2023
Short Narrative(Philadelphia Premiere)(Best Experimental Film Nominee)

Keeping Time

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A meditation on what it means to maintain continuity with the past — told through the kaleidoscopic journey of a young drummer who must learn how to guide a multi-generational band into the future after being named their new bandleader.

Directors Spotlight

A photograph shows a portrait of Darol Olu Kae.

Darol Olu Kae

Director

Darol Olu Kae is a filmmaker from and based in Los Angeles. Kae’s artistic practice disrupts conventional narrative structures of storytelling through its dynamic treatment of sound and image. His highly collaborative, research-based approach to filmmaking grounds itself in the nuance of black expressive modalities in America and challenges the medium to render the full complexity of black being visible in cinematic terms.

Year
2023
Runtime
33 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Director
Darol Olu Kae
Cinematographer
Andrew Yuyi Truong
Composer
James William Blades
Editor
Grason Caldwell
Executive Producer
Sue Turley
Producer
Michael Y. Chow, Sophia Rothbart, Raven Jensen, Sam Lee, Darol Olu Kae
Production Design
Luke Carr
Screenwriter
Darol Olu Kae
Premiere
Philadelphia

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