Shorts Program: Swimming Through The Void
One of The Guys
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One of The Guys
One of the Guys is a snapshot in the lives of a once tight-knit and now growing apart friend group of musical collaborators Mel, Deshawn, and Isaiah. When a studio session turned chaotic kickback at Deshawn and Isaiah’s apartment brings about a shocking revelation, Mel, the sole woman in the friend group reckons with the behavior of the friends she thought she knew.
Filmmaker: LaChelle Chrysanne
Runtime: 23 sec
Program Block Title: Swimming Through The Void
Screening Date & Time: Saturday 2:45p - 4:00p
Location: Elegba Folklore Society 101 E Broad St, Richmond, VA 23219 [map]
Country: USA
Year: 2023
Sincerely, Your Friend
Based on a true story, Nia reads aloud a letter from the heart that details her true feelings when it comes to battling her mental health. I (Loren Maxine) interviewed my sister (Cambria Maey) about her mental health battles. All the dialogue in the film are her exact words and responses during the interview.
Filmmaker: Julia Hess
Runtime: 8 min 27 Sec
Program Block Title: Swimming Through The Void
Screening Date & Time: Saturday 2:45p - 4:00p
Location: Elegba Folklore Society 101 E Broad St, Richmond, VA 23219 [map]
Country: USA
Year: 2022
Learning To Breathe Again
But how do you live with it?
Filmmaker: Lawrence Zidyana
Runtime: 6 min 51 sec
Program Block Title: Swimming Through The Void
Screening Date & Time: Saturday 2:45p - 4:00p
Location: Elegba Folklore Society 101 E Broad St, Richmond, VA 23219 [map]
Country: United Kingdom
Year: 2023
AL2Y (a letter 2 you)
AL2Y or A Letter 2 You is a 7-minute long short-form narrative film dedicated to the musings and reflections of myself and my late father. It examines the relationship between certain radical viewpoints that I was able to explore as a child of privilege and his resistance to these views, as a child of conflict and poverty.ou)
Filmmaker: Felix B. Abeson
Runtime: 6 min 17 sec
Program Block Title: Swimming Through The Void
Screening Date & Time: Saturday 2:45p - 4:00p
Location: Elegba Folklore Society 101 E Broad St, Richmond, VA 23219 [map]
Country: USA
Year: 2021
Claude
When it's good, it's really good but this extraordinary version, that's mania.
Filmmaker: KarynRose Bruyning
Runtime: 13 min 49 sec
Program Block Title: Swimming Through The Void
Screening Date & Time: Saturday 2:45p - 4:00p
Location: Elegba Folklore Society 101 E Broad St, Richmond, VA 23219 [map]
Country: USA
Year: 2023