Fly (2021)
Director/Writer
Fiction
Eric is a mediocre breakdancer who dreams of making it big. What he lacks in skill he makes up for in confidence. One day he gets a call to link with local cool guy Jamal and his friends. Eric eagerly anticipates impressing them, one shoulder shimmy at a time.
Cast + Crew
Eric A.K.A Fly Justice Thelot Jamal Nathan Syoum Kev Obakeng Ndebele Tito Walid Jabri DJ Itty Bitty --- Director/Writer/Producer Adam Mbowe Production Manager Rachelle Beaudoin 1st Assistant Director Laura Kamugisha Continuity Leonard Giovenazzo Cinematographer Jose Guadamud Gaffer Ali Hamidia Sound Recordist Giulio Trejo-Martinez Editor Alex Corej Sound Designer/Mixer Giulio Trejo-Martinez Colorist Thomas d’Auteuil Graphics Ryan James
Screenings + Selection
Concordia Film Festival 2021
Hamilton Black Film Festival 2021 (NOMINEE / BEST CANADIAN FILM)
Montreal BIPOC Film Festival 2021 (WINNER / BEST FICTION FILM)
NoBudge 2021
More about the project:
Growing up as the only black person throughout most of my adolescence left me wanting to change how I acted, the way I dressed, and how I spoke to fit in. I choose to create the film Fly as an amalgamation of code-switching, belonging, and what it means to be “Black”. The main character Eric is at this intersection. He is a mediocre hip-hop dancer blatantly unaware of the ways he is changing himself in order to feel belonging.
Growing up as the only black person throughout most of my adolescence left me wanting to change how I acted, the way I dressed, and how I spoke to fit in. I choose to create the film Fly as an amalgamation of code-switching, belonging, and what it means to be “Black”. The main character Eric is at this intersection. He is a mediocre hip-hop dancer blatantly unaware of the ways he is changing himself in order to feel belonging.
