458:, the surrounding Universities. Joe Sapienza was filming when James Dupree was battling city hall and filmed the Eminent Domain procedures. He also filmed a one on one interview with Dupree, the "Save Dupree Studios" event in April 2014, the Courthouse Art bid- which was cut from the film for time but can be seen in older DVD versions, the RDA building exchange for Dupree's property, and the final winning deed portion. His original title was "Fighting Iridescence" with focus on the Eminent Domain procedures and approached Tyrone Brown to merge the two stories into one feature after meeting Brown at an event with James. Brown's documentary focused on Dupree's Art and the beginning of the art studio's assessments by the RDA and was titled, "The Man I Always Wanted to Be" which was a direct quote from Dupree to district councilwoman Blackwell. The original ending of the documentary showed a bitter and darker cut of Dupree in the back of his studio among the trash and vacant lots followed by the credits. An alternate ending suggested by Sapienza was shot in the spring of 2015 and re-cut to show Dupree in happier times after he won his deed back from the city, especially after Dupree and his family were not thrilled by the original ending of the film. Tyrone Brown filmed portions of Dupree's documentary first with a one on one interview with Dupree, Dupree's Art series, the Mantua studio, interviews with Dupree's students, the Florida Art Basal event, and the Dupree gallery on 6th & Bainbridge Streets, along with an emotional Dupree at his daughter's wedding, which was cut from the film. Over 18 hours of footage exists between the two filmmakers on Dupree, all cut down to an 80-minute film. The documentary also features bassist and songwriter Jamal Tacuma in the credits which was filmed in Atlantic City for their music video. Drexel University declined Sapienza's request for rights to footage that featured president John Fry talking about the Promised Zone and the future of Mantua, where James Dupree's studio currently resides, and declined two interview requests even though Sapienza is an accredited alumni of Drexel University in the Film & Television program.
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