The Sleeping Negro
Skinner Myers
Drama | United States | 2020 | 1h13
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Confronted with a series of racially charged incidents, a young black man must overcome rage, alienation, and hopelessness in order to find his own humanity.
Skinner Myers, Julie McNiven, Nican Robinson, Rae Dawn Chong, Tunde Adebimpe
Skinner Myers is an award-winning filmmaker based out of Los Angeles. He has written and directed 11 short films, including La Tierra del Exodo, Nightmares by the Sea, Things of Beauty Burn and Frank Embree, which took home the Grand Jury Award at Hollyshorts.
His feature film debut, The Sleeping Negro, had its World Premiere at the 2021 Slamdance Film Festival. Myers has studied at Columbia, Brooklyn College, the USC School of Cinematic Arts and is currently pursuing a PhD in Film Philosophy from the University of Amsterdam.
