INDEPENDENT STUDY: VINCENT FORD
Fall 2024
In this independent study in personal storytelling Vincent Ford worked with BYFA instructor Charles Cohen and outreach coordinator Greg Carpenter to express a personal vision of his life experience in Baltimore.
This independent study was a co-production of Baltimore Youth Film Arts and Roca.
Greg Carpenter has worked in reentry for twenty years. He is a 2015 Open Society Institute Fellow (OSI) and owner of the 2 AM Bakery, which houses his program Eye Can B-More. Eye Can B-More offers returning citizens work experience, job training, and a range of support services. He also co-chairs the Greater Baltimore City Grassroots Network, which is comprised of more than forty service providers and advocacy groups that assist the formerly incarcerated.
Charles Cohen's recent documentary films include Riding Wild, which follows a group of BMXers into Baltimore's urban wilderness, and The Crooked Tune, an Old Time Fiddler in a Modern World. He holds an MFA in Film and Digital Media from American University and has written for The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, and Baltimore City Paper.
