Way Back Home
United States, 20 mins, Digital
Estranged siblings must choose between selling their late grandmother’s dilapidated brownstone, or maintaining her legacy in a rapidly changing Brooklyn.
Director: Chad B. Hamilton
Writer: Chad B. Hamilton
Producer: Gorby Mufan Shih
Director of Photography: Jamal Solomon
Editor: Patrick Nichols
Composer: Kevin Leysath II
Cast: Nayib Felix, Marion Grey, Dan Jessup, Morgan Scott, Thierno Diallo, Danielle Douge
Contact: Chad B. Hamilton, cbh2141@columbia.edu
Program D
Saturday, May 11th at 5:00 PM
About the Writer/Director
Chad B. Hamilton is a filmmaker based in New York and Philadelphia, PA. His thesis film Way Back Home is the recipient of the Columbia University MFA Film Production Grant, Dean's Grant, and is supported by the ASCAP Foundation. To Fade Away, co-written by Chad, won the Alfred P. Sloan Grant and BAFTA Yugo Short Film Commissioning Grant.
About the Producer
Gorby studied film at USC and received a MFA in Producing from Columbia University. When his short Love, Work & Other Demons was a hit at festivals, he directed Killer Maid, a feature for Tencent, which is being adapted for TV by Legendary. Gorby's latest feature teen-comedy script was a finalist at Atlanta, Rhode Island, and Nashville Film Festivals.