GREEN EYED MEDIA

Green Eyed Media

www.GreenEyedMedia.com — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:45:58 +0000

GREEN EYED MEDIA is a production company founded in 2007 that creates music, movie reviews, photography, documentaries and narrative films.

G.E.A.R. U.P. – Mind the Gap

GreenEyedMedia — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:22:39 +0000

This is a freelance PSA produced for the national Gear Up program that also operates as a recruiting video for the national organization which is associated with Ameri-Core. It focuses on the San Francisco State University chapter of the program and explores the lives and perspectives of several dedicated tutors who are committed to educating lower-income students with limited resources.

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Title: G.E.A.R. U.P. – Mind the Gap
Year: 2009
Directed and Edited: Rafael Flores

Fear and Loathing in Seattle

www.GreenEyedMedia.com — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:12:14 +0000

Description: Scene study of the famous bathtub scene from “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”. This scene has modified dialogue and was re-interpreted to fit the drug-induced grunge scene in Seattle during the 1990′s. This was a spec co-production with Stefan Ruenzel’s “Off-Duty Entertainment”. Nico Kommodore plays Dr. Gonzo and Jake Gleason plays Duke.

Title: Fear and Loathing in Seattle
Year: 2009
Director and Editor: Rafael Flores
Cinematographer: Stefan Ruenzel

23rd & Union

www.GreenEyedMedia.com — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:13:39 +0000

“23rd & Union” is a docu-drama that weaves real interviews with fictional characters to explore the process of gentrification in Seattle. The film is based on the murder of Degene Dashasa in his restaurant “Philadelphia Cheese-steak” in 2008. The director was friends with Dashasa and shares mutual acquaintances with convicted murderer Rey Davis-Bell. He’s completed interviews with a wide range of people familiar with each man to help interpret the circumstances that led to the shooting.

The movie is an ADAPTED story about Degene’s murder. It is used as a vehicle to talk about the larger story of gentrification in Seattle’s Central District, and tension between the African American community and more recent arrivals such as Ethiopian immigrants and gays in Capitol Hill. According to Flores’ thesis, forces of gentrification follow a recognizable pattern that exacerbates racial profiling and segregation. This displacement particularly alienates men of color and fosters a territorial complex that leads to adverse psychological effects and violent behavior against marginal communities who are often part of the gentrifying process. In Seattle, this anger is often directed toward Ethiopians and gay couples.

Title: 23rd & Union
Release Date: Summer of 2011
Written, Directed and Edited: Rafael Flores
Link: http://www.centraldistrictnews.com/2010/08/17/divide-and-conquer-movie-looks-at-gentrification-murder

The Blank Canvas: Hip-Hop’s Struggle for Representation in Seattle

www.GreenEyedMedia.com — Sat, 23 May 2009 14:49:22 +0000

This is an experimental documentary about the struggle of Hip-hop artists in Seattle. The film attempts to investigate similarities and differences amongst Hip-Hop artists in Seattle. This project explores issues concerning every facet of the culture; music, fashion, dance and art (graffiti and canvas). It also functions as promotional material for local artists

Title: The Blank Canvas: Hip-Hop’s Struggle for Representation in Seattle
Date: 2009
Produced & Directed: Rafael Flores

“The Scraper Bike King”

www.GreenEyedMedia.com — Mon, 11 May 2009 07:08:13 +0000

A touching documentary about the original creator of the Oakland-based Scraper Bike Movement: Tyrone Stevenson Jr. This film investigates how the 19 year-old entrepreneur first began the bicycle movement as a political vehicle to get kids off the mean streets of East Oakland. His recent fame generated by his Scraper Bike Theme Song on “YouTube” has catapulted him into stardom and his organization has been growing ever since.

Produced, Directed & Edited by Rafael Flores

Official Selection – 2010 Cannes Independent Film Festival (Cannes, France)

Official Selection – 2010 Burbank International Film Festival

Official Selection – 2009 San Francisco Documentary Film Festival

Official Selection – 2010 International Sacramento Film Festival

Headliner & Official Selection – 2009 International Bicycle Film Festival (12 Nations)

Honorable Mention & Official Selection – VIDEO FEST 2009 (Int. San Francisco Latino Film Fest.)

Headliner & Official Selection – 2010 Going Green Film Festival (Writer’s Guild Theater – Beverly Hills, CA)

“Car-Scape: The Scale of Sound and Color”

www.GreenEyedMedia.com — Mon, 11 May 2009 06:52:41 +0000

An experimental documentary that explores the landscape of car exteriors through the scale of sound and color.

“Death (E)Scape”

www.GreenEyedMedia.com — Mon, 11 May 2009 06:51:08 +0000

An experimental documentary and music video that explores the private landscape of death through the eyes of a floating spirit that roams around a cemetery looking for an escape from purgatory.

Directed & Edited by Rafael Flores

Official Selection – 2009 SFSU Experimental Documentary Film Festival

“South of Tijuana” (Short)

www.GreenEyedMedia.com — Mon, 11 May 2009 06:39:55 +0000

A comical short about two obnoxious gringas who are pestered by a Mexican vendor on a beach resort. - Written & Directed by Rafael Flores (November 2009)

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“The Blank Canvas Soundtrack”

www.GreenEyedMedia.com — Mon, 11 May 2009 06:37:26 +0000

This is the non-profit soundtrack to the infamous documentary “The Blank Canvas”. (See upcoming projects) – “Featuring: Suntonio Bandanaz, Anthony Shears, Kublakai, JK & Daze, Cameron Austin, The Green Eyed Monster, DJ B-Girl, and many more.”

- Produced by Rafael Flores (Summer 2008)