HARLEM FRAGMENTS
18m
Running Time
Plot.
Harlem Fragments is an Afro-futurist scrapbook storytelling of a Harlem Black family's beautiful destruction during the 2008 recession. A natural disaster so mesmerizing you can't look away from the tragedy. Based on true events- The film explores the haunting societal pressures of achieving the Black American dream, told in the POV of 10 year old TJ revisiting his family's home that's up for sale. By empowering this Black boy in this film with the agency to imagine, TJ, through his own journey, finds a way to process and come to terms with his family's divorce. It's important for every Black child out there enduring the same foreign emotions to know that it's okay to feel them, and affirm that there is a future trajectory forward out of the initial destruction.
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Cast & Crew.
Roderick Lawrence
Lawrence
Clarissa Thibeaux
Lynne
Stella Coviello
Mya
Kyle Keyes
TJ
Christina Clements-Thompson
Nana
Jaleeca Yancy
Afro Nebula (Voice) / Art Direction
Nona Catusanu
Cinematography
Cameron Carr
Director
James Michael Douglas
Gaffer
Réal Gill
Best Boy Electric
Wes Andre Goodrich
Writer
Justin "J-Dubs" Wyatt
Key Grip
Andre Fernandez
First Assistant Camera
Adesola Thomas
Script Supervisor
Collin Meath
Producer
Niko Noel
Second Assistant Camera
Lunise Cerin
First Assistant Director
Camille Etienne
Wardrobe Designer
Patrick Nichols
Editor
Patrick Kelly Nichols
Editor
Noah MacNeil
Animation / Score Engineer
Ian Cymore
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Media.
Details.
StatusReleased
Running Time18m
Budget$100,000
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
family
divorce
child of divorce
harlem
therapy
family history
divorced couple
harlem renaissance
afrofuturism
broken family
scifi
black stories
drama
brownstone