Romeo Is Bleeding (2015)
- Directed by
- Jason Zeldes
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary follows poet Donté Clark and students in Richmond, California as they create a play adapting Romeo and Juliet to address a long-standing violent conflict between two neighborhoods. It shows their process and includes perspectives from local residents and officials.
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What happens
Romeo Is Bleeding is a 2015 documentary film directed by Jason Zeldes focusing on poets and students of Richmond, California as they prepare an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet based on the decades-long violent conflict between the neighborhoods of North and Central Richmond. The film explores the sources of this conflict and includes voices from citizens, city government, and the Richmond police department. The primary focus of the film is poet Donté Clark. It premiered April 29, 2015 as part of the San Francisco International Film Festival at the El Cerrito High School theater where the play, Té's Harmony, was originally staged. The Mercury News, in an article about the festival, called Romeo Is Bleeding "one of the best in the bunch." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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