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BrayFilmsReleases JointCustodyAfter SuccessofPPPLoan Gone
By Ti'Juana "Mamarazzi" HardwellWichita, Kansas is a long way from Hollywood, where most of the world’s highest-grossing films are made. However, one filmmaker has made the city a hub working with local actors and filming in locations across the town. Devon Bray of Bray Films says he doesn’t have to leave the city he loves to get people to pay attention to his films.
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Bray Films is a family affair but has gained many supporters over the years including luxury home builder Paul Gray of Paul Gray Homes. Paul even made a cameo in PPP Loan Gone. Several of their films have been filmed inside PGH homes
their newly released movie titled “Joint Custody.” The drama-film debuted at the Tallgrass Film Center. It’s the first project following their 2022 viral hit, “PPP Loan Gone,” a comedy movie Bray made available on Tubi, a streaming platform.
Movie lovers couldn’t get enough of the movie–one with a plot about PPP Loan schemes and the trouble looming around the corner.
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(L-R) Paul Gray's daughter, Paul Gray, Devon Bray Sr , Sherika Bray, Naomi Bray, Devon Bray Jr and Eliana Bray
Movie producer Sherika Bray, also the wife of Devon Bray, says film watchers applauded their decision to boldly title their movie “PPP Loan Gone.”
“Most of the movies about the pandemic were all doom and gloom and tried to invoke fear,” describes Devon Bray. “So there was a major void We needed a comedy–a way to make people laugh again”
Bray Films has a number of other movies under the production company’s belt including Pearl(2018) and Pearl II(2019), Unsurety(2021) and a newly released drama film titled, “Joint Custody”
A trailblazer, Devon had a desire to create opportunities for his city’s entertainment scene In earlier years of his career, he used his camera to film music videos for independent recording artists. At the time, there were very few videographers in his hometown who could capture the essence of a hip hop music video.
“I believed in something that no one else believed,” says Bray “I did it in a region where it hadn’t happened. When I look back on it–someone has to believe in it to create the lane”
Most Bray Films movie projects are independently funded with a budget of around $100,000 It’s a family affair with Bray’s wife, two adult children, and daughter-in law filling a few of the production roles After releasing a few short films on YouTube, Bray Films debuted their first full-length movies in area movie theaters with limited showings which sold-out Despite making a few of their movies available on Amazon Prime, Devon Bray saw an opportunity to grow the film company’s reach even more by placing the PPP
“We’re bringing our people together to create great things together"Devon Bray Sr.
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Joint Custody, a drama-film, debuted at the Tallgrass Film Center. TFC supports independent film releases. It will soon be available on Amazon Prime and Tubi.
Loan Gone movie on Tubi
They are intentional about identifying small-business locations that could benefit from the exposure. One of the locations they filmed was Jenny Dawn Cellars, Kansas’ first Blackowned winery
“We know the earnest work that it takes for a small business and entrepreneur to stay around,” says Sherika Bray “God gave us that platform and we choose to pay it back and pay it forward”
“We have to keep showcasing what we have here in the city,” she adds Devon Bray isn’t surprised by the overwhelming response to his films or the attention from larger film companies In fact, he says he has always believed it could be done Nonetheless, the feeling he had when it happened was “indescribable”
“We’re bringing our people together to create great things together,” says Devon Bray.
Bray Films’, “Joint Custody,” will soon be available on Amazon Prime and Tubi
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Joint Custody (2023)
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Bray Films created a movie page group on Facebook. It has gained over 160,000 members in less then 6 months This interactive page has connected independent film producers, distributors, directors and actors from all over the world to their fan base.
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