Role:  Main Title Design & Animation
Production Co:  Nu Era Productions

Highlight Reel (Above), Main Title (Below)

I had the great opportunity to do the main title sequence for the documentary film ‘Raised / Razed’ produced by Maupintown Media for VPM.

Raised/Razed is a documentary feature film about the lasting effects of the federally-backed and locally-executed Urban Renewal program, through the lens of Vinegar Hill, a large African American neighborhood in the heart of Charlottesville, Virginia, that for 100 years thrived as the center of business, education, religious, and cultural life, until it — like hundreds of Black communities across America — was destroyed.

News clippings provide a macro of the story as a whole, while a series of brush stroke and wipe-off animations draw on a line that moves through the photos—illustrating the idea that these programs were actually being designed on paper to outline and erase these communities.

You can watch the full film here.