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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)

INDOC (2026)

A young, disaffected college student, Daniel, finds himself at a crossroads when he meets a charismatic but dangerous man in the aftermath of Donald Trump's election in 2016.

Directed by: Wes Andre Goodrich

Written by: Ryan O’Dell

Produced by: Alexander Spenser Gould & Devon Tayman

Executive Produced by: Distant Films

Shot by: Olaa Olabi

Starring: Daniel Martinez, Katelyn Sparks, Ryan O’dell,Zack Palomo and Justin WinleY

ROT (2026)

Over the course of a sleepless night, a young Black father grows consumed by the fear, that the mold in his apartment is not only sentient, but has dark designs on his family.

co-Written + Directed by: Wes Andre Goodrich

Written by: Danielle Therese Dougé

Produced by: PAtrick Nichols, Lily Weisberg + Michael Bloom

Executive Produced by: Modern Silent Shorts

Shot by: Charlotte Hornsby

Starring: Marchael Giles + Toni Lachelle Pollitt

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)