Presented as part of OUT OF THE ARCHIVE: ENVISIONING BLACKNESS

Come early and enjoy a dessert reception before the screening! One free drink for each guest!

"Smith's independent masterpiece."—Kathleen Sachs, Chicago Reader

"Exudes the DIY charm of a low-budget, first-time feature while keenly depicting the complexities of both race- and gender-related inequalities."—Eileen G'Sell, Hyperallergic

"Captivating, provocative and heartfelt."—Avi Offer, NYC Movie Guru

A lost treasure of 1990s DIY filmmaking, Cauleen Smith's Drylongso embeds an incisive look at racial injustice within a lovingly handmade buddy movie/murder mystery/ romance. Alarmed by the rate at which the young Black men around her are dying--indeed, "becoming extinct," as she sees it--brash Oakland art student Pica (Toby Smith) attempts to preserve their existence in Polaroid snapshots, along the way forging a friendship with a woman in an abusive relationship (April Barnett), experiencing love and loss, and being drawn into the search for a serial killer who is terrorizing the city. Capturing the vibrant community spirit of Oakland in the nineties, Smith crafts both a rare cinematic celebration of Black female creativity and a moving elegy for a generation of lost African American men.