Fireworks Logo

Latest Shorts...

  • Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond Of Each Other
  • Little One
  • Ismay - 'Stranger in the Barn'
  • Chappell Roan: Casual
  • Worst Date, Best Date
  • My Condolences to Your Future Lovers
  • What I'm Hiding from You...
  • I Know Two Boys
  • Halfway
  • Cursive
  • Safety State
  • YDHTLM: You Don't Have to Like Me
  • Happy Valentine's Day
  • Autoficker (Die)
  • Thinking About Your Dad
  • For the Ones Stuck at Home
  • Maika Küster: Wtchsong
  • Out of the Corner of Our Eye
  • Pride is not available in your region
  • Cul Riculum Vitae
  • Batter My Heart
  • 13 grammes
  • Frisky Business
  • Pacemaker
  • Ausência
  • Best Wishes
  • Bro
  • Camderina Diner (The)
  • Other Side of Clean (The)
  • altSHIFT Volume One
  • Male Gaze: A Better Tomorrow (The)
  • Hangry
  • Strange Way of Life
  • Troy
  • Revived
  • Lollygag
  • Bleach
  • Dykes on Bikes: An Origin Story
  • Betty and Jean
  • Malcolm

Blackroot

Country: USA, Language: English, 16 mins

  • Director: Jack Flynn; Ben Kadie
  • Writer: Jack Flynn; Ben Kadie
  • Producer: Tyler Brown; Jack Flynn

CGiii Comment

Technically, it's pretty good.

The story needed more work...it just peters out.


Watch...

Blackroot from Ben Kadie on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

Blackroot, set in 1967, tells the story of an American Indian teen named RT who struggles with their gender identity, the death of their grandmother, and now, the sudden appearance of four white teenagers who enlist their help in the search for a hallucinogenic mushroom.

Cast & Characters

Ariel Goodvoice as RT;
Tahna Edwards as Josie;
Guito Wingfield as Scott;
Christopher Langston as Raymond;
Jeff Barehand as Harry;
Josephine Hoy as Carolyn;
Lois Landgrebe as Marie