newmodelminority:

myfirstfeaturefilm:

Decided to upload my NYU GRAD THESIS film for the viral world to have at it.  This film was exhausting to make and yet, I learned so much and it truly advanced my growth as a filmmaker.

SAY GRACE BEFORE DROWNING synopsis//+

After meeting her African Refugee mother for the first time in six years, 8 year old Hawa is forced to coexist with a woman teetering on the brink of insanity.

AWARDS//+
Spike Lee Fellowship
Panavision Equipment Grant
Director’s Guild of America Jury Award
HBO Short Film Award
Princess Grace Foundation Grant
Puffin Foundation Grant

+starring+
Ellie Foumbi as GRACE
Dennise Gregory as HAWA
Ebbe Bassey as AUNTY
Hisham TawfiQ as CHRIS
Kehinde Koyejo as ADULT HAWA

++DOP: DANIEL PATTERSON
++Original Score IAN MILLER
++Photography NIKITA GALE

Awesome Black girl film from Nikyatu Jusu, NYU Alum. Trigger Warning: Violence.

Incredible to see Black women centered, complex, brown and beautiful on film.

“No thanks, I already have a doll with your hair”. o.0