a film called black: King's Speech
Cam Be
About the Filmmaker
"Cam Be is a film director, photographer, musician, DJ and music producer. His central passion for filmmaking emerged during his studies at New York Film Academy (2006) and Columbia College in Chicago (2008-2010).
In 2012 Cam received an Emmy award for his role as producer with NBC Chicago. His first feature length documentary ""The Exchange"" is available online at Amazon Video. His short documentary ""Where Flowers Bloom,"" the making of the Grammy Nominated Hip-Hop album 'Laila's Wisdom' by Rapsody was released on Tidal in 2018.
May 11, 2018 Cam debuted his first solo photo exhibition So I Wrote Love in the Sky at Good Details Gallery in Chicago, IL, later showing at Spectrum Miami at Art Basel in 2018. His first solo album 7 Steps to 7 was released May 2018 as a soundtrack to the exhibition and is currently available on all music streaming platforms. In second solo album ‘Summer in September’ released in 2020.
Currently, Cam Be is working on a documentary titled ""Project: Building Hope"" which was a part of Kartemquin's Diverse Voices in Docs Program. He is a 2022-2023 resident at the Green Line Performing Arts Center in Chicago with his musical film titled ‘a film called black.’ He is based out of Chicago and is the Owner and Creative Director of Camovement. "
From the Filmmaker
a film called black: King's Speech
Director: Cam Be
Producers: Cam Be, Neak
‘a film called black’ is an evolving film. Each screening presents different elements to an ongoing conversation. Blackness. ‘King’s Speech’ is a short film that resides within the entirety of ‘a film called black.’ ‘King’s Speech’ centers around the conversation of Blackness - What is Blackness? Who gets to define it? Additionally asking Black father’s what it means to be a king? All while telling the parallel story of Chicago artist Cam Be & Neak’s creation of the song and visual story of ‘King’s Speech.’
The narrative aspect of the film adorns different black faces with custom crowns made by artist Simone Yael.
"All participants of the film reside in Chicago and the film was shot in Chicago. The conversations or from the perspective of Chicagoans.
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