Rashad manipulates his kid brother into leaving for school early on the one morning that changes the rest of their lives.
Acting
Eric Ruffin's wordless final moments destroy you completely.
Direction
Conley stretches eleven minutes into something that haunts for days.
Editing
The cut to black is a weapon. No warning, no relief.
Director
Donald Conley
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Brooklyn with non-professional local actors, the film captures specific textures of Black working-class family life rarely seen in shorts.
The school-uniform ritual becomes devastating in retrospect—Rashad rushing Vincent through their last normal moment together.
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