Dead Period
2024
⏱️ 10 min
📅 Released
🌐 EN
Drama
In DEAD PERIOD, lifelong friends Caleb, an African American, and Duarte, a Latino, discover they're vying for the same college basketball scholarship. Their bond fractures as they face off, reflecting the plight of Dreamers – immigrants raised with uncertain legal status – in the contemporary U.S. American society.
Crew
Director
João Pedro Prado
Writer
Narges Derakhshan, Vincent Edusei, João Pedro Prado
Producer
Vincent Edusei
Production
Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Keywords
dancefriendshipcompetitionbasketballcollege basketball