T (movie)
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| German title | T |
| Original title | T |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| length | 14 minutes |
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| Director | Keisha Rae Witherspoon |
| script | Keisha Rae Witherspoon |
| production | Monica Sorelle, Faren Humes, Jason Fitzroy Jeffers |
| music | thinkthatswilson |
| camera | Terence Price II |
| cut | Jonathan David Kane, Stefani Saintonge |
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T is an American documentary film under the direction of Keisha Rae Witherspoon from the year 2019 . The short film celebrated on August 4, 2019 the Black Star Film Festival in Philadelphia world premiere . Its European premiere was on February 25, 2020 at the Berlinale 2020 , where it won the Golden Bear for best short film .
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In T , coping with grief after the loss of a loved one and coping with it through creativity is the theme. The audience follows three protagonists in this situation, including Dimples, an artist who has lost her son. When walking through her house, her pain is clearly palpable: She says she is trying to fill the holes in her heart. However, the film places great emphasis on how Dimples uses her creativity to cope with grief, because this creativity connects the two: At one point the mother says that her son often used her creative materials to express himself. Since he loved potato chips more than anything, she cuts fringes out of bags of chips and attaches them to the clothes she wears in the film. If she does things with her hands, she says, heal them in places deeper than the ones she is crying from.
At the end, the film shows scenes from the T-Ball in Miami, where every year people who have lost a loved one gather. They wear T-shirts and costumes that they have designed, reminding of the dead. According to the Miami New Times , the character of the gathering lies between a funeral procession, as is customary in New Orleans, and a performance on the catwalk .
background
Directed by Keisha Rae Witherspoon, who also designed the film. The cameraman was Terence Price II, while Jonathan David Kane and Stefani Saintonge were responsible for editing the film . The film was shot in Miami and Hollywood . Production was in the hands of Monica Sorelle, Faren Humes and Jason Fitzroy Jeffers, with Third Horizon, Miami, selected as the production company . Robert Colom was co-producer.
The film premiered on August 4, 2019 the Black Star Film Festival in Philadelphia world premiere .
Awards
- Prices
- 2020 Berlinale : Golden Bear for the best short film
- 2019 New Orleans Film Festival , New Orleans : Audience Award Narrative Short and Narrative Short Award - Special Jury Mention : Breakthrough in Filmmaking
- 2019 Blackstar Film Festival , Philadelphia : Audience Award Favorite Narrative Short
- 2020 Miami Film Festival : Knight Made in MIA Short Film Award
- Nominations
- 2020 Sundance Film Festival : Short Film Grand Jury Prize: Best Short Film
Web links
- Profile with a film clip at berlinale.de
- T in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Website of the film
- Berlinale Talks on T (from 9:18 am)
Individual evidence
- ↑ April Dobbins: Four Short Films to Catch at Miami Film Festival 2020. February 27, 2020, accessed March 12, 2020 .
- ↑ a b T. Accessed March 12, 2020 .
- ↑ T (2019) - IMDb. Retrieved March 12, 2020 .
- ↑ a b T - IMDb. Retrieved March 12, 2020 .
- ↑ 'When Liberty Burns' and 'La Llorona' Win Top Jury Awards At 37th Miami Film Festival; 'The Fight' and '90 Minutes' Take Audience Awards. In: miamifilmfestival.com, March 23, 2020.