TURNING BACK THE PAGES OF TIME
Budget: $20,000 – $50,000 USD
TURNING BACK THE PAGES OF TIME , examines the tumultuous life of a 118-year-old, soon-to-meet-his maker, ...A FREE MAN OF COLOR, born during the height of Post-Reconstruction.
It is a story of human struggle, a struggle unleavened with the passing of time, unseasoned by hindsight judgment. It is a story of a man whose courage and devotion under the most trying circumstances have caused mankind to wonder in silent admiration.
What was life really like for this FREE MAN OF COLOR?
To answer this question, you will have to listen to Tippy's appeal and allow yourself to be guided by a voice whose inner cadences are so potent with meaning that you actually seem to hear him speaking and can almost hear him breathing.
Quietly, but proudly, Tippy leads you into his own cultural world, a world in which the sacred and profane constantly mingle, in which struggle, pain, and hardship are one and the same.
Within these social restrictions, everything is determined in advanced; everything that occurs can be explained in terms of the past. The script is a complete celebration of and for the FREE MAN OF COLOR. It is a celebration of progress for this FREE MAN OF COLOR.
It is a celebration of his history, his culture, and his future. His life is a journey through time; it is a major epic drama, which involves the whole American people, whether they realize it or not.
It is a story of human struggle, a struggle unleavened with the passing of time, unseasoned by hindsight judgment. It is a story of a man whose courage and devotion under the most trying circumstances have caused mankind to wonder in silent admiration.
What was life really like for this FREE MAN OF COLOR?
To answer this question, you will have to listen to Tippy's appeal and allow yourself to be guided by a voice whose inner cadences are so potent with meaning that you actually seem to hear him speaking and can almost hear him breathing.
Quietly, but proudly, Tippy leads you into his own cultural world, a world in which the sacred and profane constantly mingle, in which struggle, pain, and hardship are one and the same.
Within these social restrictions, everything is determined in advanced; everything that occurs can be explained in terms of the past. The script is a complete celebration of and for the FREE MAN OF COLOR. It is a celebration of progress for this FREE MAN OF COLOR.
It is a celebration of his history, his culture, and his future. His life is a journey through time; it is a major epic drama, which involves the whole American people, whether they realize it or not.