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