Gaffer
From the festering wound of an impulsive decision is born Isa's fear that her abuela is forgetting her. Any twenty-something could tell you they’ve chopped off their hair as a means of regaining agency in uncertain times. Instant regret: what if this exacerbates her dying abuela’s dementia? Instant defiance: her mother's disapproving opinion is unwelcome. The harder Isa bites down on the spot of her tongue that tastes like remorse, the more decapitated hair crawls up her drain pipes; a manifestation of her complex anticipatory grief. No choice but to confront it. This horror is a commentary on Latinx beauty standards––especially ones that concern women's hair and are perpetuated by mothers.
Gaffer
Bianca confronts her unstable superpowers with her younger teenage brother Gabe. Her search for answers in her distinct, gritty, and dangerous super-powered underworld; her ordinary existence into a horrific nightmare after the tragic loss of her parents and her introduction to the superhero kingpin, Ace.
