Raw Materials
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2022
Jamaica / United States
33 mins
NYC Premiere
Short Film Competition
| Sosiessia Nixon-Kelly | |
| Sosiessia Nixon-Kelly | |
| John Chambers (Derrick), Sekai Smart-Macaulay (Malik), Shak-Quera South (Tara) | |
| Explicit Sexual Situations |
RAW MATERIALS is a coming-of-age drama. Sixteen year old fashion prodigy Malik struggles to find his direction and overcome an abusive community in order to fully embrace his talent and identity despite his homophobic community automatically labeling him as gay.
About the Director
Sosiessia Nixon is an award winning Jamaican screenwriter, director and film producer. She is currently the head of film and television at iKon Media and Films. Sosiessia is the creative mind behind many music videos as she serves as treatment writer on music video projects including Shaggy, Buju Banton, Sean Paul, Spice, Conkarah and Dre Island.
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Embracing of the longevity of the process of getting to fully know oneself in Jamaican drama “Raw Materials” – Winter Film Awards, by Maria Clara Ribeiro
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