Sweet, Sweet Country Teaser #1

This is a brief teaser for the upcoming short film, "Sweet, Sweet Country"

www.sweetsweetcountry.com

OFFICIAL SELECTION

2014 INTERNATIONALES FESTIVAL DER FILMHOCHSCHULEN MUNCHEN

2014 THE DIASPORA FESTIVAL OF BLACK AND INDEPENDENT FILM

2014 BLACKSTAR FILM FESTIVAL - PITTSBURGH EDITION

2014 NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL

2014 SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL

2014 PORTLAND OREGON WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL

2014 DC INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL

2014 TORONTO BLACK FILM FESTIVAL

2014 HAYTI HERITAGE FILM FESTIVAL

2013 AFRICAN DIASPORA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

2013 DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA STUDENT FILMMAKER AWARD - GRAND PRIZE

2013 STARZ DENVER FILM FESTIVAL

2013 RED ROCK FILM FESTIVAL

2013 BRONZELENS FILM FESTIVAL

2013 INTERNATIONAL BLACK FILM FESTIVAL OF NASHVILLE

2013 INTERNATIONAL BLACK WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL

2013 REEL SISTERS OF THE DIASPORA FILM FESTIVAL AND LECTURE SERIES

2013 BENDFILM FESTIVAL

2013 URBAN MEDIAMAKERS FILM FESTIVAL

2013 MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL

2013 MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL BLACK FILM FESTIVAL (CANADA)

2013 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO FILM FESTIVAL

2013 COLOURFEST FILM FESTIVAL

2013 HARLEM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - "BEST SHORT FILM"

2013 TRINIDAD INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (TRINIDAD, CO)

2013 WHITE SANDS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

2013 CINCINNATI FILM FESTIVAL

2013 BLACK HARVEST FILM FESTIVAL

2013 MARTHA'S VINEYARD AFRICAN-AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL

2013 BLACKSTAR FILM FESTIVAL

2013 INSIDE CARIBBEAN-AMERICAN FILM SHOWCASE

2013 THE BLACK WOMEN FILM FESTIVAL

2013 SAN FRANCISCO BLACK FILM FESTIVAL - "BEST STUDENT FILM"

2013 NEWFILMMAKERS LOS ANGELES

2013 XEN LOUNGE INDIE NIGHT SHOWCASE

2013 LITTLE ROCK FILM FESTIVAL

2013 WOMEN IN FILM AND TELEVISION ATLANTA SHORT FILM SHOWCASE

"BEST DRAMATIC FILM" and "AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD"

2013 ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL - "AUDIENCE AWARD, BEST SHORT FILM"

2013 LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART (LACMA) YOUNG DIRECTORS NIGHT - "HONORABLE MENTION"

2013 PAN AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL

Synopsis:

With her parents and younger siblings living in a refugee camp in Kenya, 20 year-old Ndizeye struggles to support not only herself, but provide for a family she’s not seen in five years. Living in a small southern town, her struggle becomes so much more when her family literally shows up at her doorstep.

Writer + Director

Dehanza Rogers

Producers

Gbenga Akinnagbe, Dehanza Rogers, Doug Turner

Co-Producers

Autumn Bailey-Ford, Shadae Lamar Smith

Cinematographer

Ragland Williamson

Featured song: "Drogue" sung by Salam

Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0

Shot on Location at The Clarkston Community Center Garden in Clarkston, GA.

http://www.clarkstoncommunitycenter.org/