Oge Egbuonu /// Unyielding Anecdotes /// Season4:E092

A special episode release!

Oge Egbuonu (E-boo-noh) is a filmmaker focused on disruptive inspirational storytelling. By creating compelling content that entertains, educates, and inspires, she aims to support the healing of the individual and the collective. Prior to becoming an independent filmmaker, Oge worked at the independent production company Raindog Films, where she produced films like LOVING and EYE IN THE SKY. Oge sat on the board of the Diversity Committee for the BRIT Awards, where she collaborated to revamp the voting academy, and tackling diversity within the music and film industries.

She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the University of Houston.

Aa of Juneteenth, June 19, 2020, after nearly three years in the making, her directorial debut, (IN)VISIBLE PORTRAITS came to life.  The documentary is a powerful celebration of Black women featuring interviews from scholars and authors sharing their stories of struggle, celebration, heartache and more. It shatters the too-often invisible otherizing of Black women in America and illuminates the history of how we got here, dismantles the false framework of the present-day reality, celebrates the extraordinary heritage of exceptional Black women, and ignites hope for the next generation.

Oge spent eight months doing intensive research, and two months conducting these compelling interviews.

 

"We continue to heal our heart and souls every day in every way." - Oge Egbuonu
 

Topics we discuss:

• The Film (In)Visible Portraits
  • The reaction she has received
  • How she is in this moment with it
• The emotional Impact of directing this film
  • Going back to Therapy
  • How the stories keep her going
  • Managing the emotional impact
  • What healing looks like for her
  • Finding her Therapist
• Generational Trauma on culture
• Sitting with Shame
  • Not knowing about the history
  • Processing it to move forward
• Michael Myer Approaching her
  • Understanding his Why for this film
• Aunt Jamima's Name change
• How her childhood lead to personal belief
  • The journey to figuring out who she is
• Social Constructs
  • Reimagining what's possible
  • Individual power to make change
• Queer Theory
  • Unveiling herself
• Watching police brutality videos
  • The impact of the social virality
  • Giving permission
  • Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome

 

References:

• (IN)VISIBLE PORTRAITS
• Juneteenth 
• Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome
• Abraham Maslow
• Mental Revolution
• Queer Theory
• Audrey Lorde
• Fannie Lou Hamer
• Judge Dredd
• Toyin Salau

 

Credits:

Lead editor + Producer: Ruf Holmes

 

Music:

Main Theme: "Eaze Does It" by Shye Eaze and DJ Rufbeats, a More In Common Podcast Exclusive.

Guest theme:  "Grass Grains" by DJ Rufbeats created as a More In Common Podcast Exclusive.