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Cauleen Smith’s monumental coming-of-age film centres the Black teenage girl as archivist.
Cauleen Smith presents a colourful and complex portrait of Black girlhood through photography student Pica. Armed with a best friend and polaroid camera, Pica takes it upon herself to take portraits of young Black men, believing her project to serve as their record of existence in the face of increasing violence in 1990s L.A.
Audio Description and additional Descriptive Subtitles of non-dialogue audio are available for the screening of Drylongso on Sunday 11 May 18:45 NFT2.
Digital 4K (restoration)