Event Videography
Elite Event: Yelp's Taste of The Cowfish
A recap of Yelp's Taste of The Cowfish Atlanta.
Elite Event: Yelp's @ Eventide Brewery
Interview
Mini-Docs
Narratives
Some stories I've told
Scapegoat
My First Film
Hop Skotch the Funk Dumpling
My Master's Thesis
A lonely privileged kid and a street hustlin' hobo discover the value of friendship through their shared love of dancing.
In Deferment
My first narrative work post grad school
An art graduate neglects his student loans for so long that Sallie, a warm hearted and disarming debt collector is dispatched to collect his payment. When he is unable to pay, true nature is revealed…and it’s frightening.
General Jive
by Kadeef "Barz" Sanders | Writer, Director, & Commercial Set Dresser
Introduction
Howdy, I'm Kadeef Sanders, the creator of General Jive. General Jive is an online alias I created as a teenager, and I love alliteration so I decided to use it as a name for all of my creative endeavors.
Kadeef "Barz" Sanders
Awards & Stuff
Projects
Scapegoat my directorial debut. Below is a list of festivals that screened it along with nominations and other accolades.
*Nominated for Best Student Short: Treasure Coast International Film Festival, Port St. Lucie, FL, October 1-4, 2015
*Selected for screening: Treasure Coast International Film Festival, Port St. Lucie, FL, October 1-4, 2015
*Selected for screening: Route 66 Film Festival, Springfield, Illinois, November 6-7, 2015
*Honorable Mention, Best Narrative Short: Ojai Film Festival, California, November 6-13, 2014
*Best Student Film: San Francisco Black Film Festival, June 12-14, 2014
*Nominated for Best Directing, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Writing, and Best Narrative: Dot Independent Film Festival, Los Angeles, June 7, 2014
*Best Director- Narrative Short: Black Warrior Film Festival, Tuscaloosa, AL, April 11-13, 2014
*Florida Favorite: Tally Shorts Film Festival, Tallahassee, March 1, 2014
*Selected for screening: Covey Film Festival, Thomasville, GA, October 6-18, 2015
*Selected for screening: Inaugural FSU Social Work Film Festival Tallahassee, FL November 11, 2013
*Selected for screening: Texas Black Film Festival, Dallas, February 19-24, 2014
*Selected for screening: Black Warrior Film Festival, Tuscaloosa, AL, April 11-13, 2014
*Selected for screening: San Francisco Black Film Festival, June 12-15, 2014
*Selected for screening: Dot Independent Film Festival, Los Angeles, June 7, 2014
*Selected for screening: BolderLife Film Festival, Boulder, Colorado, October 13-19, 2014
*Selected for screening: Capital City Black Film Festival, Austin, August 21-23, 2014
*Selected for screening: Awareness Festival, Venice, CA, September 11-21, 2014
*Selected for screening: Utopia Film Festival, Greenbelt, MA, October 24-26, 2014
*Selected for screening: BronzeLens Film Festival, Atlanta, October 23-26, 2014
*Selected for screening: Orlando Film Festival, October 22-26, 2014
*Selected for screening: Ojai Film Festival, California, November 6-13, 2014
*Selected for screening: Urban Mediamakers Film Festival, Atlanta, October 12-18, 2014
*Selected for screening: San Diego Film Festival, January 29-Feb 1, 2015
*Selected for screening: Flagler Film Festival, St. Augustine, FL, January 10-12, 2015
*Selected for screening: FSU Black Film Festival, Tallahassee, January 16, 2015
*Selected for screening: Fort Myers Film Festival, March 25-29, 2015
*Selected for screening: Emerge Film Festival, Auburn, Maine, April 9-12, 2015
*Selected for screening: Student Art Film Festival, Orlando, late May, 2015
*Selected for screening: Treasure Coast International Film Festival, Port St. Lucie October 1-4, 2015
Hop Skotch the Fubk Dumpling
*Best Director: 15 Minutes of Fame Festival, Ocala, FL, April 25-26, 2015
*Best Performance: Black Warrior Film Festival, Tuscaloosa, AL, February 13-15, 2015
*Selected for Blue Ribbon Panel judging by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for the College Television Awards (Student Emmys). The winners will be announced in April.
*Awarded Florida Favorite: Tally Shorts Film Festival, Tallahassee, FL, February 7, 2015
*Courtney Walker won Best Performance: Treasure Coast International Film Festival, Port St. Lucie, FL, October 1-4, 2015
*Nominated for Best Student Short: Treasure Coast International Film Festival, Port St. Lucie, FL, October 1-4, 2015
*Selected for screening: Covey Film Festival, Thomasville, GA, October 6-18, 2015
*Selected for screening: Love Your Shorts Film Festival, Sanford, FL, February 12-15, 2015
*Selected for Screening: Treasure Coast International Film Festival, Port St. Lucie, FL, October 1-4, 2015
*Selected for screening: FSU Black Film Festival, Tallahassee, January 16, 2015
*Selected for screening: Tally Shorts film festival, Tallahassee, February 7, 2015
*Selected for screening: Black Warrior Film Festival, Tuscaloosa, AL, April 11-13, 2015
*Selected for screening: the inaugural Marietta International Film Festival, Atlanta, May 22-24, 2015
*Selected for screening: the inaugural Alhambra Theatre Film Festival, Evansville, IN, April 9-12, 2015
*Selected for screening: Milledgeville Film Festival, Georgia, April 15-19, 2015
*Selected for screening: Fort Myers Beach Film Festival, April 22-26, 2015
*Selected for screening: 15 Minutes of Fame Film Festival, Orlando, April 25-26, 2015
*Selected for screening: San Francisco Black Film Festival, June 12-15, 2015
*Selected for screening: Real to Reel Film Festival, Kings Mountain, North Carolina, July 22-25, 2015
*Selected for screening: Capital City Black Film Festival, Austin, August 13-15, 2015
*Selected for screening: Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival, September 17-24, 2015
*Selected for screening: Twin Rivers Media Festival, Asheville, NC, September 11-18, 2015
* Selected for screening: Orlando Film Festival, October 21-25, 2015
* Selected for screening: Filmstock Film Festival, Tempe AZ, December 3-6, 2015
*Selected for screening: San Diego Black Film Festival, January 28-31, 2016
*Selected for screening: Flagler Film Festival Awards, November 14, 2015
*Selected for screening: Machetanz Film Festival, Palmer AK, May 31-June 5, 2016
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