THE (ART) OF BE(I)NG
Directed by JB Ghuman Jr.Cast: Sabi, Sean Patrick Parnel, Danny Axel, Claire Curameng, Jarome Hollingsworth, Rush Davis, Timothy Wollaston, Sydi Scurlark, Drew Bird, Dexter Mayfield, Stevie Boi, Jessyca Ghuman, Hillary Tuck, Saturn Rising, Cazwell, Colton Ford, Tammie Brown, Lady Tigra, Mariqueen Reznor, Mayhem Miller, Jake Shears, JB Ghuman Jr., iRAWniQ
- PLATINUM
- USA
- Animation, Arthouse, Experimental, Human Rights, Music/Musical, Religion, Social Issue/Activism, Spiritual
- 2018
- 46 mins
- Los Angeles premiere
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shareJB Ghuman’s visually luscious, sonically sumptuous piece of multidimensional storytelling blew minds at Sundance 2019. It is an onslaught of art, pop culture, and queer aesthetics that disturbs and liberates the viewer, while also being a transfixing meditation on self-creation. Jake Shears (Scissor Sisters), Mariqueen Reznor (NIN), Mayhem Miller (RuPaul’s Drag Race), The Lady Tigra, Colton Ford, Saturn Rising, Hillary Tuck, iRAWniQ, and many others are with you for the stunning ride.
Director Bio
Hailing from Miami Beach, JB Ghuman Jr. was an avid break-dancer infused with a passion for poetry and art. Later, Ghuman moved to Hollywood, winning the Tribeca Film Festival’s Audience Award for his first feature film Spork (which he both wrote and directed), that also closed the 2010 Outfest Los Angeles. Ghuman is now focused on teaching his art-therapy class, #ThaExpressionists, via Youth Policy Institute in Central LA.
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