Short film

Brooklyn Reverie

2025 · 19 min

A quiet, emotionally charged short that simmers with unspoken family tension and the ache of returning home to rejection.

Overview: An Oscar-winning Black actor returns to his hometown of Brooklyn to receive an unexpectedly cold welcome by his father.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Family, identity, class, isolation
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
identity
class
isolation
redemption
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Ricardo Sean Thompson
Written by: Ricardo Sean Thompson
Starring: Michael Oduro, Greg Mays, Tuffy Questell, Tyrone McKinney Jr., Cherise Vaughn
Runtime: 19 min
Country: United States of America