FUCKED LIKE A STAR

category: narratives, short films

FUCKED LIKE A STAR

A meditation on the dream-life of ants, women, and fucking, set to the words of Toni Morrison.

directed by STEFANI SAINTONGE
A Haitian-American filmmaker and educator, Stefani Saintonge won the ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Discovery Award in 2014 for her short film, Seventh Grade. Her documentary, La Tierra de los Adioses, won Best Latin American Short Documentary at the Festival Internacional de Cine en el Desierto. Her work, which focuses on women, youth and immigration, has screened at several festivals and institutions internationally including Hammer Museum, Brooklyn Museum, New Orleans Film Festival and Austin Film Festival. A member of New Negress Film Society, she is a recipient of the Jerome Foundation Film and Video Grant, BRIO Arts Award and served as an artist in residence with Haiti Cultural Exchange.

Haiti/US | 2018 | 8 MINS