Keon
Short Film
KEON, a young Black photographer, meets up with his brothers, Amiri and Dre, and they embark on a journey to acquire a new camera to complete his college entrance portfolio. Along the way, they negotiate obstacles and dangers, subtle and complex but all too real, in an environment intent on policing their bodies and their expression. Inspired by the films of the L.A. Rebellion filmmakers, along with Ousmane Sembene, Francois Truffaut, Agnes Varda, and the tradition of Black filmmakers and photographers from Gordon Parks to Carrie Mae Weems, it is shot in black and white as a nod to early independent Black cinema, the French New Wave and NeoRealist films.
DIRECTOR - E.G. Bailey
