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.
“I am in the process of deciding:
what is mine and what is not,
what comes through me and what becomes of me,
what belongs to the world,
and what remains my sovereign win.
As I learn.
As I accept.
As I decide.
As I create.
I release.”