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Thursday, November 26, 2020 - 21:00
Written by:
Keisha Rae Witherspoon
Cast:
Koko Zauditu-Selassie, Kherby Jean, Jesus C. Mitchell, Rashad R. Williams, Raymond Gratereaux
Cinematography:
Terence Price II
Editing:
Jon David Kane, Stefani Saintonge
Sound:
Joel C. Hernandez
Music:
thinkthatswilson.
Producer:
Monica Sorelle, Faren Humes, Jason Fitzroy Jeffers
Production:
Third Horizon
A film crew follows three grieving participants of Miami's annual T Ball, where folks assemble to model t-shirts and innovative costumes designed in honor of their dead.
“When you do things with your hands, it heals you in places lower than where you cry from,” she says and makes a costume out of crisp bags for her late son. Because he loved crisps. T is a film and a ball and a ceremony for the ones that have been lost and those who have lost someone. It is a manifestation of grief, anger and the spiritual power of creativity. (Berlinale)
Director:
Born in Miami, USA in 1980, the Jamaican-American filmmaker has a BA in creative writing with a minor in African American studies. Her work, which is driven by interests in science, speculative fiction and fantasy, documents the unseen and unheralded nuances of diasporic peoples. She is creative director of Third Horizon, a Caribbean creative collective based in Miami which holds the annual Third Horizon Film Festival.
Contact:
THIRD HORIZON
Festivals, awards:
Golden Bear for Best Short Film - Berlinale 2020 / Sundance Film Festival 2020 / Audience Award Best Narrative Short, Jury Honorary Mention for Breakthrough in Filmmaking - New Orleans Film Festival 2019 / Knight Made in MIA Award - Miami Film Festival 2020/ Narrative Short Grit - Indie Grits Film Festival 2020
“I remember quite lucidly the moment I came up with the concept for T. I was in conversation with a friend about the ways in which displaced people, particularly African Americans, have had to piece together ritual from the remains. There was and is so much cultural loss, both forced and withered by time, during the bondage of black folks. And with the hyper-violence that plagues underserved cities across the States, I found that applies very much so to ritual around death.” (KEISHA RAE WITHERSPOON, Berlinale Shorts interview)