Kevin Jerome Everson

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Kevin Jerome Everson

Born February 1, 1965 · Mansfield, Ohio, USA (age 61)

Kevin Jerome Everson is an American artist and filmmaker. In 2006, Everson was voted one of the 25 most important new faces in independent cinema by Filmmaker Magazine. In 2012, he received the prestigious Alpert Award for Film and Video. Everson's work is shot in an experimental way, often on 16mm film. It features the lives and myths of the working-class black Americans. He mixes a documentary a…

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Sound ThatSound That · 2014
Sound That
★ 6.02014
MovieDocumentary
Employees of the Cleveland Water Department on the hunt for leaks in the infrastructure in Cuyahoga County.
PridePride · 2021
Pride
2021
MovieDocumentary
Set in Charlottesville during the early 1990s, "Pride" follows an aspiring writer as she finalises stories for the latest issue of "Pride", a student run newspaper at the University of Virginia. Over a hectic two-day period, she puts the finishing touches on the upcoming issue. Despite the looming deadline, she moves with a calm confidence.
DooniDooni · 2025
Dooni
★ 10.02025
MovieDocumentary
Dooni is the eulogy, voiced by actor Timothy Johnson, of the American soul singer and disco legend Sylvester (1947-1988) as delivered by the gospel singer and preacher Walter Hawkins.
CondorCondor · 2019
Condor
2019
MovieDocumentary
The July 2, 2019 solar eclipse, filmed in 100% totality, over the Chilean coast, in 16mm black and white. Condor is the national bird of Chile.
FumbleFumble · 2002
Fumble
2002
MovieDocumentary
A film interpretation of a poem by Vincent Katz.
Chelsea DriveChelsea Drive · 2025
Chelsea Drive
2025
MovieDocumentary
Chelsea Drive displays three decades of Black student style, fashion and dance at the University of Virginia.
IFOIFO · 2017
IFO
2017
MovieDocumentary
Historic UFO sightings over Mansfield, Ohio, are evoked through memory, report and gesture.
Sugarcoated ArsenicSugarcoated Arsenic · 2014
Sugarcoated Arsenic
2014
MovieHistory
"A 16mm cinematic exploration of African American intellectual, social, and political life at the University of Virginia during the 1970s. Conceived and written by UVA History Professor and author Claudrena Harold and directed by Harold and UVA Professor of Art, filmmaker/artist Kevin Jerome Everson, the film stars Erin Stewart (the bank teller/race driver in Everson's 2006 feature film "Cinnamon") as Vivian Gordon (the director of UVA's Black Studies program between 1975 and 1980). The film tells the story of African-American women and men who through their public and private gestures sought to create a beloved community that thrived on intellectual exchange, self-critique, and human warmth." - Trilobite-Arts-DAC, Claudrena Harold, Picture Palace Pictures

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Sugarcoated ArsenicSugarcoated Arsenic · 2014
Sugarcoated Arsenic
2014
MovieHistory
"A 16mm cinematic exploration of African American intellectual, social, and political life at the University of Virginia during the 1970s. Conceived and written by UVA History Professor and author Claudrena Harold and directed by Harold and UVA Professor of Art, filmmaker/artist Kevin Jerome Everson, the film stars Erin Stewart (the bank teller/race driver in Everson's 2006 feature film "Cinnamon") as Vivian Gordon (the director of UVA's Black Studies program between 1975 and 1980). The film tells the story of African-American women and men who through their public and private gestures sought to create a beloved community that thrived on intellectual exchange, self-critique, and human warmth." - Trilobite-Arts-DAC, Claudrena Harold, Picture Palace Pictures

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