Palm Sunday
United States, 15 mins
A southern gothic drama about a young Black Caribbean Immigrant who attempts to assimilate into an all-white church in 1970s Raleigh, North Carolina.
Writer/Director: Wes Andre Goodrich
Producer: Patrick Nichols, Andrew Harrell & Cameron Carr
Director of Photography: Kevin “GK” Fredricks
Editor: Patrick Nichols
Composer: Alex Symcox
Cast: Justin Winley, Don Henderson Baker, Detron Phillips, Gerald Louis Campbell, Zach Strum, Brian Mullins, Caroline Lawless
Contact: Wes Goodrich, wag2122@columbia.edu
Program H
Sunday, May 14th at 7pm ET
About the Writer/Director
Wes Andre Goodrich is a Brooklyn based writer / director since joining Columbia University’s graduate film program, Wes has written and directed three short films: GOOD-NIGHT FRED, which highlights the radical revolutionary, Fred Hampton; RUSH, a story about two young Black men’s experience in a predominately white fraternity; and, PAIR, a sci-fi erotic thriller about a couple discovering a secret on their anniversary. He is currently developing HERETICS, a television pilot about a trio of megachurch janitors investigating a murder that goes all the way to the top. Wes is currently in the festival run for both PALM SUNDAY and SPEAK UP BROTHA!, a short romance film produced by Black Man Films. Wes is the recipient of a 2022 Columbia University Dean’s Grant, the 2022 Katharina Otto-Bernstein Mentorship and Development Prize, and is a 2022 Coverfly Diverso Writing Fellow. His films have played at Cleveland International Film Festival and Morehouse Film Festival.
About the Producer
Patrick Nichols is a film producer and editor living in New York City where he received his MFA in Creative Producing at Columbia University. He recently finished principal photography as a producer on his first feature film, Face of the Earth. Patrick has produced several short films, including Inoculation, which premiered at the 2020 RiverRun International Film Festival, and Good Dog, which premiered at the 2022 Yonkers Film Festival. Three other short films he has produced, Palm Sunday, Choke Hold and Esperance to Fremantle, will be released in 2023. Patrick was a recipient of the 2021 Michael Hausman/Filmhaus Foundation Award.