Many New Orleans streets are named for Greek Muses. We summoned Thalia, the muse of comedy, for this block featuring four narrative short films with a sense of humor - MARCY LEARNS SOMETHING NEW, FLEX, SIXTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, and VIRAGO.
Runtime: 64 minutes
Sixteen Thousand Dollars imagines a world in which a struggling Black college grad wakes up to find that reparations have finally been paid to descendants of slaves in America. With this new found capital, they must decide how best to spend their reparations, totaling a mere $16,000. Receiving reparations opens up old wounds of slavery, Jim Crow, and systematic oppression.
- Year2019
- Runtime17 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUSA
- PremiereLouisiana
- DirectorSymone Baptiste
- ScreenwriterBrodie Reed, Ellington Wells
- ProducerCaron Clancey, Michelle Zei
- CinematographerSolomon Turner
- EditorAndrew Gust
Many New Orleans streets are named for Greek Muses. We summoned Thalia, the muse of comedy, for this block featuring four narrative short films with a sense of humor - MARCY LEARNS SOMETHING NEW, FLEX, SIXTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, and VIRAGO.
Runtime: 64 minutes
Sixteen Thousand Dollars imagines a world in which a struggling Black college grad wakes up to find that reparations have finally been paid to descendants of slaves in America. With this new found capital, they must decide how best to spend their reparations, totaling a mere $16,000. Receiving reparations opens up old wounds of slavery, Jim Crow, and systematic oppression.
- Year2019
- Runtime17 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUSA
- PremiereLouisiana
- DirectorSymone Baptiste
- ScreenwriterBrodie Reed, Ellington Wells
- ProducerCaron Clancey, Michelle Zei
- CinematographerSolomon Turner
- EditorAndrew Gust