2023
Experimental(World Premiere)(Best Experimental Film Nominee)

Before I Let Go

Five years ago the east side neighborhood of a town called Bad City was leveled by giant monsters called the Titans. I was recently hired by the city to document the community’s recovery efforts — and now I’m seeing just how different the road to recovery can look for a city, and for its people.

Screenings

Virtual

August 4 – August 6

Directors Spotlight

A photograph shows a portrait of Cameron A. Granger sitting on a leather couch inside a home space.

Cameron A. Granger

Director

Cameron A. Granger is Sandra’s son & came up in Cleveland, Ohio. Inspired by the rigorous archival & homemaking practices of his grandmother, Pearl, Granger uses his work as a means to quilt his communal and familial histories, into new, not just potential, but inevitable futures. He’s an alumni of Euclid public schools, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, and the Studio Museum in Harlem AIR program. He’s also a member of MINT Collective.

Year
2022
Runtime
23 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Director
Cameron A. Granger
Animator
Jaylyn Quinn Glasper
Cast
Vivian Edoja, Hakim Callwood, Marshall Shorts
Editor
Cameron A. Granger
Screenwriter
Cameron A. Granger
Premiere
World

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