Nikki got the chance to talk with Alex Miranda Cruz, Co-founder of Bravebird, a Madison Based film company about his first feature length film "Trace the Line" and the challenges of creating the film during the Pandemic. Alex also discussed the importance of diversity in filmmaking and storytelling. 

Bravebird is based in Madison, Wisconsin and founded by Alex Miranda Cruz and Noel Miranda using their methodology of Cinema Dignité™, it demands diversity from the top-bottom and bottom-up to evolve the messaging framework of the story, inspire new heights of the creative, and fundamentally transform the way narratives depict diversity and gender on-screen. Cinema Dignité leans into the complexity, invests in visceral characters, develops stronger plots, and implements a cinematography that depicts dignity.

"Trace the Line" tells the story of two young artists — a Black poet wrestling with his purpose and a white painter facing her privilege

Website: https://www.tracethelinefilm.com/