A two part project, one half film and the other an analytical essay. A Maine in Progression is a candid documentary following Detroit music artist Illy Maine in his journey and discoveries throughout life and music. The film explores identity, challenges through troubled times and roots--all underlying an inspiring unyielding clinch to hope. Illy Maine believes that through sound we find identity. That our voice carries the entire history of who we are and who we present ourselves as. Along with the essay, this body of work was created in effort to show the methodology behind an "aesthetically Hip Hop" filmmaking approach into story telling. Built on the filters of humanity becoming creative through constraints and being true to who they are and what they choose to embody.
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