DUI JARROD
CREATOR. VISIONARY. STORYTELLER. FILMMAKER. WRITER. DIRECTOR. BLACK. SOFT. SEED. COMFORTABLE. INEFFABLE. STOIC. RICH. INDEPENDENT. SON. GRANDSON. SOUTHERN. ROOTED. BOLD. QUIET. CURIOUS. FOCUSED. HUNGRY. GROWING. EVOLVING. UNAPOLOGETIC. INTENTIONAL. GROUNDED. RESILIENT. TENDER. POWERFUL. LISTENER. BUILDER. THINKER. FEELER. ARTIST. DREAMER. DOER. LEADER. LEARNER. LIGHT. STILLNESS. STRENGTH. SHARP. STRATEGIC. OBSERVER. CREATIVE. SOULFUL. SPIRITUAL. CENTERED. BRAVE. LOVED. HUMAN. AMBITIOUS. EMPATHETIC. LYRICAL. DISCIPLINED. GRATEFUL. HUMBLED. NARRATIVE. VISUAL. MUSICAL. VIBRANT. WARM. VULNERABLE. PRESENT. TRANSPARENT. REFLECTIVE. EARNEST. EXCELLENT. TACTICAL. OPEN. RADICAL. GRACEFUL. PURPOSEFUL. INTIMATE. CINEMATIC. COSMIC. PROUD. HONEST. AUTHENTIC. SENSITIVE. ENGAGED. ORIGINAL. GIFTED. RESTLESS. TRUE. DEVOTED. DANGEROUS. DETERMINED. LiT.
DUI JARROD
EMMY NOMINATED
EIGHTEEN YEARS IN AND I AM STILL CREATING.
THE LAST FOUR HAVE BEEN MARKED BY UNCERTAINTY. I FOUND MYSELF MOVING THROUGH AN INDUSTRY GUIDED BY WINDS THAT OFTEN BLEW IN UNEXPECTED DIRECTIONS. BUT CLARITY HAS COME. I AM HERE TO SHARE MY WORK, MY VISUALS, MY PASSION, ONE FRAME AT A TIME.
I AM THE GRANDSON OF TWO LINEAGES ROOTED IN ARKANSAS. MY PEOPLE WERE FARMERS. THEY WERE DREAMERS. I CARRY BOTH IN ME. THE CAMERA IS THE LANGUAGE I SPEAK, AND THROUGH IT, I CAPTURE WHAT MATTERS MOST: HOPE, GRACE, AND COMMUNITY.
THIS NEW COLLECTION OF FILMS IS MY OFFERING. A SERIES OF MEDITATIONS ON RESILIENCE, FREEDOM, AND THE RICHNESS OF BLACK SOUTHERN LIFE.
HOT FESTIVAL 2025
Dixon Place
161A Chrystie Street (between Rivington & Delancey)
July 25, 7:30 PM
Tickets below
BLANK PAGES
A Dui jarrod Play
BLANK PAGES IS A GENRE-BENDING, ONE-MAN THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE THAT EXPLODES THE IDEA OF AUTHORSHIP. SET IN A MOMENT OF CREATIVE CRISIS, THE PLAY FOLLOWS DUI—BOTH THE WRITER AND PERFORMER—AS HE ATTEMPTS TO SHARE A NEW WORK IN FRONT OF A LIVE AUDIENCE. BUT THE VOICES FROM HIS PAST CREATIONS, HIS INSPIRATION, AND HIS DEEPEST WOUNDS WON’T LET HIM MOVE FORWARD QUIETLY. THROUGH MONOLOGUE, COMEDY, POETRY, MULTIMEDIA, AND MUSIC, THIS PIECE BECOMES A LIVING DIALOGUE WITH HIS MUSE, HIS TRAUMA, HIS AMBITION, AND THE AUDIENCE ITSELF.
IT’S PART STAND-UP, PART SERMON, PART SÉANCE—AND ENTIRELY URGENT.
“AN AMERICAN TRIUMPH”
“AN ENTERTAINTER ”
“I’M FUCKING WIT IT”
“VULNERABLE AND FULL OF ITSELF. IT WORTH EVERY PENNY.”