COVER STORY: Filmmaker Micheal Rice Graces the July 2022 Cover of A&U Magazine
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Filmmaker Micheal Rice is Celebrated For Bringing the Conversation of Queer and Black Intersectionality to the Forefront in his New Documentary ‘BLACK AS U R’
See a short snippet of the article below and read the full interview here.
About Micheal Rice
Micheal Rice is a filmmaker, producer, choreographer, and creative director for stage and film. His uncompromising vision is to bring the stories and art of LGBTQ communities of color to the forefront of society.
Rice has over ten years of experience working across multiple platforms, from television to regional theatre. His debut documentary, 'parTy boi, black diamonds in ice castles' (awarded ‘Best Documentary’ at the prestigious Pan-African Film Festival in 2020) sparked intense controversy and generated a much-needed dialogue among urban LGBTQ communities of color about self-love, affirmation, substance abuse, and HIV infection. Micheal’s work is a fusion of art and activism from behind the lens. Learn more about Micheal Rice at www.michealrice.com
About BLACK AS U R
BLACK AS U R poses to Black America a highly confrontational and much-avoided question. Why do we as a people protest against racial injustice, but disregard the injustices experienced by black queer people? After all, we are just as black as you are. In this incendiary documentary, filmmaker Micheal Rice takes the audience on a journey through the homophobia that characterizes many black spaces, both contemporarily and via an autobiographic look into his own upbringing in the south.
BLACK AS U R is the first step in confronting the African American community about queerphobia, via the seering stories of queer black people. Learn more about the documentary BLACK AS U R at www.blackasur.com
To interview Micheal Rice or host a screening of BLACK AS U R please contact tanisha@therebelleagency.com.
