Jermaine Manigault
Directing
Biography
Jermaine Manigault is a director and screenwriter from Queens, NYC. His last film "Not Black Enough", screened internationally at 4 Oscar-Qualifying & 5 BAFTA-Qualifying festivals, was mentioned in The New York Times, Variety, Yahoo! Entertainment, Filmmaker Magazine, Wonderland, Hyperallergic, and featured in programs at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and Brooklyn College. The film was distributed by Kino Lorber, Dedza Films, and streamed on The Criterion Channel.
Known For
An omnibus film featuring nine works by emerging filmmakers of color, Who Will Start Another Fire is the inaugural project of Dedza Films, a distribution initiative focused on showcasing underrepresented communities and the next wave of international storytellers.
Who Will Start Another Fire
A man seeks the aid of a therapist after questioning the validity of words when they fail to describe his emotions.
Language is Dead
A young African-American male struggling to find his identity within the Black community meets a persuasive relic of the past.