Budget Paradise

Directed by Latajh Weaver · Starring Dan Diemidio, Ashley Hernandez, Andy Hoffman, Elijah Jenkins · 2025

In Oakland, Chester, a Black nonbinary painter, searches for space and permission to exist within the hometown that is changing around them.

An intimate portrait of a Black nonbinary artist claiming space in a shifting Oakland.

Filmed and set in Oakland, Budget Paradise follows Chester, a Black, nonbinary painter as they search for space and permission to exist within their hometown.

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