RODNEY EVANS – WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
FEATURE FILMS
2013 THE HAPPY SAD
86 minute HD Video, Narrative Drama
Director, producer and editor of a feature-length drama that follows two couples, one black and one white, whose lives collide as they navigate open relationships and sexual identity.
Cast-LeRoy McClain, Sorel Carradine, Charlie Barnett, Cameron Scoggins, Maria Dizzia.
Distributed by Miasma Films/Rodney Evans
2004 BROTHER TO BROTHER
90 minute 35mm Film, Narrative Drama
Writer, director, and producer of a film that looks back on the Harlem Renaissance from the perspective of an elderly, black writer who meets a gay teenager in a New York homeless shelter.
Cast–Anthony Mackie, Roger Robinson, Larry Gilliard, Jr., Aunjanue Ellis, Duane Boutte, Daniel Sunjata, Alex Burns and Ray Ford. Winner-Sundance 2004-Special Jury Prize-Drama.
Distributed by Wolfe Releasing (U.S. and Canada)
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2025 DAYDREAM
90 minute 35mm film, Narrative Drama
Writer, director and producer of a musical drama that follows jazz composer Billy Strayhorn on a quest for musical inspiration as he travels to New Orleans to investigate the life of Buddy Bolden, the forefather of modern jazz who spent the last 24 years of his life in a mental institution.
Producers: Luca Borghese, Oren Moverman, Ron Simons, Rodney Evans