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Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah & Araya Mengesha · Canada · Comedy / Drama · 14 min · ♥︎ 173

Directed by Araya Mengesha, Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah · Starring Araya Mengesha, Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah, Karen Robinson, Vivien Endicott-Douglas · 2021

During the long, hot summer of 2020, twin siblings try to make sense of lockdown, the uprising for racial justice, and each other's very different ways of responding to both.

A warm, funny and pointed sibling story that captures the chaos and contradictions of 2020 with rare honesty.

During the long hot summer of 2020, twin siblings attempt to navigate their own, and each other’s, complex responses to both the lockdown and the fight for racial justice.

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