THE ANNIVERSARY
On the anniversary of his wife’s death a lonely widower is forced to succumb to the reality of never-ending violence against Black Lives.
SHORT FILM
Writer & Director: Shaun Ray Boyd
Producers: Jenn Paul, Shaun Ray Boyd
Executive Producers: Sharon Lewis, Vince Buda
Production Company: urbansoul inc, orchids + AMETHYST
Developed in Sundance Collab’s Screenwriting: Crafting Your Short Film
Synopsis
Prospero is burdened with guilt after his wife’s death during a student protest many years past. On the anniversary of his wife’s passing, Prospero witnesses the brutal suppression of a Black Lives Matter protest in Toronto’s Little Jamaica by armed police. Traumatized by the seeming perpetuity of violence, he longs to be reunited with his wife.