Chicago – As an artist, it doesn’t get any more high profile than filmmaker and man-as-happening maestro Lonnie Edwards. Edwards will be showcasing his latest short film, “Periphery,” as part of The Chicago Onscreen Local Film Showcase, a health-friendly outdoor screening event on Saturday, September 12th, 2020.
After he turned to filmmaking after a career as an installation artist, Lonnie Edwards broke out in 2014 with the award-winning short film “Parietal Guidance,” and from there has commented on black and societal issues with “A Ferguson Story,” “Exodus: Sounds of the Great Migration” and his latest “Periphery.” He is also involved now with Future Galerie, a “unified art auction platform that allows prominent artists to raise money for social organizations, to create a more just and tolerant future.” To add to his busy 2020, he also launched a fashion line.
Filmmaker Lonnie Edwards of The Chicago Onscreen Local Film Showcase
Photo credit: Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.
After he turned to filmmaking after a career as an installation artist, Lonnie Edwards broke out in 2014 with the award-winning short film “Parietal Guidance,” and from there has commented on black and societal issues with “A Ferguson Story,” “Exodus: Sounds of the Great Migration” and his latest “Periphery.” He is also involved now with Future Galerie, a “unified art auction platform that allows prominent artists to raise money for social organizations, to create a more just and tolerant future.” To add to his busy 2020, he also launched a fashion line.
Filmmaker Lonnie Edwards of The Chicago Onscreen Local Film Showcase
Photo credit: Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.
- 9/11/2020
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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