silk Hope School, Chatham County, NC



"Foul Weather" - Silk Hope Elementary School fifth-graders in Chatham County did the research and wrote the script, but Covid19 kept them from performing it. So the leaders of our Chatham County Community put voices to the words, and images to the ideas to complete this arts integration residency with EbzB Productions. Sponsored by Chatham Arts. Voices by Allen Baddour, Ed Bronson, Dorrie Casey, Serena EbhardtGina HarrisonKaren Allen Howard, Anne Kissel, Lesley Russell Landis, Greg Lewis, Gilda McDaniel, Sheriff Mike Roberson, Mike Wiley, Jordan Wiley, Coleman Wiley, Carlton Zum Brunnen, & David Zum Brunnen

@newhopefilm April 2024: The Problem of the Hero at New Hope Film Festival, New Hope, PA.

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