Gaps
A pubescent girl from a close-knit family finds herself at a crossroads between keeping her gapped front teeth or risking it all for the seemingly “perfect” smile.
Screenings
Virtual
Directors Spotlight
Jenn Shaw
Director
Jenn Shaw is an award-winning filmmaker specializing in sports, comedy and coming-of-age films. Her ESPN film $15 Kicks was executive produced by Spike Lee and earned a Black Reel Award. Her feature film, The Pill, is in development with tinygiant. Recently, she directed two shorts, I Won The Lottery… and Charlie and the Hunt starring Lauren Ridloff (Eternals, Walking Dead). Currently, she is a director in the 2022 Tribeca Studio Queen Collective with her short titled, Gaps, and participates in the Black Magic: Future of Women in TV initiative. She’s repped by Sola Fasehun (DCP) and managed by Anonymous Content.
- Year
- 2023
- Runtime
- 11 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- Enlish
- Director
- Jenn Shaw
- Cast
- Charli' Gurl, Lorraine Toussaint, Pernell Walker, Eldren Keys, Olivia Altidor, Malachi DeWitt, Jaxon Romero, Zoe Laiz, Janka Diallo, Selena-Marie Alphonse, Christina Boyd, William Standford Davis
- Cinematographer
- Michelle Clementine
- Co Producer
- Julieta Gilbert
- Composer
- Amani “Burt Blackarach” Smith
- Editor
- Mike Wells
- Executive Producer
- QUEEN LATIFAH, SHAKIM COMPERE, LORETHA JONES, SANDRA NAM
- Producer
- Monique Hazeur, Tyler Young
- Production Design
- Kain Kaminski
- Screenwriter
- Jenn Shaw
- Premiere
- Philadelphia