Deron Albright presented his film Destiny of Lesser Animals at Bryn Mawr Film Institute in March.
Local director and St. Joseph's University professor Deron Albright recently received a 2012 Pew Fellowship in the Arts from The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage. The $60,000 fellowship is awarded to artists who develop a significant body of work, according to a press release. "The Pew Fellowship is designed to support mid-career artists ready to take the next step, based on work they have already accomplished," Albright said in the release. "The work on my film The Destiny of Lesser Animals (Sibo ne kra, Dabo ne kra), and the success from that was a major part of the Pew's decision to grant the award." Albright, of Narberth, produced and directed the film during the 2008-09 academic year while he was a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the …
St. Joseph's University professor Deron Albright, and writer and star Yao Nunoo, talked with audience members about "The Destiny of Lesser Animals" Tuesday night.
At Bryn Mawr Film Institute on Tuesday night, local director and St. Joseph's University professor Deron Albright presented his first full-length film, The Destiny of Lesser Animals, which he called a "preemptive response" to the viral Kony 2012 campaign. Following the film, Albright and Ghanian-born Yao Nunoo, the film's writer and star, answered questions from audience members about life in Ghana, marketing difficulties, and general response to the film. The Destiny of Lesser Animals follows the story of Inspector Boniface Koomsin, a Ghanaian police detective, and his journey to recover a forged United States passport that will allow him reentry to America and the chance to recover his dreams. The entire film (with the exception of a few…
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