INE the animated web series produced, co-written and co-directed by NYFA New York’s Screenwriting Chair Randall Dottin premieres at Tribeca Film Festival 2021.
Set in the near future, this five-part series takes place in Beau Voda, a utopian world where the lifesource – a miraculous healing water – suddenly disappears. MINE looks to explore many of the themes of our modern world including, climate justice, scarcity, individualism, and migration.
MINE is the brainchild of Rise-Home Stories, a collective founded in 2018 that brings together multimedia storytellers and housing, land, and racial justice advocates with the goal of reimagining the past, present, and future of our communities through storytelling. NYFA Documentary Filmmaking instructor, Angela Tucker, also co-wrote and produced the series.
Of his experience writing and directing the series, NYFA Screenwriting Chair Randall Dottin said, “By the time we finished the pilot, I realized that I had just completed one of the most unique creative experiences I’ve ever had in my life. I’ve never worked on a project where the values promoted in the story ‘in front of the camera’ were also utilized ‘behind the camera’ in the writers’ room, among the producers and the crew. This is a great model for how this new kind of work can be created and for how I’d like to work in the future.”
Acclaimed actor and NYFA Guest speaker, Russell Hornsby executive produced MINE and voices Eustis, Beau Voda’s Chief Scientist. “This is a story about people finding themselves, finding out what their abilities and capabilities are and how they deal with their limits and fears. I have two kids and as a parent, I think about what world are they going to have, and what kind of society are they going to make. These are the big questions that MINE asks and that my kids are going to have to answer as they mature and grow into adults.”
New York Film Academy congratulates Screenwriting Chair Randall Dottin for his work on MINE and invites everyone to attend the Virtual Premiere and Audience Q&A with the team behind the animated web series on Monday, July 14th, by snagging a free ticket here.