THE BLACK DISQUISITION
Animated Experimental Short Film
“An affecting true story of the traumatic event in a boy’s life that fractures his self image and the difficult conversation his parents must have with him about race in America.”
Writer, Director, Editor, & Score Composer: Quincy Ledbetter // Producers: Emily McCann Lesser, Dashiell Robb, Yuki M Ledbetter // Lead Animator: Dashiell Robb // Rotoscope: Tejas Mahajan, Niraj Pandkar // Sound Mix & Design: Arjun G. Sheth
Starring: Terrance Broughton, Zainab Jah, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Haley Webb
Official winner of : DC Black Film Festival 2021 (Best Animated Film) // Austin’s Capital City Black Film Festival 2021 (Short Film, Audience Choice Award)
Official selection of : Montreal International Black Film Festival 2021 // Woodstock Film Festival 2021 // Urbanworld Film Festival 2021 // Vancouver International Film Festival 2021 // Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival 2021 // Baltimore International Black Film Festival 2021 // SCAD Savanna Film Festival 2021 // Twin Cities Black Film Festival 2021 // International Black Film Festival (Nashville) 2021 // Tokyo International Short Film Festival 2021 // Santa Fe Film Festival 2022 // San Diego Black Film Festival 2022 // Sunscreen Film Festival (Florida) 2022 // Seattle Black Film Festival 2022 // Big Apple Film Festival 2022 // Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle from July 2022 - Oct 2022) // North Dakota Human Rights Film and Arts Festival 2023
Currently streaming as a part of “AfroPoP Digital Shorts” in honor of Juneteenth on Black Public Media Official YouTube Channel.
Press:
No Film School: “How This Team Made a Rotoscope Animated Film Totally Over Zoom”
KPBS: “The Black Disquisition”
Black Star News: “Juneteenth: ‘The Black Disquisition’ Premieres As Part Of ‘AfroPoP Digital Shorts”
Washington Informer: “Explaining Blackness in New AfroPoP Short Feature”