Sixteen Thousand Dollars

Story

Synopsis

A struggling black college grad wakes up to find that reparations have finally been paid to descendants of slaves in America. With this new found capital, they will decide how best to spend their reparations, totaling a mere $16,000. Receiving reparations opens up old wounds of slavery, Jim Crow, and systematic oppression.

Director

Symone Baptiste

Writers

Ellington Wells, Brodie Reed, Symone Baptiste

Language

English

Release date

20 February 2020

Ensemble

Cast

• Brodie Reed

  Brodie

• Ellington Wells

  Ellington

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  David Gborie

  David

• 

  Francesca Fiorentini

  News Reporter

• Biniam Bizuneh

  Pete

• Opeyemi Olagbaju

  Opey

• 

  Chris Estrada

  Dom

• Yusuf Ali

  Person in Line 1

• Greg Edwards

  Person in Line 2

• Papp Johnson

  Person in Line 3

• Anyi Malik

  Person in Line 4

• Stephen Agyei

  T-Shirt Guy