Welcome to Jay

Just after midnight on February 27, 2010, Tracie Benjamin received devastating news that her son had been shot. Experience her extraordinary strength and faith in “Welcome to Jay,” November 24th at 4pm, @Cucalorus Film Festival. Purchase tickets below: cucalorus.eventive.org/schedule/welco…

Our new documentary, "Welcome to Jay" is making its North Carolina premiere on November 24th at 4pm @Cucalorus film festival! Watch the teaser below... youtube.com/watch?v=RxkUkX…

GeTyron "Gus" Benjamin would have turned 33 years old in August. On February 26th, 2010, he went to a party in Jay, Florida and ended up dead. Witness what happened that night in the award winning documentary "Welcome to Jay", Nov. 24th @Cucalorus. His story will be known. 🙏

They say to never meet your heroes but we can attest they weren't talking about @KenBurns . Thanks @BetterAngelsSoc for the opportunity! 🙏

@saulnier_jeremy That’s as bad ass as it gets and much deserved. Congrats!

To celebrate final delivery of REBEL RIDGE in Feb, I bought myself a 1st edition of CYCLE OF THE WEREWOLF (which first piqued my interest in genre storytelling). I join my 9 year-old self in freaking tf out. 🙏🏼

We are honored and excited to announce that “Welcome to Jay” has received the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature @TallyFilmFest ! Thanks for such a wonderful debut. ❤️❤️❤️

Win a copy of my ALIEN ROMULUS print signed by yours truly by retweeting this post and following me. Winners will be chosen Monday 26th August #AlienRomulus

Jeffrey Morgan chats w/Derek about how a meeting w/Alice Brewton Hurwitz resulted in the making of “Lillie & Leander: A Legacy of Violence” & how the story of Gus Benjamin’s murder led to @jaydocumentary. Audio: bit.ly/3MdEfu6 YouTube: bit.ly/4dxBxvC

A tragedy 100 years in the making. "Welcome to Jay" premiering @TallyFilmFest on August 31st, 2024. youtu.be/ZOI0qNWR_Q8?si…

WELCOME TO JAY | "Sundown" Official Trailer Tease (2024) youtu.be/De0UK25Ughs?si… via @YouTube

Our feature documentary "Welcome to Jay" will world premiere at the 2024 @TallyFilmFest on Saturday, August 31st at 11:30am at The Challenger Learning Center! We're honored and excited to show the film for the first time to a Florida audience. See you there!