EVERYTHING GOES DARK

Release — Currently in Festival Circuit

Synopsis: On picture day, a Black high school girl is forced to confront her demons.

Link available upon request.

Directed by Alex Casimir

Written by Alex Casimir & Mackenzie Chang Russell

Produced by Mackenzie Chang Russell & Lexi Notrica

Cinematography by Cece Chan

Edited by Ciara Boniface

Music by Yaz Lancaster

 

DAVIS OUT OF THE UNKNOWN

Release — 2022

Synopsis: A short documentary about Davis Point, a 7-year-old with a rare disease called Koolen-de Vries Syndrome.

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Directed by Alex Casimir & Claire Gostin

Produced by Lizzie Frankenthal & Jessica Carlson

Cinematography by Cole Bacani

Edited by Brendan Bennett & Kirsten Hoang

Music by Alex Mansour

The film won the Premio Speciale USR-Telethon award at the Uno Sguardo Raro Film festival in 2022.

 

REBOUND

Release — 2021

Synopsis: A young man finds himself playing a pickup game with someone who appears to be a runaway slave….

Click here to watch on FilmShortage.

Directed by Alex Casimir

Written by Alex Casimir & MATO

Produced by John Laverman

Cinematography by Cece Chan

Edited by Tiffany Lin

Production Design by Bethany Yeap

Music by MATO

Rebound screened at the SFO Museum at the San Francisco International Airport for the entire month of October in 2023.

Located in the International Terminal Departures Level.

 

STRAW MAN

Release — 2020

Synopsis: At the height of the 1930's Dust Bowl, a scarecrow must leave his post and find a way to save the only family he's ever known. But facing the outside world proves to be a challenge when your face is a burlap sack.

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Directed by Alex Casimir

Written by John Laverman

Produced by Aditya Vempaty & Erik He

Cinematography by John Laverman

Edited by Issa Sanchez

 
 

MYSTIC BEING

Release — 2019

Synopsis: With a tight fro and a mean strut, Reggie Brown wants you to think he’s as tough as they come.

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Written & Directed by Alex Casimir

Produced & Sound by Reina Akamatsu

Cinematography & Editing by Emma Cataldo

Click here to watch on Vimeo!