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- James Spooner is the director of Afro-punk, a documentary film exploring race identity in the punk scene. He produced his film mostly out of New York, having had no previous training in film (he'd studied sculpting in college). As a DIY effort, he rigorously toured the film across the country like a band, showing it as many venues as possible, and rapidly amassing a devoted cult following, largely among minority punks centralized around a message board on his website afropunk. com. He also has another feature film called White Lies Black Sheep, which is more a fictional dramatization of the same concept. It premiered at Toronto international Film Fest and is on the festival circuit now. He was born in the Caribbean nation of Saint Lucia, but grew up in America on both coasts with a black father and white mother. All his life he was part of the predominantly Eurocentric punk scene, but had always considered himself to be black, despite being the only biracial kid in his family and his siblings often referring to him as "their white brother". After visiting his birth place in the predominantly black St. Lucia for the first time since toddlerhood however, he began to reevaluate himself culturally. He'd always considered the islands his home, and had never considered the possibility of anyone seeing him as anything other than black, but he realized here for the first time, by some, he might be considered white. He grew increasingly fascinated with the strange phenomenon of nobody (including himself and his friends) actually discussing race relations or exploring the mostly untold stories of the black experience in the punk scene, despite the plethora of accomplished black artists like Mick Collins, Fishbone, Vaginal Davis, and Bad Brains, and indeed punk rock's origins as an offshoot of rock and roll itself and the pioneering work of innovators like Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Jimi Hendrix.
- James Spooner es el director de cine de Afro-punk, un documental que versa sobre la identidad racial en el mundo punk. Ha producido su película en Nueva York, sin contar con formación previal alguna (tenía estudios de escultura en la universidad). Comp parte de la cultura "hazlo por tí mismo", proyectó su película por todo el país como si de tratara de un grupo de rock, exhibiéndola en todas las salas posibles con lo que rápidamente reunió seguidores de culto, principalmente entre minorías dentro del punck entorno a un tablón de mensajes en su página web. afropunk. com. Del mismo modo presentó otra película titulada "White Lies Black Sheep" (Mentiras Piadosas, Ovejas Negras), que sería más bien una versión dramatizada del mismo concepto. Se estrenó en el Festival Internacional de Toronto y está en el circuito del festival en estos momentos. Nació en el Caribe en el país de Santa Lucía, pero creció en Estados Unidos en ambas costas con su padre de color y su madre blanca. Durante toda su vida fromó parte de la predominante eurocéntrica escena del punk,pero siempre se consideró de color a pesar de ser el único hijo mestizo en su familia y de que sus hermanos le llamasen "el hermano blanco". Tras visitar su país natal, Santa Lucía nación predominantemente negra, por primera vez desde su infancia,comenzó a reevuluarse culturalmente. Siempre había considereado que las islas eran su hogar y nunca había considerado la posibilidad de que nadie le viese de otra forma que no fuese de color pero se dio cuenta, por primera vez,de que podrían verle como blanco.
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- James Spooner is the director of Afro-punk, a documentary film exploring race identity in the punk scene. He produced his film mostly out of New York, having had no previous training in film (he'd studied sculpting in college). As a DIY effort, he rigorously toured the film across the country like a band, showing it as many venues as possible, and rapidly amassing a devoted cult following, largely among minority punks centralized around a message board on his website afropunk. com.
- James Spooner es el director de cine de Afro-punk, un documental que versa sobre la identidad racial en el mundo punk. Ha producido su película en Nueva York, sin contar con formación previal alguna (tenía estudios de escultura en la universidad).
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