Micheal Rice is a filmmaker, producer, choreographer and
creative director for stage and film. His uncompromising
vision is to bring the stories and art of LGBTQ communities
of color to the forefront of society. Rice has over 15 years’
experience working across multiple platforms, from
television to regional theatre. Rice has worked with a slew
of different production houses, agencies and noted artist in
his career such as IMG, WME, Big Fish Entertainment,
Chadwhick Boseman, Janet Hubert, composer - Bill Lee
and theatre guru Woodie King Jr.
His ground breaking 2017 debut documentary, 'party boi,
black diamonds in ice castles' (awarded ‘Best Documentary’
at the prestigious Pan-African Film Festival in 2020) sparked
intense controversy, and generated a much-needed
dialogue among urban LGBTQ communities of color about
substance abuse, HIV infection and isolation.
Rice's new documentary BLACK AS U R has already
received global notoriety for brining matters of Black trans
issues, self-affirmation and high-lighting the subject of
homophobia in Black spaces. BLACK AS U R has toured in
such countries as The UK, Portugal, Germany, Canada, Italy
and the US, making history as the inaugural winner of the
"Out In The Silence Award" from the largest LGBTQ Film
Festival in the world, Frameline in 2022. Micheal’s work is a
fusion of art, love, reflection and activism from behind and
in-front of the lens.