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Pick One

2024 · 7 min

A small, wry slice of childhood that turns an ordinary form into a quiet, uncomfortable knot you feel along with the kid.

Directed by
Matthew Serrano
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Rocco Botte, Preston Brodrick, Orianna Skye Fancher
Overview
A multiracial 2nd grader finds himself in a crisis of identity when a big test at school asks for him to "pick one" race/ethnicity.

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Directed by
Matthew Serrano
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Rocco Botte, Preston Brodrick, Orianna Skye Fancher
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • family
  • race
  • coming-of-age
  • education
Places
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Matthew Serrano
Written by
Matthew Serrano
Starring
Rocco Botte, Preston Brodrick, Orianna Skye Fancher, Jamie Uhtof, Jose Velasquez, Brandy Watts
Runtime
7 min
Country
United States of America

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