A film which explores how the past influences the present, and what it means to grow up black and gay within a homophobic Jamaican culture….
Vision Portraits
2019-03-09
Filmmaker Rodney Evans embarks on a scientific and artistic journey, questioning how his loss of vision might impact his creative future. Through illu…
Rodney Evans Directing Movies
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
Brother to Brother
Director
2004-01-17
A drama that looks back on the Harlem Renaissance from the perspective of an elderly, black writer who meets a gay teenager in a New York homeless she…
The Happy Sad
Director
2013-08-15
Two young couples in New York-one black and gay, one white and heterosexual-find their lives intertwined as they create new relationship norms, explor…
Persistence of Vision
Director
2016-06-19
This poignant documentary portrait by writer, director, and producer Rodney Evans chronicles the experiences and creative process of photographer John…
Vision Portraits
Director
2019-03-09
Filmmaker Rodney Evans embarks on a scientific and artistic journey, questioning how his loss of vision might impact his creative future. Through illu…
Billy & Aaron
Director
2010-03-13
A short narrative drama that explores the personal and professional dilemmas faced by the openly gay jazz composer, Billy Strayhorn, in the early 1940…
Close to Home
Director
1997-01-01
A film which explores how the past influences the present, and what it means to grow up black and gay within a homophobic Jamaican culture….
Two Encounters
Director
2000-06-20
Armed with hidden buttonhole cameras two gay men, one black and one white, go to two gay bars in New York, one predominantly black and one predominant…
Portal
Director
2022-04-09
Reflections on connection during the pandemic, and finding joy in small and unsuspecting ways….
Rodney Evans Production Movies
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
Persistence of Vision
Producer
2016-06-19
This poignant documentary portrait by writer, director, and producer Rodney Evans chronicles the experiences and creative process of photographer John…
May
Executive Producer
2019-03-09
A weary white French professor and a young black drug dealer share an impalpable connection on a single night in Philadelphia….
The Happy Sad
Producer
2013-08-15
Two young couples in New York-one black and gay, one white and heterosexual-find their lives intertwined as they create new relationship norms, explor…
Vision Portraits
Producer
2019-03-09
Filmmaker Rodney Evans embarks on a scientific and artistic journey, questioning how his loss of vision might impact his creative future. Through illu…
Close to Home
Producer
1997-01-01
A film which explores how the past influences the present, and what it means to grow up black and gay within a homophobic Jamaican culture….
Writing
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
Brother to Brother
Screenplay
2004-01-17
A drama that looks back on the Harlem Renaissance from the perspective of an elderly, black writer who meets a gay teenager in a New York homeless she…
Vision Portraits
Writer
2019-03-09
Filmmaker Rodney Evans embarks on a scientific and artistic journey, questioning how his loss of vision might impact his creative future. Through illu…
Close to Home
Writer
1997-01-01
A film which explores how the past influences the present, and what it means to grow up black and gay within a homophobic Jamaican culture….
Other Info
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
Persistence of Vision
Editor
2016-06-19
This poignant documentary portrait by writer, director, and producer Rodney Evans chronicles the experiences and creative process of photographer John…
The Happy Sad
Editor
2013-08-15
Two young couples in New York-one black and gay, one white and heterosexual-find their lives intertwined as they create new relationship norms, explor…
The Mountain King
Editor
2000-04-26
A reserved young man meets an impulsive stranger on a secluded beach. Their brief friendship leaves each subtly changed….
Vision Portraits
Editor
2019-03-09
Filmmaker Rodney Evans embarks on a scientific and artistic journey, questioning how his loss of vision might impact his creative future. Through illu…
Close to Home
Editor
1997-01-01
A film which explores how the past influences the present, and what it means to grow up black and gay within a homophobic Jamaican culture….
