{"id":21163,"date":"2014-03-07T13:31:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T18:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raleighpublicrecord.org\/?p=21163"},"modified":"2014-03-07T13:31:21","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T18:31:21","slug":"bragg-n-east-film-holds-early-test-screening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/news\/2014\/03\/07\/bragg-n-east-film-holds-early-test-screening\/","title":{"rendered":"Bragg \u2018N East Film Holds Early Test Screening"},"content":{"rendered":"

Raleigh Police Officer Robert Wagner\u2019s short film \u201cBragg \u2018N East<\/a>\u201d debuted at the Living Arts College in North Raleigh Wednesday night to a crowd of more than 200 \u2014 including the chiefs of both the Raleigh Police and Capitol Police departments.<\/p>\n

Wagner described the screening as a way of gathering feedback before final edits are made to the film, which will then be shopped around to a number of venues, including the Cannes International Film Festival.<\/p>\n

Three years in the making and initially planned as a feature-length film, Bragg \u2018N East was shortened to a running time of just under 30 minutes due to budgetary constraints. The total cost of production came in at just under $15,000.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

James Borden \/ Raleigh Public Record<\/p><\/div>\n

The faith-based film, directed by local auteur Rob Underhill, tells the story of how a traumatic event brings together a veteran police officer and a hardened gang member seeking to improve the lives of those around them.<\/p>\n

Kirstie Marx, whose husband, Richard Marx is a sergeant with the Raleigh Police Department, said she felt the film did an excellent job of capturing the stress that police officers endure in the course of their duty.<\/p>\n

\u201cI though it was great,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I loved that it was faith-based.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her daughter, Emma Marx, shared her enthusiasm.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a well-plotted storyline, very well done,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

James Borden \/ Raleigh Public Record<\/p><\/div>\n

Steven Hinkle, another Raleigh resident in attendance, said he was impressed with what the film had managed to accomplish on such a small budget.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt really piqued my emotional interest; I want to see more,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Wagner said he hopes to use the short as a way to drum up interest in developing Bragg \u2018N East into a feature-length film or a television series.<\/p>\n

Ethel James, whose son Moise\u2019 Tabon starred in the film as Dae\u2019Quan, a drug-dealing gang member, said she \u201cloved it\u201d \u2013 and not just because of her son\u2019s involvement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI loved that the officer wanted to tell this story,\u201d she said, adding that she appreciated the realistic portrayal of what life can be like in some of this country\u2019s rougher neighborhoods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The short film \u201cBragg \u2018N East\u201d held its debut screening Wednesday night in front of an enthusiastic crowd of more than 200.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24061,"featured_media":21165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[1324,1323],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21163"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24061"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}