30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
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Section: American Teen

Saturday Church (2017) 15

United States of America | 2017 | 83 min.

The Bronx, New York City. 14-year-old Ulysses has just lost his father. His mother Amara is left to raise her two young children with only help of their strict and conservative aunt Rose. Ulysses is now expected to be the man of the house, but the shy and effeminate Ulysses has another challenge to confront: he is not comfortable in his own skin. Ulysses’ life changes when he comes into contact with a lively transgender youth community where people facing the same challenges stand by each other with the help of a Saturday Church program.

CountryUnited States of America
Year2017
Duration83 min
Rating15
LanguageEnglish
SubtitleCzech
Directed by Damon Cardasis
Screenplay Damon Cardasis
Director of Photography Hillary Spera
Music Nathan Larson
Edited by Abbi Jutkowitz
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Biography

Screenwriter, director and producer. He graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. His first film was the award-winning feature-length drama Saturday Church (2017).

Youth, Family, Bullying, Musical, Dance, Empathy, Gender, Sexuality + Identity, LGBTQ