“Transmagnifican Dambamuality” is one of the New Wave of Black Films which has as its creative pulse the unique poly rhythms of Black urban life. This slapstick portrayal of a teenager's frenetic struggle of creative self-realization in the hyperactive environment of a large family in a small apartment will draw laughter from anyone who has traveled the often rocky road toward personal accomplishment. The title “Transmagnifican Dambamuality” was borrowed from a song made popular during the heyday of Black vaudeville.
Ronald Gray
Ronald Gray is a filmmaker, musician and photographer. Working in film, he has been a producer, director, cinematographer and editor. His first film was the multi-award-winning “Transmagnifican Dambamuality” (1976), which also received two Creative Arts Program grants and one American Film Institute grant. Gray collaborated with Kathleen Collins as co-producer, cinematographer and co-editor on “The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy” and “Losing Ground”. Gray taught cinematography for New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Film Program for fifteen years.
