Deluge
Description :
After witnessing the mass drowning of her friends and struggling with the decision not to jump in, 15-year old Tiana must decide if she will join the order of black mermaids that protect the waters where her friends rest. This film is partly inspired by the 2010 mass drowning of six black teens in a Shreveport, Louisiana sinkhole. None of them could swim. The film blends coming of age drama and fantasy to explore traumatic memory in a post- BP oil spill New Orleans.
Awards :
2012 Princess Grace Award- Cary Grant Film Award
Festivals :
New Voices in Black Cinema Film Festival at BAMcinématek, 2014 Blackstar Film Festival, 2014 Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA)
Credits :
Director of Photography: Soraya Selene
Tahir: Kelvin Harrison Jr.