Short Films

 
 
 

Meal Ticket (2024)

Now on HULU! Premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival with Season Four of Rising Voices!

Twelve minutes before showtime, a young music manager is forced to decide what to do with life-changing news about his client, a hot-headed hip-hop star on the rise.

Co-Written + Directed by: Wes Andre Goodrich

Produced by: Patrick Nichols, AL Brody, Yoko Kohmoto

Executive Produced by: Indeed, Hillman Grad, 271 & Lena Waithe

Shot by: Ben Hardwicke

Starring: SiddiQ Saunderson, Coy Stewart, Grace Duah

Festivals: Tribeca Film Festival (June 2024), Hollyshorts (July 2024), Flickers Rhode Island (July 2024), Micheaux FILM FESTIVAL (JULY 2024), Nitehawk (January 2025), Palm Springs (June 2025)

AwardS: Audience Award (Nitehawk Film Festival 2025), Best Director (Micheaux, 2024)

Palm Sunday (2023)

Winner of The Grand Jury Award for Best Overall Short at Calgary International Film Festival!

Inspired by true events, Palm Sunday is a southern gothic drama about a young Black Caribbean Immigrant who attempts to assimilate into an all-white church in 1970s Raleigh, North Carolina.

Written + Directed by: Wes Andre Goodrich

Produced by: Patrick Nichols, Cameron Carr, Andrew Harrell

Executive Produced by: TruJulo Productions

Shot by: Kevin “GK” Fredricks

Starring: Justin WinleY and Don Henderson Baker

Festivals: Longleaf Film Festival (May 2023), Brooklyn Film Festival (June 2023), Roxbury Film Festival (June 2023), Micheaux FILM FESTIVAL (JULY 2023), Morehouse Human Rights Film Festival (September 2023), New OrLeans Film Festival (November 2023)

AwardS: The Grand Jury Award for Best Overall Short (Calgary International Film Festival, 2023) Best Narrative Drama Short (Longleaf 2023), ACE Entertainment AWard for Best Film (Columbia Film Festival 2023), The Wrap ShortList Film Fest (Best student Short Nominee,2023)

 

Speak Up Brotha! (2023)

After a brief encounter with a mysterious woman in his car, a smitten driver endeavors to overcome his anxieties and speak to her.

Directed by: Wes Andre Goodrich

Production Company: BlackManFilms

Written by: Roderick Lawerence, James J. Johnson + Obbie West

Executive Produced by: Roderick Lawerence, Salma Qarnain, Cameron Carr

Shot by: Nona Catusanu

Starring: Roderick Lawerence, Terrence “TC” Carson, Toni Lachelle Pollitt, Madeline Grey DeFreece, Justin Winley & Alphonso Walker Jr.

Festivals: Cleveland International Film Festival (March 2023),American Black Film Festival (June 2023), Dances with Films LA (June 2023),Micheaux FILM FESTIVAL (JULY 2023), Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival (August 2023), Bronze Lens (August 2023)

AwardS: The Grand Jury Award for Shorts (Dances with Films LA 2023)

 

Goodnight, Fred (2019)

On the night of his death, a young revolutionary contemplates his future.

Directed,Written & Produced by Wes Andre Goodrich

Starring: Chinara Stroman, Prince-Anthony Hall & Sean Augustin

shot by: Ray Pendleton

Festivals: Seattle Black Film Festival (2019), Southern Margins Film Festival (2019), Katra Sidebar Film Festival (2019)