After a brief connection with an enigmatic woman in his car, a rideshare driver must learn to communicate in ways beyond his understanding to win her heart.

AWARDS:

Grand Jury Prize - Dances With Films:La - 2023,

Best Narrative Short - Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival - 2023,

Best Student Film - Detroit Black Film Festival - 2023

Director Bio/Statement:

Wes Andre Goodrich is a Brooklyn-based writer / director interested in using genre to tell stories about Black families, masculinity, and American history. Since joining Columbia University’s graduate film program, Wes has written and directed three short films: GOOD-NIGHT FRED, which highlights the radical revolutionary, Fred Hampton; RUSH, a story about two young Black men’s experience in a predominately white fraternity; and, PAIR, a sci-fi erotic thriller about a couple discovering a secret on their anniversary. He is currently developing a HERETICS, a television pilot about a trio of megachurch janitors investigating a murder that goes all the way to the top. His thesis film: PALM SUNDAY, a southern gothic drama about a Black man attempting to desegregate an all-white church in 1970s Raleigh North Carolina, qualified for the Oscars in 2023. Wes is the recipient of the Columbia University Dean’s Grant, The Katherina-Otto-Berstein Grant and is a 2022 Coverfly Diverso Writing Fellow.