[Independent] Three and A Half Thoughts by Khary Jones

After a disastrous date with his childhood friend and would-be girlfriend, Red Caldwell decides to escape his miseries by smoking a joint. Red is swiftly carried away from the painful memories of the evening but soon learns that escapism is not without its consequences.

Adapted from Chester Himes’s early short story “Marihuana and a Pistol” [sic].

Festival history: Harlem International Film Festival, Athens (OH) International Film and Video Festival, San Francisco Black Film Festival, Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival, Rooftop Films, Columbia University Film Festival

Featuring: Richard Prioleau (Red), Chioma Okereke (Narrator) Adepero Oduye, Amirh Vann, Monica Quintanilla, Richard Zekaria, and Linda Blackstock