SHORT SYNOPSISEROICA IS A MAGICAL REALISM EPISODIC DRAMA DIRECTED BY NATHAN DE PAZ HABIB AND BASED ON CHINO AMOBI'S NAMESAKE NOVEL. STARRING AMOBI HIMSELF, THE SHORT FILM INTRODUCES THE AUDIENCE TO THE NOVEL.
THE OPENING SCENE IS SET IN A NONDESCRIPT BASEMENT WITH AN INVESTIGATOR RECEIVING A REPORT FOR A MISSING PERSON. THROUGH HIS INVESTIGATION, HE DISCOVERS ARCHIVES THAT CONFIRM AMOBI’S DEATH FROM ONTICIDE - A TERM RECENTLY USED IN AFRICAN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY TO DESCRIBE THE KILLING OF THE SELF AS THE ONLY WAY TO GAIN ONE’S RIGHTS AND ACHIEVE HAPPINESS. WHAT FOLLOWS ARE A SERIES OF FLASHBACKS HELD WITHIN AN ATMOSPHERE OF TENSION AND SUSPENSE, REVEALING THE PROTAGONIST’S JOURNEY.
EROICA IS A MACRO PROJECT WHICH EXPLORES CONTEMPORARY MYTHOLOGY, STARTING AS A NOVEL, EXPANDING INTO ART THROUGH CHINO AMOBI’S PAINTINGS AND MUSIC AND DEVELOPING INTO FILM. THE AIM IS TO PORTRAY CHINO AMOBI’S ALL ENCOMPASSING ODYSSEY THROUGH A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH IN WHICH LITERATURE, ART AND CINEMA COME TOGETHER AND COMPLEMENT ONE ANOTHER.
EXTRA CREDIT 1MUSIC: CHINO AMOBI, JOHN UTTERBACK
EXTRA CREDIT 2PRODUCTION MANAGER: ALICE BERGAMIN
EXTRA CREDIT 3COSTUME DESIGNER: SARA PAMIO
EXTRA CREDIT 4CAST: CHINO AMOBI, SHI YANG SHI, DELMA POMPEO, KAL DOS SANTOS, BENIT ALAGBE
