Drylongso
A rediscovered treasure of 1990s DIY filmmaking, Cauleen Smith’s Drylongso embeds an incisive look at racial injustice within a lovingly handmade buddy movie/murder mystery/romance. Alarmed by the rate at which the young Black men around her are dying, brash Oakland, California, art student Pica (Toby Smith) attempts to preserve their existence in Polaroid snapshots, along the way forging a friendship with a woman in an abusive relationship (April Barnett) and experiencing love, heartbreak, and the everyday threat of violence. Capturing the vibrant community spirit of Oakland in the nineties, Smith crafts both a rare cinematic celebration of Black female creativity and a moving elegy for a generation of lost African American men.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Cauleen Smith, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New conversation between Smith and film scholar Michael B. Gillespie
- Short films by Smith, including Chronicles of a Lying Spirit by Kelly Gabron, Songs for Earth & Folk, Lessons in Semaphore, Egungun (Ancestor Can’t Find Me), Remote Viewing, and Suffolk, with a new introduction by Smith
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film scholar Yasmina Price
New cover by Krista Franklin
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Cauleen Smith, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New conversation between Smith and film scholar Michael B. Gillespie
- Short films by Smith, including Chronicles of a Lying Spirit by Kelly Gabron, Songs for Earth & Folk, Lessons in Semaphore, Egungun (Ancestor Can’t Find Me), Remote Viewing, and Suffolk, with a new introduction by Smith
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film scholar Yasmina Price
New cover by Krista Franklin
Cast
- Toby Smith
- Pica Sullivan
- April Barnett
- Tobi
- Will Power
- Malik
- Channel Schaffer
- Gloria, Pica’s mom
- Salim Akil
- Mr. Yamada
- Stacey Marbrey
- Meagan
- Keith Williams
- Mohamed
- Earl Ford
- Tide
- Keilan Matthews
- Tyson
- Patrick Pulliam
- Kev
- Timothy Braggs
- Jefferson
- Tammy Washington
- Woman
Credits
- Director
- Cauleen Smith
- Executive producer
- Cauleen Smith
- Editor
- Cauleen Smith
- Writer
- Salim Akil
- Writer
- Cauleen Smith
- Producer
- Salim Akil
- Associate producer
- Christine Gant
- Composer
- Curt Harpel
- Composer
- Pat Thomi
- Cinematographer
- Andrew Black
- Casting
- Monica R. Cooper
- Production designer
- Richard Bracho
- Production designer
- Gabrielle Stover
- Costume designer
- Rulette Mapp
- Production manager
- Stacey Marbrey
- Sound designer
- Kerry Carmean
- Digital restoration and remastering
- Wilson Tang
- First assistant camera
- Robert Hubbard
- Second assistant camera
- Alan Gravlee
- Second assistant camera
- Jason Wolos
- Gaffer
- Kurt Nagle-Taylor
- Key grip
- Monroe Cummings
- Postproduction
- Alan Welch
- Production assistant
- Ri-Karlo Handy
- Title designer
- Samrod Shenassa
Trailer for Drylongso
