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Director(s): Dennis Dortch Screenwriter(s): Dennis Dortch Producer: Layla Mashavu Cinematographer: Brian Harding Editors: Dennis Dortch, Tangier Clarke Casting Director: Adetoro Makinde |
Good Day to Be Black & Sexy
Spectrum
U.S.A., 2008, 92 mins, Color
Indeed, it is a very good day. Dennis Dortch’s daring directorial debut ambitiously charts black sexuality through a set of six deliciously amusing, interconnected vignettes that unfold in a single day in Los Angeles. A hot-button, “don’t-let-them-know-you’re-watching” constellation of intimate moments, A Good Day to Be Black & Sexy seduces us with obsessively watchable performances that make it at once familiar, provocative, and fresh.
Women unapologetically figure it out for themselves, reclaiming license to be selfish, rude, and raunchy in a playfully enduring tug-of-war between the sexes. Explicitly exploring the texture of sex, Dortch packs the film full of viscerally seductive tones and sultry grittiness as he allows us sneak-peak access to a multitude of motives of desire—a woman in bed with her boyfriend jockeys for position to get hers first; a teenager explores the limits of her sexuality in questionable situations; a boy and his ball are held hostage by interracial taboos.
Bringing overdone stereotypes about black sexuality to their knees, Dortch explodes a constellation of sexy little secrets that we would otherwise keep quiet. Packing a strong voice and innovative style, Dortch’s kaleidoscopic sketches are juicy and surprising with every step, stroke, and...ahem. Yes, he did just go there!
Women unapologetically figure it out for themselves, reclaiming license to be selfish, rude, and raunchy in a playfully enduring tug-of-war between the sexes. Explicitly exploring the texture of sex, Dortch packs the film full of viscerally seductive tones and sultry grittiness as he allows us sneak-peak access to a multitude of motives of desire—a woman in bed with her boyfriend jockeys for position to get hers first; a teenager explores the limits of her sexuality in questionable situations; a boy and his ball are held hostage by interracial taboos.
Bringing overdone stereotypes about black sexuality to their knees, Dortch explodes a constellation of sexy little secrets that we would otherwise keep quiet. Packing a strong voice and innovative style, Dortch’s kaleidoscopic sketches are juicy and surprising with every step, stroke, and...ahem. Yes, he did just go there!
Dennis Dortch - Ensconced in pre–neo-soul Philadelphia, Dennis Dortch saw black pride find its stride in dress, language, music, and cinema. He moved to Los Angeles to study recording arts at Loyola Marymount University, but a film prerequisite forced him to learn his way around a Super 8 camera and splicing tape. The love of combining music with motion came easily, leading to the short films Honey and The White Girl Theme. A Good Day to Be Black & Sexy is Dortch’s first feature.
Screenings:
Sat. January 19, 5:30pm, Prospector Square Theatre, Park City
Sun. January 20, 8:30am, Library Center Theatre, Park City
Sun. January 20, 4:30pm, Broadway Centre Cinemas VI, SLC
Fri. January 25, 5:30pm, Prospector Square Theatre, Park City
Sat. January 26, 9:00pm, Screening Room, Sundance Resort
Sat. January 19, 5:30pm, Prospector Square Theatre, Park City
Sun. January 20, 8:30am, Library Center Theatre, Park City
Sun. January 20, 4:30pm, Broadway Centre Cinemas VI, SLC
Fri. January 25, 5:30pm, Prospector Square Theatre, Park City
Sat. January 26, 9:00pm, Screening Room, Sundance Resort
Dennis Dortch
1976
4924 8th Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90043
(310) 621-4694
midnightschild@sbcglobal.net
1976
4924 8th Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90043
(310) 621-4694
midnightschild@sbcglobal.net
