MANIFEST HOPE DC Documentary directed by Alfred Gragg
*publicity photos (copyright ManifestHope.com)
MANIFEST HOPE DC Documentary Promo
JAMAICA HOUSE Documentary Trailer
AL GRAGG
BIO *(Photo by Geoff Moore)
DIRECTOR ALFRED GRAGG HAILS FROM THE UNDERGROUND FILM, MUSIC, AND ART SCENE OF LOS ANGELES. WHILE AT USC’S SCHOOL OF CINEMA, HIS FIRST CO-WRITTEN SCREENPLAY WON THE PARAMOUNT PICTURES SCREENWRITING FELLOWSHIP AND WAS OPTIONED BY THE STUDIO. UPON GRADUATING, HE DIRECTED MUSIC VIDEOS AND SPOTS FEATURING THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, ICE CUBE, AND KRS-ONE. HE ALSO WON AVID’S 2006 FILMMAKER AWARD FOR HIS SHORT FILM JESUS CHRIST SUPERBAD AT NEW YORK’S HIP-HOP ODYSSEY FILM FESTIVAL. LATER, HE WAS TAPPED TO WRITE JUNETEENTH, A SCREENPLAY FOR MDP WORLDWIDE. IN HIS NEXT DOCUMENTARY, GRAGG CHRONICLED MANIFEST HOPE DC, THE GRASSROOTS ART MOVEMENT STARTED BY SHEPARD FAIREY (OBAMA “HOPE” ARTIST). FOR THIS, HE WON “BEST DIRECTOR: SHORT DOCUMENTARY” AT THE 2010 NY INT’L INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL. GRAGG IS CURRENTLY SHOOTING JAMAICA HOUSE “THE STUDIO 54 OF HIP HOP”— A FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY ABOUT LA’S LEGENDARY HIP-HOP NIGHTCLUB. IT FEATURES RUN-DMC, THE ROOTS, NWA, ICE CUBE, WU-TANG CLAN, PLUS THE LATE NOTORIOUS B.I.G., TUPAC SHAKUR, AND GURU (GANG STARR).
DOCUMENTARY REEL: DE LA SOUL, MOBY, SANTOGOLD, SHEPARD FAIREY (MANIFEST HOPE DC DOCUMENTARY) ; RUN-DMC, THE ROOTS, NWA, ICE CUBE, WU-TANG CLAN, PLUS THE LATE NOTORIOUS B.I.G., TUPAC SHAKUR, GANG STARR (JAMAICA HOUSE DOCUMENTARY)