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Open Dialogues: Black Voices | Black Stories

Directed by Freddy Rodriguez
United States
24 mins

Directed, shot, and edited by award-winning filmmaker Freddy Rodriguez, Open Dialogues: Black Voices | Black Stories focuses on what social justice looks and feels like for Black Americans, as told through the narratives and performances of eight Black South Floridians. Open Dialogues is a collaboration between the Art and Culture Center/Hollywood and 66 Films that hopes to inspire conversation about racial inequity and systemic injustice for the African diaspora in America.


Freddy Rodriguez is a Cuban-born filmmaker. Freddy's films dive deep into themes of living as an outsider. His diasporas inform who he is as a filmmaker and help shape his films' themes of injustice, self-discovery, and transformation.

  • Country
    United States
  • Language
    English
  • Director
    Freddy Rodriguez
  • Writer
    Jeff Rusnak
  • Cinematographer
    Freddy Rodriguez
  • Editor
    Freddy Rodriguez
  • Genre
    Social Issues, Documentary
  • Theme
    Local, Social issues, LGBTQ, Made in MIA Feature

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