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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, 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.

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