Fade II Black FilmWorks is a film and video company established by Ronald Lee Lacey II, who graduated from Indiana University in 1992 with a degree in Telecommunications Audio and Video Production and minored in Cultural Anthropology. It was founded in 1986 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Mission Statement of Fade II Black FilmWorks is to provide quality film and video productions to clients at a reasonable cost.
Ron Lacey Owner/Producer, first became interested in film and video when as a young boy; his mother and father bought a Super 8mm film camera and projector as a family Christmas gift through one of his uncles that worked for Kodak.
Ron grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana and attended Shortridge and Arlington High Schools where he graduated. He furthered his education, going onto Indiana State University and Indiana University at Indianapolis where he graduated.
As a student at Indiana University, Ron Lacey produced two documentaries the first titled "Minority Television in Indianapolis", a 45 minute film on a low power Television Station, the first African American owned TV Station in Indianapolis (Low power Television Stations and Low power Radios Stations were set aside for Women and Minorities by President Jimmy Carter and his administration.)
The second documentary a 7 minute film "Debra Wynn: Portrait of an Interracial Family" based on the experiences of a young girl's life growing up in an interracial family. Both were screened at the 8th annual Black International Cinema Festival. Ron's documentaries were viewed in South Bend, IN, Chicago, IL, New York, NY and Berlin, Germany.