Dreams in Nightmares

Following an abrupt layoff, a queer Black woman embarks on a Midwestern road trip with her two best friends to find a missing companion, only for shapeshifting urban threats to expose deep ideological fractures within their group.

Cast

Denée Benton

as Z

Mars Storm Rucker

as Kel

Dezi Bing

as Lauren

Sasha Compère

as Tasha

Charlie Barnett

as Reece

Molly Bernard

as Jamie

Alfie Fuller

as Trish

Jasmin Savoy Brown

as Sabrina

Regina Taylor

as Bernice

Robert Wisdom

as Virgil

Reviews

The Fixate & Binge Podcast, w/ Joe Curdy

Writer and director Shatara Michelle Ford’s second feature film **DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES** is an engaging blend of chosen family, enduring friendship, and the search for belonging in a country that often asks too much of those living outside its traditional margins. When Los Angeles-based non-tenur...

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