We are honored that our project “Letters to Tyrin” has been selected for a Magnifying Glass Fellowship. We met Tyrin a few years back when we were filming a video for LOOP where Tyrin worked. A year later, he was murdered in his car in the Bayou St. John neighborhood. The murderer has not been brought to justice. The film asks why kids like Tyrin considered by society to be disposable?
About the fellowship: “Our country harbors unconscionable social inequalities that too many endure at the expense of their freedom, dignity, safety, and lives. The American South has a responsibility to investigate the system its roots continue to feed. Members of the regions’ marginalized communities continue to see inequality personally magnified but publicly trivialized and, by way of silence and eventual omission, ignored. The Magnifying Glass works to pair individuals committed to making crucially important progressive short documentaries with humble financial support and the network of exposure its partners provide. The purpose of this fellowship is to assist micro-budgeted, expediently produced progressive or radical short films that aggressively investigate social injustice.”
