BLOCK 2 - CLIMACTIC CROSSROADS

This potpourri of coming of age tales consist of 2-music videos, an animation short, and narrative shorts where key decisions are made when situations intensify.  (8 film shorts)

REMI(04:25 )

Animation Film
By: Shallah Jones ​

A telekinetic little boy, named Remi, tries to emotionally bond with his negligent, addict father and ends up following him to a dangerous underhanded drug deal. An extraordinary turn of events shakes up the situation so much it leaves the father stunned and with no other choice but to quit his destructive habit. (USA)

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#BEINGMYTRUEAUTHENTICSELF(13:09)

Narrative Short 
​By: Celina Igwe ​

​#BeingMyTrueAuthenticSelf is a short film with no dialogue. It follows the cycle of a young woman who is DESPERATE to be noticed, seen, recognized and loved on social media. She is stuck in a cycle...a loop... of fantasy pitting itself against reality. Knowing the harm her obsession is causing, her unquenchable need to belong keeps her perpetuating a self-destructing cycle. These two inner desires fight and battle to the bitter end. #BeingMyTrueAuthenticSelf is a short film that ultimately highlights a social and cultural issue that is destroying the lives of so many young women across the globe. (USA)

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GIRLHOOD(13:02)

Student Film
By: Jaelyn Ellis  

After her first high school party, freshman Mia questions whether she has the same desires as her boy-crazy best friend. (USA)

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​BUZZ KILL(9:56)

Student Film 
By: Jordan Nimene Mekhi Faniel ​

​While at their friend Allison’s birthday party, Nathan confronts his best friend Jackson about a hookup they had in the past revealing that he has feelings for him. The only problem is that Jackson has a girlfriend, Keke, and is in denial about who he is, leaving Nathan stranded and their friendship changed forever. (USA)

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ROBINHOOD(2:28)

Music Video
By: Mike Noone, Benjy Ali  

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TO LIVE AND DIE IN BK(13:34)

Student Film
By: Shane Santana   

​In a queer all-Black household, three roommates in their twenties struggle to find roommates that they can get along with… and mesh with their leftist, anti-gentrification politics. Backs to the wall, they settle in with someone who turns out to be more than bargained for. (USA)

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UNDER THY WINGS(13:35)

Narrative Short
By: Jamal Hodge 

​Nia Belafonte, at odds with her pregnant teenage daughter, is confronted by a homeless man that changes her life forever. (USA)

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​RECKLESS BEHAVIOR(1:00)

Music Video
By: Michaela P. Shelton  

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TOTAL = 01:10:59