all the love i could handle
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all the love i could handle is a re-imagining of the filmmaker’s mother’s young diary, unraveling the raw complexities of Black motherhood, artistic ambition and the enduring sacrifices women have to make as mothers and artists. Based on the true family story of pioneer filmmaker Kathleen Collins (Losing Ground, 1982).
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Ruby Rose Collins
Director
Ruby Rose Collins is a filmmaker drawn to the liminal space between memory and perception. Her work is rooted in the belief that personal histories are political archives, worth interrogating, distorting, and reframing through a cinematic lens. She’s drawn to fractured protagonists, unreliable narrators, and emotional rupture.
- Year
- 2025
- Runtime
- 15 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Director
- Ruby Rose Collins
- Producer
- EJ Lykes, Ames Ward, DaManuel Richardson, Solomon Turner, Maggie Corona-Goldstein
- Executive Producer
- Beth Hubbard, Marni Grossman
- Co Producer
- Catalina Rojter
- Cast
- Breanna Williams, Sebrina Purcell, Yasir LaFond
- Cinematographer
- Gemma Doll-Grossman
- Editor
- Aneesa Meador
- Production Design
- Tiler Wilson, Annie Ning, Mboni Maumba
- Composer
- Nyla Smith
- Sound Design
- Nate Flaks, Paul Mason
- Music
- Nyla Smith
- Premiere
- East Coast