Dreams in Nightmares
- Director: Shatara Michelle Ford
- Writer: Shatara Michelle Ford
- Producer: Naima Abed, Tyler Bagley, Lia Buman, Pilar Cartró Benavides, Chris Quintos Cathcart, Shatara Michelle Ford, Emilie Georges, Tim Headington, Ana Leocha, Jacqueline W. Liu, Pin-Chun Liu, Elisa Lleras, Michael M. McGuire, Rivkah Beth Medow, Liska Ostojic, Josh Peters, Jen Rainin, Robina Riccitiello, Jenn Lee Smith, Ben Stillman, Yu-Hao Su, Adam Wyatt Tate, Annie Yang
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With their sophomore feature, Shatara Michelle Ford (TEST PATTERN) puts their singular stamp on the American road movie. After an unceremonious layoff, Z (Denée Benton, "The Gilded Age") embarks on a trip across the Midwestern United States in search of a friend that has seemingly disappeared off the grid. Traveling with her two closest friends, these three queer black femmes find their priorities tested as shapeshifting threats in each city expose (inter)personal and ideological fractures. Tender and expansive, Ford has created an ode to chosen family and the radical act of claiming space to dream-and exist-beyond the systems of an increasingly fraught country.
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Cast & Characters
Denée Benton (as Z)
Mars Rucker (as Kel)
Dezi Bing (as Lauren)
Sasha Compère (as Tasha)
Charlie Barnett (as Reece)
Molly Bernard (as Jamie)
Alfie Fuller (as Trish)
Malek Mouzon (as Dionne)
Joss Barton (as Toni)
Jasmin Savoy Brown (as Sabrina)
Regina Taylor (as Bernice)
Robert Wisdom (as Virgil)
Zoe Himmel (as Zoe)
Lindsey Hailes (as Leigh)
Zahalea Anderson (as Self - Defense Instructor)
Kesha Williams (as Server)
Matías Reyes Gomez (as Master Potter)
Elba León Cantón (as Master Potter)
Adrian Cracraft (as Fireworks Shopkeeper)
Gabrielle Kill (as Poetry Audience Member)