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The Production Team
DANTE JAMES
Producer, Director, Screenwriter
Dante
James
is an award-winning filmmaker and Artist in Residence at
Duke University. In 2006, James won an Emmy for his
work as series producer and producer/director/writer of
the first program of the critically acclaimed PBS
documentary series, "Slavery and the Making of
America.” He received a total of three
nominations. Most recently he competed a dramatic short
film based on a story by Charles W. Chesnutt. In 2003,
he executive produced the PBS series, "This Far by
Faith.” In the summer of 2008, he will produce and
direct an original short story. He is currently
directing a performance documentary for the PBS series
Great Performances.
Clayton LeBouef
Lead
Actor, Co-Producer
Clayton LeBouef
is an
accomplished stage, television, and film actor. In his
collaboration with Dante James on “The Doll,”
Clayton assumed the role of co-producer. His stage and
screen credits include Homicide Life on the Street, The
HBO series The Corner, The Wire, and the
HBO film “Something the Lord Made.” He recently
appeared in the August Wilson play “Gem of the Ocean.”
He is currently working on a production based on the
life of Henrietta V. Davis.
Richard
Montgomery
Production Designer
Richard
Montgomery
is a theatrical designer/art director/production
designer whose close to three hundred credits include
work for the Royal Court Theatre, The Old Vic, The
American Repertory Theatre and numerous professional
theater companies in the USA, UK and Caribbean. He has
twice been nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for
Outstanding Set Design. His work in film and television
includes design assignments for PBS, the BBC, National
Geographic; the New York Center for Visual History; and
Atlantic Films. His work for film has been screened at
the Los Angeles, New York, Cannes, Milan, and Baltimore
Film Festivals, with special screenings at the Kennedy
Center, the Lincoln Center, and Eastman House in
Rochester, NY. Most recently he has designed for
several theaters in Washington, DC.
Joshua M. Gibson
Director of Photography
Joshua M. Gibson
is an
accomplished filmmaker and cinematographer. He is the
Assistant Director of the Film/Video//Digital Program at
Duke University where he teaches both narrative and
experimental filmmaking courses. His films have been
screened at many film festivals across the country
including the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.
He is currently producing a film that explores a near
extinct form of dance in India.
Anthony Kelley
Composer, Music Producer
Anthony Kelley
joined the Duke University music faculty in 2000 after
serving as Composer-in-Residence with the Richmond
Symphony for three years under a grant from Meet the
Composer.. In 1999, Richmond Symphony premiered his
piano concerto, "Africamerica," with soloist Donal Fox.
In 1998, The American Composers Orchestra gave the
premier performance of a commissioned work, "The
Breaks," under the direction of Gerard Schwartz.. He is
a performer in and co-director of the improvisational
Postmodern New-Blues musical collective called the BLAK
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