Solace
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Framed by a speech given by the filmmaker’s brother at their uncle’s memorial service, this doc/fiction hybrid comedy blends archival family photos with surreal animated scripted scenes to explore outsized childhood fears, shifting family dynamics and intergenerational care.
Screenings
Virtual
Availability BeginsThursday, August 612:00PM EDT
Directors Spotlight
Rodney Evans
Director
RODNEY EVANS is a fiction and documentary filmmaker. His films include BROTHER TO BROTHER (Sundance-Special Jury Prize, Berlinale) and VISION PORTRAITS (SxSW, Frameline-Best Documentary).Evans is a Guggenheim Fellow, Sundance Momentum Fellow, Ford/Mellon Disability Futures Fellow and an NEH/Firelight Media Spark Fund Award Recipient.
- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 6 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Director
- Rodney Evans
- Screenwriters
- Brinsley Evans, Rodney Evans
- Producers
- Rodney Evans, Tiffany Fisher-Love
- Cast
- Brinsley Evans, Ayaan Diop, Donnell Jones, Christopher Laing, Leanne Antonio, Lynette R. Freeman
- Cinematographer
- Rodney Evans
- Editor
- Rodney Evans
- Animators
- Xilia Faye, Ben Luce, Soul Proprietor Studios
- Sound Design
- Tom Efinger, Abby Savage, Red Hook Post
- Premiere
- World