International Premiere
Chester, a non-binary artist, wanders the streets of Oakland in search of a spot to paint in peace.
Ashley Hernandez, Michael Wayne Turner III, Jordan Thewlis, Dan Diemidio, Titania Kumeh, Fiza Jihan
USA
2025
English
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Credits & Director
Executive Producer
Reina Lam, Sean Gillane, C. Thomas Walters
Producer
C. Thomas Walters, Sean Gillane, Caitlyn Durkin, LaTajh Simmons-Weaver
Screenwriter
LaTajh Simmons-Weaver
Cinematography
Sarah Simka Jaffe
Editor
Ashley Rodholm
Production Design
Keri Shewmaker
Original Music
Tigran Gevondyan
LaTajh Simmons-Weaver
LaTajh Simmons-Weaver is a screenwriter and director from Oakland, California. Their work blends humour, imagination, and irony to explore overlooked stories within Black Queer dynamics, examining how these communities learn to cope with everyday injustices.
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