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When I Write It (2020)

Genre : Music

Runtime : 15M

Director : Shannon St. Aubin, Nico Opper

Synopsis

During the last days of summer before college, two Oakland teens (Leila Mottley, Ajai Kasim) explore what it means to be young Black artists in their rapidly gentrifying city. An intimate feeling of eavesdropping permeates this sun-soaked tour of neighborhood sights and sounds, as they both realize they're on the cusp of personal and community-wide change.

Actors

Ajai Kasim
Ajai Kasim
Leila Mottley
Leila Mottley

Crews

Shannon St. Aubin
Shannon St. Aubin
Director
Nicole Opper
Nicole Opper
Writer
Shannon St. Aubin
Shannon St. Aubin
Writer
Leila Mottley
Leila Mottley
Writer
Ajai Kasim
Ajai Kasim
Writer
Laura Green
Laura Green
Editor
Nico Opper
Nico Opper
Producer
Nico Opper
Nico Opper
Director
Shannon St. Aubin
Shannon St. Aubin
Producer
Hanna Miller
Hanna Miller
Director of Photography

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