The next love jones (if it becomes a feature that is…)

By Sergio, on February 27th, 2011

People  just love… I mean LOOOOOOOOVVVVEEEE love jones (not a typo the first letters weren’t capitalized). Personally I don’t get it and never did. I guess mainly because it’s a romance and us tough guys don’t like romance. We like it hard and rough. But I can’t get into that right now (though actually that could be a subject for a more extended piece sometime in the future).

But I’ve seen a funny and very charming film that I like very much, with black characters who are engaging and interesting and successful (and dare I say it?) yes even bougie. It’s called Their Eyes Were Watching Gummy Bears (the title will make sense if you see the film). However the film is a short currently on the film festival circuit, but it’s wonderfully acted and directed by Raafi Rivero, and feels like a condensed version of a feature film, which the filmmakers might have in mind to make one day. Take a look at the trailer:

 

Here is a ”making of” featurette: