Black Fruit
World Premiere

Black Fruit

Indie Episodic (NOW)
| Germany | 35 MINUTES | German | English subtitles
Comedy, Drama, LGBTQIA+, Romance, Narrative, Expressions of Black Freedom

When Lalo is thrown off course by the sudden death of his father, he suppresses his loss with impulsive actions that disrupt his life. While he and his best friend Karla, both in their mid-twenties, queer and Black in Germany, try to shape who they want to become, they are forced to grapple with the limits of their adaptability.


Cast & Credits
Director
Elisha Smith-Leverock, David Uzochukwu
Project Creator
Lamin Leroy Gibba
Producer
Raquel Dukpa and Olivia Kpalété
Screenwriter
Lamin Leroy Gibba, Sophia Ayissi, Naomi Kelechi Odhiambo, Lisa Tracy Michalik, Sarah Claire Wray
Cinematographer
Claudia Schröder, Malcolm Saidou
Editor
Friederike Hohmuth
Executive Producer
Lamin Leroy Gibba, Faraz Shariat, Paulina Lorenz and Lasse Scharpen
Cast
Lamin Leroy Gibba, Melodie Simina, Vanessa Yeboah, Benjamin Radjaipour, Daniel Hernandez, Nick Romeo Reimann, Christine Rollar

Contacts
Project Creator
Lamin Leroy Gibba
laminleroygibba@gmail.com
Main Contact
Olivia Kpalété
Network Movie Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH c/o Studio Zentral
Berlin, 12099
Phone: +4901758249735
olivia@studiozentral.de
Press Contact
Christian Esser
Barbarella Entertainment
Berlin, 10969
Phone: +49 (0) 221 951590 0
christian.esser@barbarella.de
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