When They’re Gone

After an abrupt encounter at a graveyard, two elderly men form an unexpected bond over the grief and love of their late wives.
Screenings
Virtual
Directors Spotlight

Ragan Henderson
Director
Ragan Henderson is a New York-born creative, specializing in directing and image making. She is fueled by telling stories that humanize those deemed stoically inhuman in society, as a form of knowledge for herself and anyone who consumes her art. Ragan earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film & Television Production from NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

Lauryn Darden
Director
Lauryn Darden is a screenwriter-director committed to telling stories that help expand people’s understanding of diverse Black narratives and experiences. Much of her work centers the perspectives of older Black people – a perspective that is woefully underrepresented in film. Darden graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 14 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Directors
- Ragan Henderson, Lauryn Darden
- Screenwriter
- Lauryn Darden
- Producers
- Gabriyèl Barlatier, Elizabeth Kurtz
- Executive Producers
- Glynn Turman, Marni Rosenzweig, Brian Kurtz, Janice Barlatier-Tawfiq, Leon Henderson Jr., Ana Verde, Taylor Wildenhaus, Brenda Robinson, Jenifer Westphal, Delta Dirt Distillery
- Co Producer
- Loy A. Webb
- Cast
- Glynn Turman, Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs
- Cinematographer
- Ruben Plascencia
- Editor
- Brian Chambers
- Production Design
- Nina Koyfman
- Composer
- Curtis Crump Jr.
- Sound Design
- Goldcrest Post NY
- Premiere
- East Coast