The life of Jack O’Dell, who once worked alongside Martin Luther King, Jr., is revealed through a conversation with the 94-year-old civil rights activist.
Directed and produced by Rami Katz
Broadcast Premiere:
Knowledge Network, February 2020
Awards:
President's Award, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival '18
Best International Short: Baltimore International Black Film Festival '18
Honourable Mention, Documentary Short: Roxbury International Film Festival '18
Nominated for a Golden Sheaf Award, Yorkton Film Festival '19
Social Impact Award, Local Sightings Film Festival '19
Festivals:
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival '18
Freep Film Festival '18
DOXA Documentary Film Festival '18
Roxbury International Film Festival '18
Rhode Island International Film Festival '18
Montreal International Black Film Festival '18
Baltimore International Black Film Festival '18
St. Louis International Film Festival '18
North Carolina Black Film Festival '19
Re Frame Film Festival'19
Powell River Film Festival '19
Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival '19
Belleville Downtown DocFest '19
Saltspring Film Festival '19
Emerging Lens Cultural Film Festival '19
Yorkton Film Festival '19
Local Sightings Film Festival '19
Facebook page: facebook.com/theissueofmrodell
Website: ramihkatz.com/theissueofmrodell
Educational Distributor (US): Cinema Guild
store.cinemaguild.com/nontheatrical/product/2581.html
"[A] personal and humanizing portrait" - Pat Mullen, POV Magazine
povmagazine.com/articles/view/review-the-issue-of-mr.-odell
"As a viewer, I was left wanting more." - Esther Sun, Discorder Magazine
citr.ca/discorder/may-2018/doxa-2018-the-issue-of-mr-odell/
"O’Dell shares his insightful outlook on past and present race relations in the United States, augmented beautifully with the stark and poignant imagery" - Danielle Piper, The Georgia Straight
straight.com/movies/1069136/doxa-2018-review-issue-mr-odell
"Filmmaker Rami Katz combines archival material with beautifully shot footage of O’Dell in conversation to weave the story of a man who has fought his whole life for justice."
- Ljudmila Petrovic, Sad Mag
sadmag.ca/blog/2018/4/24/preview-belinda-and-the-issue-of-mr-odell-at-doxa
