MONOCHROMATIC
SHORT FILM BLOCK 2
SYNOPSIS
WORLD PREMIERE ON WEB3 PLATFORM
The film is seen through the eyes of Grace, age 6. The world as she sees and experiences it, innocent, carefree and mischievous. Grace is Black.
1977, Wood Green London. The political climate is volatile with the rise of the National Front. The UK is dealing with the aftermath of Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech, calling for the repatriation of immigrants and appealing to racial hatred, skinhead subculture is prevalent.
Grace plays hopscotch in her garden. Bored, she opens the back gate seeking adventure. Along the New River path strewn with stones and broken glass, she falls cutting her hand badly. Grace’s mother Bev thinks she is playing in the back garden until the doorbell rings. She opens to see a skinhead boy wearing a Nazi t-shirt with Grace, her blood on his hands.
Micro aggressions culminate in a moment at their white Christian Church. When the Vicar asks the congregation to shake the persons hand next to them, little Grace reaches out her hand to the white woman next to her, the woman recoils. At this moment, we see little Grace for the first time, a tiny piece of her heart breaks.
CAST & CREDITS
WRITER | DIRECTOR
Karen Bryson
CAST
Kenedy McCallam Martin
Stephanie Levi John
PRODUCERS
Lorraine Bhattachary
Shakyra Dowling
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Rajita Shah
David Harewood
CREW
Tristan Chenais – Cinematographer
Rebecca Lloyd – Editor
Language
English
RUNTIME
13:00