[SAY GRACE BEFORE DROWNING] short film by Nikyatu Jusu

After meeting her African Refugee mother for the first time in six years, 8 year old Hawa is forced to coexist with a woman teetering on the brink of insanity.

AWARDS//+
Spike Lee Fellowship
Panavision Equipment Grant
Director's Guild of America Jury Award
HBO Short Film Award
Princess Grace Foundation Grant
Puffin Foundation Grant

+starring+
Ellie Foumbi as GRACE
Dennise Gregory as HAWA
Ebbe Bassey as AUNTY
Hisham TawfiQ as CHRIS
Kehinde Koyejo as ADULT HAWA

++DOP: DANIEL PATTERSON
++Casting Director CHINYERE ANYANWU
++Sound Design Carlos STORM Martinez
++Original Score IAN MILLER
++Photography NIKITA GALE