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Derailed

2024 · 5 min

A brief, tense slice of life where an awkward date collides with everyday inaccessibility, leaving a quiet sting.

Directed by: Naaji Sky Adzimah
Genres: Drama
Starring: Rachel Alana Handler, Wasim azeez, Margo Gignac

Tagline: Here’s to knowing when NOT to look back
Overview: Isabelle’s third date with Jason goes from promising to disastrous in Astoria, where recent subway renovations cost millions of tax dollars but kept the stations inaccessible.

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Directed by: Naaji Sky Adzimah
Genres: Drama
Starring: Rachel Alana Handler, Wasim azeez, Margo Gignac

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 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
isolation
class
politics
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	5
Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Naaji Sky Adzimah
Written by: Rachel Alana Handler
Starring: Rachel Alana Handler, Wasim azeez, Margo Gignac
Runtime: 5 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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