Making his feature directorial debut at the 2020 Slamdance Film Festival is writer-director Merawi Gerima’s Residue.
Produced and edited also by Gerima, the cast includes Obinna Nwachukwu, Dennis Lindsey, Taline Stewart, Jacari Dye, Julian Selman, Melody Tally, Ramon Thompson, and Derron Scott.
When Jay arrives home, he finds his neighborhood gentrified beyond recognition. Demetrius, his childhood best friend, is missing, but none of the remaining black folks trust Jay enough to provide any answers. Jay’s frustration compounds as he also finds himself alienated in the city at large, attacked from all sides. Jay visits his last friend Dion in prison, but leaves feeling powerless and infuriated. One final, chance confrontation results in Jay succumbing to the same forces as did his friends.
Gerima is a filmmaker from Washington D.C. and a graduate from the University of Southern California (USC) School of Cinematic Arts (SCA).
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