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Flipping the Script and Screen on Stories About Race

The web series screens at Bushwick Film Festival... but it’s really made for your phone.

Flipping the Script and Screen on Stories About Race

Flipping the Script and Screen on Stories About Race

The web series screens at Bushwick Film Festival... but it’s really made for your phone.

Flipping the Script and Screen on Stories About Race

The 12th annual Bushwick Film Festival welcomed “Other Colors” — a new web series made for your mobile device. The eight-episode season follows Jon Harper through a day in New York City, and all the bizarre characters he meets along the way. This charming, coming-of-age comedy explores what it’s like to pursue dreams as a person of color, with the goal of realistic representation.

Actor Jon Butts, who portrays Harper, elaborates on the importance of…

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