Southern Documentary Fund is pleased to present a free work-in-progress screening of GRANDMASTER: THE VIC MOORE STORY, by Christopher Everett as part of our Fresh Docs program.

In 1965, Vic Moore became one of the first African Americans to win a major karate competition. Now over 50 years later, Vic Moore is locked in a race against time to pass his knowledge of Shuri-ryū Karate to the next generation of martial artists as he struggles with the health repercussions of a strenuous martial arts career.

Doors will open at 6:30pm, film will start at 7:00pm. There will be a post film discussion with Christopher Everett (director & producer), Victor Moore (subject of film), and moderator Dr. Alonzo Alexander (Director, Imhotep and Kyran Anderson Academies at NC State Science House & Purple Belt in Shotokan Karate) immediately following the screening.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Christopher Everett is an independent film director, producer and curator, based in Wilmington, North Carolina. Christopher is the Program Manager at the Southern Documentary Fund and is the founder of Speller Street Films and Black Kung Fu Cinema. He’s a recent Firelight Media Doc Lab Fellow and is the guest curator at The Cary Theater in Cary, NC for their Kung Fu Film Series. His debut feature documentary WILMINGTON ON FIRE, chronicles the 1898 Wilmington Massacre. He’s currently in post-production on WILMINGTON ON FIRE: CHAPTER II and also GRANDMASTER: THE VIC MOORE STORY which looks at the life and teachings of martial arts pioneer Grandmaster Victor Moore. He’s also currently in production on WE BUILT THIS: PROFILES OF BLACK ARCHITECTS & BUILDERS IN NC.

ABOUT FRESH DOCS
Fresh Docs is Southern Documentary Fund’s work-in-progress screening series. These screenings give SDF makers an opportunity to showcase their work fresh from the edit suite, and receive structural, editorial, and Point-of-View feedback from qualified professionals such as documentary media makers and production specialists.