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Video: Grace
Written and Directed by Natalie Jasmine Harris
Running time: 13 minutes
Sixteen-year-old Grace prepares for her baptism in the 1950’s South. When she learns she must repent before the ritual, Grace contemplates her budding romantic feelings toward her best friend, Louise.
Sundance Film Festival, 2024
Palm Springs International ShortFest, 2024
Chicago International Film Festival, 2024
NewFest: The NYC LGBTQ+ Film Festival, 2024 | Emerging Black LGBTQ Filmmaker Award
Torino Film Festival, 2024
Starring
GRACE | Jordan Rayanna Wells
LOUISE | Alexis Cofield
SISTER | Mikayla LaShae Bartholomew
BIG MAMA | C L Simpson
MINISTER | JeVon Blackwell
Writer/Director: Natalie Jasmine Harris
Director of Photography: Tehillah De Castro
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Natalie Jasmine Harris (she/they) is a Black queer filmmaker whose work is centered around a mission to capture coming-of-age experiences, showcase joy, and reimagine liberation for marginalized communities. Natalie’s 2022 short film, Pure, received The Directors Guild of America’s Student Film Award before screening at Frameline45 and being acquired to stream on HBOMax.
Harris is a 2023 Film at Lincoln Center Artists Academy participant and has participated in artist programs with GLAAD, SFFILM, Outfest, Film Independent, and more. Her work has been featured in publications including Teen Vogue, NBC, Baltimore Sun, and Huffington Post.
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Such beauty, such discreet longing, such harmony and unspoken love: such lyricism in this short film. The cinematography is stunning — I loved this!
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I love this film too for the reasons you’ve listed, Laure-Anne. And the film is made by a young person! I want to follow her career.
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