In her directing debut, filmmaker Oge Egbuonu explores the history of Black women in America with the documentary '(In)visible Portraits.'
For her directorial debut, the documentary “visible Portraits,” Oge Egbuonu decided to survey the history of Black women in America. Egbuonu was previously an associate producer on the 2016 film “Loving,” which earned an Oscar nomination for actress Ruth Negga and told the story of Richard and Mildred Loving and the landmark Loving vs. Virginia court case that struck down prohibitions against interracial marriage.
When you think about the uprising that’s happening now with Black Lives Matter, three Black women created that movement. So when you think about the different contributions made to society, it’s largely through the lenses and the work of Black women. And so I felt that it was really important to bring that to the forefront in this film, because we do a great job of erasing that in the history books that are currently written.
I submitted it to Tribeca, Cannes and Sundance, and the first two rejections were really hard. I remember getting an email from Sundance and I cried for hours that night; I cried myself to sleep. And then when I got the rejection letter from Tribeca, it was a little less of a blow. Because I think I was just numb to it all. And I was like, ‘You guys just don’t get it and you don’t understand it.’ And so I had to use those moments to fuel me. And so I took those rejections as a redirection.
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