BlackStar Film Festival

Discompose (Shorts)

Expired August 5, 2024 2:00 PM
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Faced with unimaginable circumstances, the characters at the heart of these stories confront the internal dilemmas that are activated by external demons. A blend of drama and comedy.


Accessibility: Closed captions available


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Keesha and Toya are Black sisters whose house is being infiltrated by the undead. Keesha and Toya couldn’t be more different. Keesha’s hardened to the world because of everything she’s experienced as a Black woman in America and has no desire to fight to escape. Toya, an open-hearted optimist, believes that if they survive this zombie attack, maybe they can live to see a better world. All they have to do is kill a couple of zombies, not murder each other in the process, and maybe they’ll survive. . . . Maybe.

  • Runtime
    8 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    Philadelphia
  • Awards
    Best Short Narrative Nominee
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  • Director
    Rochée Jeffrey
  • Screenwriter
    Rochée Jeffrey
  • Producer
    Ebony Elaine Hardin, Takara Joseph
  • Executive Producer
    David Arquette, Patricia Arquette, Bente Engelstoft, Ginna LeVine, Kerry Anne Roschman
  • Cast
    Rochée Jeffrey, Tristina Lee, Jamal Waked, Jen Ash, Nikkole Vergara, Ginna LeVine, Stella Ademiluyi
  • Cinematographer
    Phillip Jackson
  • Editor
    Angela Latimer
  • Production Design
    Marlena Pavich
  • Composer
    Sassy Black