EDGECOMBE

Directed by Crystal Kayiza, 2018 (14 min)
FOFIF FUNDED FILMMAKER. Received pre-production funding for her upcoming short film, THE GARDENERS
Screened at Future of Film is Female: Part 2 at MoMA (Feb. 2019)

Revealing the deeply personal truths of three local residents, EDGECOMBE is an examination of the ways trauma repeats and reinvents itself in rural Black communities.

EDGECOMBE was an official selection of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, where is was acquired by POV. Winner of the Gold Plaque at the 2018 Chicago International Film Festival, it also received the Huffington Post Impact Award and Special Mention at both the Glasgow Short Film Festival and San Francisco Film Festival. It was created with the support of the Jacob Burns Film Center.

Read more about Crystal here.