2025
Short Narrative(North America Premiere)

Space to Breathe

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Space to Breathe is an Afrofuturist science fiction hybrid documentary, framed with a future where there are no prisons or police. The year is 2070, and Sojourner is a young genderqueer filmmaker who sets out to understand how abolition came to be, through history’s archives on the movements of the early 21st century.

Screenings

Virtual

August 1 – August 3

Directors Spotlight

Juicebox P. Burton

Director

Juicebox P. Burton is a black, trans-fem multi-disciplinary artist living in New Orleans. Juicebox is a world-builder who frames narratives of trauma in the context of horror and sci-fi in order to heal the collective spirit of the black community.

Year
2025
Runtime
21 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Director
Juicebox P. Burton
Producer
Emily Faye Ratner, Jordan Flaherty, Kate Trumbull-Lavalle, Roger Guenveur Smith, Walidah Imarisha
Cast
Aaron Garrett, Alfred Marshall, Bridgette Simpson, Cameron-Mitchell Ware, Donnell Penny, Ivette Alé-Ferlito, Jade Braud, Jude Braud, Kai Lumumba Barrow, Porsche Kemp, Rachel Herzing, Robert Saleem Holbrook, Ronald Marshall, Robyn Maynard, Roger Guenveur Smith, Samille Ganges, Shantell Turner, Timeless, Tim Williams, Zelda Welch
Cinematographer
Bron Moyi
Editor
Tim Tsai
Animator
Zak Margolis
Production Design
Breanna Thompson
Composer
Guillermo E. Brown
Sound Design
Marcus Dembinski
Music
Guillermo E. Brown
Premiere
North America

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