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SYNOPSIS
A film crew follows three grieving participants of Miami's annual T Ball, where folks assemble to model R.I.P. t-shirts and innovative costumes designed in honor of their dead.
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WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY Keisha Rae Witherspoon
PRODUCED BY Monica Sorelle, Jason Fitzroy Jeffers, and Faren Humes
CO-PRODUCED BY Robert Colom
STARRING Koko Zauditu-Selassie, Kherby Jean, Jesus Mitchell, Rashad R. Williams, and Raymond Gratereaux
CINEMATOGRAPHY Terence Price II
COSTUME DESIGN Mumbi O’Brien
EDITING Jonathan David Kane and Stefani Saintonge
ART DIRECTION Zusel Escriba
ABOUT DIRECTOR keisha rae witherspoon
Keisha Rae Witherspoon’s work is driven by interests in science, speculative fiction and fantasy, as well as documenting the unseen and unheralded nuances of Diasporic peoples.
She is the co-founder and Creative Director of Third Horizon, a Caribbean artist collective. Her films have screened at Sundance Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Sheffield Doc Fest and many more around the world.
SELECTED PRESS
ShortList 2020: How ‘T’ Finds a Vision of America in Black Rituals Surrounding Death (Video)
By Steve Pond - August 11, 2020. The Wrap.
Berlinale Shorts: Selected Press
March 1, 2020. Berlinale.
Director Keisha Rae Witherspoon on T and the short form / interview
March 1, 2020. Berlinale.
Berlin Film Festival Winners: Banned Iranian Director Mohammad Rasoulof’s ‘There Is No Evil’ Takes Golden Bear – Full List
By Nancy Tartaglione - February 29, 2020. Deadline.
Four Short Films to Catch at Miami Film Festival 2020
By April Dobbins - February 27, 2020. Miami New Times.
“We Don’t Come Past Here”: Impressions of “T”, a film by Keisha Rae Witherspoon
By Ryan - January 28, 2020. Grey Over Blue.