Ropes in Brown Hands

Role: Producer

Selected as The Grand Prize Best Short Film & The Better Economies for All Prize at the 2022 Better Cities Film Festival

Oklahoma was home to the most Black towns out of any state in the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; Boley is one of only 13 that remain today. The town is rich with a history of Black success, and an integral part of that history is the annual Boley Rodeo, which is said to be the longest running, Black community-based rodeo. We follow CJ Demery, a cowboy who grew up competing in the rodeo, and who wants to continue the tradition of rodeo in Black culture.