PassesAccessibility
2026
Short Narrative(East Coast Premiere)

When They’re Gone

A film still from When They’re Gone shows an older Black man in a black leather jacket sitting in a booth across from another Black man. The older man has his fingers interlocked and is looking down in distress.

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

Availability BeginsThursday, August 612:00PM EDT

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

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