SWERVE
Category
FEATURE SHORT
Duration
28 M
SCREENING DETAILS
BLOCK 8
Saturday, August 17, 2024
6:00 PM
Logline
After a major pandemic leaves a talented artist out of work, Van Xander reaches out to Remo, a former street friend for some fast cash. But Remo has something else in mind. He wants Van mentor a troubled kid trying to fit in the BMX wheelie culture of Philadelphia. An artist tries to figure it out. A kid trying to fit in.
Where there's a wheel, there's a way!
Director
Raphael Xavier, Gary Dourdan
Raphael Xavier- African American film maker, Producer, Writer & Editor, is a Guggenheim and
United States Artist Fellow. Xavier has been a professional stage performer/dancer for the last 30
years and works in a variety of fields including music, theatre and film. His latest project, Swerve·Eli
is currently on the film festival circuit and has been supported by Independent Public Media
Foundation 2020 & 2024.