Built around A story.
Led by a filmmaker.
About Black Lemonade
Black Lemonade Productions is an independent production company creating cinematic work across branded storytelling, documentary, music and narrative film.
Marquis Dawsey
Filmmaker • Founder
Marquis Dawsey is a filmmaker & Producer whose work is rooted in character, emotion, and visual storytelling.
His experience spans documentary, music videos, narrative filmmaking, and branded work, collaborating with both local organizations and larger productions. Marquis served as an Associate Producer on the PBS documentary Good Natured, which earned two Suncoast Emmy Awards, further expanding his experience in documentary storytelling and professional production.
His work has also taken him internationally. Marquis traveled throughout South Africa with Sounds Futures, contributing his filmmaking skills while helping introduce young people to video production, music, and the arts.
These experiences continue to shape the way Black Lemonade approaches every production, finding the human story first, then building the visuals around it.
As the founder of Black Lemonade Productions, Marquis leads each project creatively, bringing together the right collaborators and crew based on the story, scale, and production needs.
Black Lemonade was built from the belief that filmmaking should do more than simply look good. A story can preserve a memory, give an artist a visual identity, introduce audiences to people they may never meet and help an organization communicate why its work matters.
That belief lives at the center of every documentary, music film, branded story and original project we create.
Creativity with something behind it.
Why Black Lemonade
Our Approach
We start with what the audience should feel, remember and understand, then build the production around that purpose.
Story first.
Always.
Story
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We begin by understanding the people, emotion and purpose behind the project.
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Lighting, composition, movement, and color are used to strengthen the story rather than overpower it
Image
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Each production is built with the right creative team around the story, scale and goals of the project.
Collaboration
The Black Lemonade Perspective
We don't believe every story should look the same.
Documentary taught us to observe. Narrative taught us to build worlds. Music taught us rhythm. We bring pieces of all three into the way Black Lemonade approaches filmmaking.
Work With Black Lemonade
Have a story worth telling?
From branded films and documentaries to music and narrative projects, let's figure out how to bring your story to life.