Bushwick Beats
Six stories, six directors, six unique short films, all under the backdrop of Bushwick, Brooklyn, each a different look into the theme of unconditional love.
A. Sayeeda Moreno
James Sweeney
James Sweeney
Brian Shoaf
Brian Shoaf
Anu Valia
Anu Valia
Sonejuhi Sinha
Sonejuhi Sinha
Chloe Sarbib
Chloe Sarbib
Casts & Crew
Britt Baron
Britne Oldford
Henny Russell
Mugga
Nadia Dajani
Melanie Nicholls-King
Max Baker
Ronen Rubinstein
Hazelle Goodman
Jordon Bolden
Keenan Jolliff
Also Directed by A. Sayeeda Moreno
After her solitary and baleful prayers, a stern old woman leaves her apartment for the laundromat leaving behind a young boy. At the laundromat, she's importuned by a young woman who questions her sharply about a man in the old woman's past. Back in her apartment, a young couple talks in the bedroom. Is all of this in the old woman's head? Is she reliving her past, from which there is no escape?
Also Directed by James Sweeney
Lonely Cameron is getting over a breakup and has turned to a paid cuddler for regular companionship. But an uncomfortable disclosure threatens to change their ongoing professional relationship.
A gay brainiac with OCD struggles with accepting his sexuality, and starts a purely romantic, no sex relationship with an actress.
Somebody dies like every five minutes.
A teenage boy explores his sexuality to the brink of exhaustion. A film that plays with expectations. With its sunkissed opening shots and bouncy score, the film starts off like one big ole’ romantic comedy cliché. The tropes are decidedly familiar—young love, attractive couple, an idyllic picnic on the grass. This is the stuff that Hollywood has told us is true—the saccharine syrup that has made up the montages of many a Katherine Heigl movie. Then, reality sets in. Our protagonist isn’t some stock dream boy. Rather, he’s a guy coming to terms with himself and his sexuality. And, in that exploration, he leaves a lot of confused and hurt partners (of both genders) in his wake.
An OCD gay twentysomething considers a romantic life with a struggling actress he meets at an S&M-themed party.
An exploration of a boy's relationship with the name David.
Also Directed by Brian Shoaf
The aardvark has evolved to be one of a kind. You could say the same of Josh Norman.
Also Directed by Anu Valia
Jennifer Walters acquires Hulk-like qualities.
Reporter Jena Friedman finds an unexpected way to educate men about campus rape. Later, a cop's online cannibal fetish ruined his life, but can Jena salvage his love life?
"Blue, Blue" is a dance trip through anger, featuring Sunita Mani, with music from COLLEGE.
An unassuming woman meets a teenage boy's grief-stricken music teacher while sitting in a hospital waiting room.
Told through the eyes of a down-on-her-luck actor, Drifters explores the basic human desire to find purpose in one's life decisions.
After traveling hundreds of miles, a woman must wait another twenty-four hours before she can get an abortion.
Also Directed by Sonejuhi Sinha
Riz is a recent South Asian immigrant who takes a job at a seedy motel in a bid to start over in America. The motel’s other employees and guests pull her back into a life she preferred to leave behind.
An unexpected discovery forces an undocumented motel employee to make a life changing decision.
A single mother in rural India has to pay a heavy price to repay her debts.
Also Directed by Chloe Sarbib
Over a family beach weekend, a young women grapples with whether to confide in her family about a recent sexual assault.
When the line between friendship and romantic love becomes confusing, Sophie will do whatever it takes to make things go back to the way they were.