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Suicide by Sunlight | Vampire Horror Short Film from Nikyatu Jusu

Valentina, a day-walking Black vampire protected from the sun by her melanin, is forced to suppress her bloodlust to regain custody of her estranged daughters in this acclaimed short that played Sundance. A selection of Short of the Week, the web's leading curators of quality short films. SUBMIT A FILM: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/submit/ FULL REVIEW: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2020/0... Subscribe to S/W on YouTube! Website: http://www.shortoftheweek.com Instagram:   / shortofthew.  . Facebook:   / shortoftheweek   Twitter:   / shortoftheweek   SUICIDE BY SUNLIGHT Directed by Nikyatu Jusu http://nikyatu.com/ T: @NotNikyatu IG: @nikyatu "We often talk about "innovation" in regards to the films we choose to highlight on this site, and while that is often taken to mean new formal techniques or previously unexplored subjects, importantly it can also mean taking familiar ideas and remixing or recontextualizing them within new viewpoints. A fresh and exciting take on the extremely well-trod vampire mythos, Nikyatu Jusu's acclaimed short film "Suicide by Sunlight" is a fine example of this latter approach, blending a host of diverse inspirations from the genre into something uniquely vibrant for the current moment. The jumping-off point for Jusu and her co-writer, Robin Shanea Williams, is to imagine race as a pertinent aspect to vampirism, which both challenges traditional Eurocentric depictions, as well as providing a fascinating frame for a whole range of meaty subtextual readings. Inverting blackness away from being a marker of marginalization towards a quality that confers an advantage for vampires when integrating with "normal" society is at once a simple hook, but also rich in thematic potential, and Jusu does not hesitate to dive deeply into the implications, parallels and lingering limitations of the premise within this 17min short—designed as a proof-of-concept for a proposed television series. While the enormous success of Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us) has proven an appetite for smart horror/fantasy with a social conscience, genre fans wary of high-brow incursions into the form have nothing to fear—Jusu does not forget to dish out a healthy serving of blood and sex in order to satisfy our baser desires. Set in a contemporary New York City where vampirism is an acknowledged condition by society, the film focuses on Valentina, a vampire who is granted, by the melanin in her skin, the ability to endure sunlight. With this freedom Valentina is better able to blend into normal society, working as a pediatric nurse at a hospital during the day while at night she is free to pursue her carnal nature. This duality to her character, as both a caretaker and a violent predator, is a fascinating contradiction and directly bleeds into an even greater division of personality—between a vampire and a mother." - S/W Curator, Jason Sondhi CREDITS Cast// Valentina – Natalie Paul Langston – Motell Foster Kira – Alexis Nichole Smith Pastor – Souleymane Sy Savane Faith – Madison Spicer Hope – Juniah Williams-West Micah – Destin Khari Micah’s Mom – Ellie Foumbi Dr. Khadir – Teren Carter Crew// Director – Nikyatu Jusu Writers – Nikyatu Jusu + Robin Shanea Williams Producer – Nikkia Moulterie Executive Producer – Terence Nance Casting Directors – Emily Fleischer + Susan Shopmaker Cinematographer – Daisy Zhou Production Designer – Alison Melillo Editors – Kristan Sprague + Marina Katz Costume Designer – Sarah Williams Assistant Key Hair and Make up / SFX Artist – Risha Rox Hair Composer – Omar Ferrer Sound Services – Sound on Set Sound Design + Sound Mixer – Jose Villaman Visual Effects by – Wild Union Visual Effects Colorist – Kath Raisch Reproduced on this channel with the permission of the filmmaker