Find Your Go: Finding Go makes impact at Scope Screenings
By Takiyah Ward
This past Tuesday TDUB (that's me) and Alaia D’Alessandro got to attend the event called Scope Screenings created by film maker Lex Scope. It's a night jam packed with awesome visuals by creatives from all over the Northwest. The event featured music videos, long and short form films and documentaries in an attempt to bring these incredible works to a larger audience. While also creating a movie-going atmosphere around content we normally consume via our phones or computers. Lex hopes to use this event to broaden the scope of possibility for up and coming filmmakers by putting their work on the big screen. You've never been to a movie theater to watch music videos until you've been to a Scope Screening, and tonight's sold out crowd loved every second of it.
The event was held at the ‘Here After’ which is a theater/lounge space connected to the new Crocodile Lounge. It features a full service bar, a great food menu and of course a 100+ seat theater. Tonight's showing was jam packed with costumed guests as the Halloween themed night ended with a costume contest. Alaia and I did not get that memo but had fun just the same. We were there to show Converge Media’s latest film Finding Go: The Legacy of Adé Hogue.
Previous screenings of the film have been in front of audiences that were at the very least familiar with Adé’s story, Converge Media or some other aspect of the film but tonight’s audience was completely new to the story and Converge. Even still the positive response was undeniable. It’s clear that Adé’s story touches people in a way that you don't see too often, and the presentation and production that Converge created is proof of that. You can't help but become invested in making sure the story is told the right way. He touched so many people, even if you only came in contact with him for a moment. I commend his family for being able to share so deeply of their brother, their son.
I cry every time I watch this film. I'm honored to have had anything to do with this film coming to life because of how it affects people, the same way it affected me. Getting to learn about Adé through this process, I felt a deep connection to him. We are both artists who struggle with how to speak to what we see of the world today. You question whether you're doing enough, and if you're making an impact that could lead to change. While Adé’s time on this earth was tragically cut short, his impact is most certainly alive and well. It lives in his family and friends who started a foundation and scholarship fund in his name, in everyone he ever taught, learned from or connected with, and in people like me who never met him in person but carry that creative spirit, that caring spirit in all that we do. Find your go, and don't stop.
