
Finely-crafted narrative and documentary student shorts that exemplify brave and distinctive storytelling.
ABOUT THE FILM:
Dee spends her idyllic high school days selling sketch artwork with her best friends, Mike and Trey. When their teacher Mrs. Lambert confiscates their money and drawings, she chastises them with a racial slur. Determined to avenge herself and friends, Dee orchestrates a plan to steal Mrs. Lambert’s beloved classroom rabbit, Reeses. She quickly discovers some of her friends have more drastic ideas in mind for revenge, all while confronting an unbeknownst school crush.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER:
Blanche Enaka is a Cameroonian-American writer, director, musician and actor from Riverdale, GA. She is most passionate about surreal comedic storytelling, centering people in the South, the queer community, and across the African diaspora. She was awarded NewFest’s Emerging Black LGBTQ+ Director Award in 2020. She participated in Gotham’s 2021 TV-Series Lab, and their Project Market, with her series Mercury Afrograde. She starred in Pepi Ginsberg’s film, The Pass, which was an official selection at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. She was a recipient of Newfest and Netflix’s 2022 New Voices Filmmaker Grant.
- Year2024
- Runtime14 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereWorld Premiere
- DirectorBlanche Enaka
- ScreenwriterBlanche Enaka
- ProducerJulia Davis
- CastGrace Conrad, Raymond Seay III, Izayah, Janieya McNeil, Grace Mitchell
- CinematographerElo Santa Maria
- EditorTon Do-Nguyen
- Production DesignTayler Simmons
- ComposerBlanche Enaka
- Sound DesignBlanche Enaka, Javier Stec
- MusicBlanche Enaka
Finely-crafted narrative and documentary student shorts that exemplify brave and distinctive storytelling.
ABOUT THE FILM:
Dee spends her idyllic high school days selling sketch artwork with her best friends, Mike and Trey. When their teacher Mrs. Lambert confiscates their money and drawings, she chastises them with a racial slur. Determined to avenge herself and friends, Dee orchestrates a plan to steal Mrs. Lambert’s beloved classroom rabbit, Reeses. She quickly discovers some of her friends have more drastic ideas in mind for revenge, all while confronting an unbeknownst school crush.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER:
Blanche Enaka is a Cameroonian-American writer, director, musician and actor from Riverdale, GA. She is most passionate about surreal comedic storytelling, centering people in the South, the queer community, and across the African diaspora. She was awarded NewFest’s Emerging Black LGBTQ+ Director Award in 2020. She participated in Gotham’s 2021 TV-Series Lab, and their Project Market, with her series Mercury Afrograde. She starred in Pepi Ginsberg’s film, The Pass, which was an official selection at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. She was a recipient of Newfest and Netflix’s 2022 New Voices Filmmaker Grant.
- Year2024
- Runtime14 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereWorld Premiere
- DirectorBlanche Enaka
- ScreenwriterBlanche Enaka
- ProducerJulia Davis
- CastGrace Conrad, Raymond Seay III, Izayah, Janieya McNeil, Grace Mitchell
- CinematographerElo Santa Maria
- EditorTon Do-Nguyen
- Production DesignTayler Simmons
- ComposerBlanche Enaka
- Sound DesignBlanche Enaka, Javier Stec
- MusicBlanche Enaka