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When I Write It

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During the last days of summer before college, two Oakland teens (Leila Mottley, Ajai Kasim) explore what it means to be young Black artists in their rapidly gentrifying city. An intimate feeling of eavesdropping permeates this sun-soaked…

DirectorsShannon St. Aubin·Nico Opper

WritersNico Opper·Shannon St. Aubin

ProducersNico Opper·Shannon St. Aubin

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Cast · Directed by Shannon St. Aubin

Ajai Kasim

Leila Mottley

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