
Through these creative and unexpected stories, explore how we connect despite heartbreak, caste, injustice, and a heritage of loss.
Set in the 90s in South LA, a family grieving the loss of their beloved mother and wife pack up their home in hopes of putting the past behind them. Tanisha, a young, artistic rap fan, tries to hold onto the last pieces of her mother the only way she knows how – a camera she once owned. Meanwhile, Nate, unable to come to terms with the death of his wife, buries them in work in hopes of numbing the pain. While Nate might think he’s doing God’s work by keeping the family afloat, he’s actually stifling his daughter and the two are constantly at odds. Soon, the breaking death of a musical icon Tanisha and her mother once held dear, sparks a confrontation between the two. Tanisha’s need to feel closer to her mother by attending the rapper’s vigil is challenged by Nate, who must learn that people grieve in different ways. Tanisha and Nate are forced to confront the ways they’ve been hurting each other, before taking the first steps to heal.
Director's Bio: Winter Dunn is an award-winning filmmaker with a passion for depicting rich stories with Black people at the center. She is the producer of the feature film Jezebel which premiered at SXSW 2019 and is currently streaming on Netflix via Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY. Her directorial debut and award winning short film Junebug has screened at several festivals including HollyShorts Film Festival, American Black Film Festival & Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival. She directed the first season of the documentary series, All Her with Angela Rye for Quibi, produced by Overbrook Entertainment. She is a former video producer and director for global media company Condé Nast Entertainment. Her celebrity video features for Vanity Fair, Vogue, Architectural Digest, GQ and other media brands have garnered over 60 million views. She is also the recipient of the Amazon Studios Fellowship grant, awarded yearly to a visionary filmmaker.
- Year2021
- Runtime13 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorWinter Dunn
- ScreenwriterCharmaine Cleveland
- ProducerXin Li, Nicole Mairose Dizon
- Executive ProducerJordan Hart
- CastMikayla LaShae Bartholomew, P.L. Brown, Jennifer Lauren DiBella
- CinematographerMike Maliwanag
- EditorGe Zhai
Through these creative and unexpected stories, explore how we connect despite heartbreak, caste, injustice, and a heritage of loss.
Set in the 90s in South LA, a family grieving the loss of their beloved mother and wife pack up their home in hopes of putting the past behind them. Tanisha, a young, artistic rap fan, tries to hold onto the last pieces of her mother the only way she knows how – a camera she once owned. Meanwhile, Nate, unable to come to terms with the death of his wife, buries them in work in hopes of numbing the pain. While Nate might think he’s doing God’s work by keeping the family afloat, he’s actually stifling his daughter and the two are constantly at odds. Soon, the breaking death of a musical icon Tanisha and her mother once held dear, sparks a confrontation between the two. Tanisha’s need to feel closer to her mother by attending the rapper’s vigil is challenged by Nate, who must learn that people grieve in different ways. Tanisha and Nate are forced to confront the ways they’ve been hurting each other, before taking the first steps to heal.
Director's Bio: Winter Dunn is an award-winning filmmaker with a passion for depicting rich stories with Black people at the center. She is the producer of the feature film Jezebel which premiered at SXSW 2019 and is currently streaming on Netflix via Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY. Her directorial debut and award winning short film Junebug has screened at several festivals including HollyShorts Film Festival, American Black Film Festival & Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival. She directed the first season of the documentary series, All Her with Angela Rye for Quibi, produced by Overbrook Entertainment. She is a former video producer and director for global media company Condé Nast Entertainment. Her celebrity video features for Vanity Fair, Vogue, Architectural Digest, GQ and other media brands have garnered over 60 million views. She is also the recipient of the Amazon Studios Fellowship grant, awarded yearly to a visionary filmmaker.
- Year2021
- Runtime13 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorWinter Dunn
- ScreenwriterCharmaine Cleveland
- ProducerXin Li, Nicole Mairose Dizon
- Executive ProducerJordan Hart
- CastMikayla LaShae Bartholomew, P.L. Brown, Jennifer Lauren DiBella
- CinematographerMike Maliwanag
- EditorGe Zhai