Demetrius | Middlebury | USA

Living in Vermont I don't meet a lot of other blacks folks. It's draining. A certain part of me is missing and only comes to visit every once in a while. I say visit because meeting and being around other black people is always a scheduled affair. The serendipity of running into another black person is rare. Bakanal de Afrique gave me the opportunity to be around a group of blacks folks and let me explore and define a side of me that I've only started to understand. I have this curiosity about the black experience because I don’t think I did it very well growing up. Based on the way I look I don’t necessarily have to worry about getting stopped on the street. It's made me want to show the range and variety of the black experience in Vermont, and that despite living in a white community in Vermont, we can still thrive.

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Demetrius Borge, J Finley, and Matt Delia-Lobo

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Demetrius Borge

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Middlebury| USA

Demetrius has been producing videos since he accidentally erased all the family photos during a summer trip. In an attempt to make up for it he began making claymations in middle school, and transitioned to live-action in high school.

He attended Middlebury College as a Film and Media Culture major and produced videos for different student organizations, academic departments, and independently with friends.

From there he worked as a Digital Media Producer for Middlebury College’s Communications and Marketing Department, where he produced, directed, and edited videos for the college. In addition, he has worked as a producer, director, editor, and cinematographer on multiple short films and commercials.

He now co-owns 273 Productions where he continues to make videos.

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