What If Black Boys Were Butterflies?

DaeQuan Collier

2019•4 min.•

United States of America

While other boys can enjoy a childhood of freedoms, for many reasons, Black boyhood is a brief, complicated existence. What If Black Boys Were Butterflies, is a non-linear experimental short film displaying what Black Boyhood is and what it ultimately could be.

Documentary

Cast

PA
Phillip Alexis
Fighting Boy
GB
Giovanni Bellegarde
Neighborhood Boy
SB
Shawn Better
Man
HC
Henry Craig
Fighting Boy
TD
Tyler Descardes
Neighborhood Boy
BH
Blake Hezekiah
Beach Boy
KAJ
Kyle A. Jack
Fighting Boy
DM
DaeQuan Morrison
Man
DM
Dwayne Mullings
Neighborhood Boy
ICS
Isaiah Caleb Stanley
Field Boy
BW
Brandon Woods
Dancing Boy

Crew

DC
DaeQuan Collier
Directing
JH
Jaron Hardy
Sound
AG
Alain Gr-Polanco
Crew
DC
DaeQuan Collier
Editing
DC
DaeQuan Collier
Writing
DC
DaeQuan Collier
Production
SM
Sandy Melara
Directing
AG
Alain Gr-Polanco
Editing
JG
Jacquelyn Greenfield
Production
SB
Stacy Butler
Crew
GC
Griffin Cubero
Crew