Fourteen minutes of chaos, queerness, and the desperate search for feeling *anything*.
Caught in the throes of a depressive fugue, young Lynn resorts to debauchery to find joy — only to discover that happiness is a much more complicated proposition.
Direction
Bratton's unflinching eye for bodies in motion.
Acting
Shakur's face does *everything* in fourteen minutes.
Editing
Rhythmic cuts that mirror a racing heartbeat.
Director
Elegance Bratton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bratton made this between his documentary 'Pier Kids' and 'The Inspection,' mapping Black queer experience across formats. The short film circuit rarely platformed this specific voice before his rise.
The title's double meaning—'buck' as young Black man, 'buck' as wild movement—encodes the film's tension between identity and escape. Lynn bucks against himself.
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