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BITTER LEAF

Directed by Omar S Kamara

Produced by Leo Blumberg-Woll & Guo Guo

United States | English | 18' | Sci-Fi

In a not so distant future, a burgeoning streamer is torn between her ambition and the ultimate cost of her success after joining a novel program.

Bitter Leaf pulses with the tension between ambition and identity, telling a near-future parable where streaming fame becomes another colonial transaction. Director Omar Kamara expertly crafts a sci-fi satire that asks how much the African diaspora must barter with “the powers” just to survive, implicating himself as a filmmaker navigating the same uneasy terrain. This film is razor sharp, unsettling, and leaves you wondering: How much of yourself are you willing to sell, and who’s really buying?

- Vincent DeLuca, Programmer

Saturday, August 16 at 3:00 PM

Assistance League Theatre

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