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Burden (The)

Country: United States, Language: English, 15 mins

  • Director: Tish Arana
  • Writer: Tish Arana
  • Producer: Tish Arana, Rashim Cannad, Crystal Cotton, Caitlin D. Jones, Susan Keller, Tom Keller, Carol Martin, Brandi Nicole, Puppett, Andrea Varner, Jennipher Walters

CGiii Comment

"Just because you know doesn't mean you'll go."

When culture vultures apply for citizenship on a new planet founded by Black people three judges must decide how to handle folks who want everything but the burden.


Trailer...

The Burden Trailer from Tish Arana on Vimeo.

Cast & Characters

Lavelle Roby (as Laverne Thomas)
Rashawn Nadine Scott (as Tribunal Judge No. 2)
DaJuan Johnson (as Charles Walker)
V. Vieux (as Tribunal Judge No. 1)
Christopher Benitez (as Gabriel Rodriguez)
Fay Kato (as Keiko Ariyoshi)
Rajiv Shah (as Shawn)
Tish Arana (as Ava)
Samuel Ademola (as Tribunal Judge No. 3)
Puppett (as Koda)
Aisha Lomax (as Simulation Moderator (voice))
Louise Houghton (as Daisy Jenkins)
Ashley C. Ford (as Narrator (voice))