You Can Always Come Home
2021 | USA | 6 mins | English
Written, Directed, and Edited by Juan Luis Matos
Original Poetry by Arsimmer McCoy and Reginald O’Neal
Produced by Monica Sorelle
Executive Produced by Germane Barnes
Cinematography by Javier Labrador Deulofeu
Music by Dion Kerr
Sound Design by Joel C. Hernandez
Color by Javier “Bilu” Coello
You Can Always Come Home explores the domestic realm through the eyes of young children in Miami. The film was commissioned by architect Germane Barnes for the 2021 Architectural League Prize: Housekeeping.
Narrated with poetry by Arsimmer Mccoy and Reginald O'Neal, the film highlights the joy, ritual, family, love, celebration, and culture that is made in the home.
New Orleans Film Festival
Miami Film Festival
BlackStar Film Festival
Key West Film Festival
Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival
Afrikana Film Festival
Cucalorus Film Festival
Official Latino Film and Arts Festival
Exhibitions
INTERSECTIONS, National Building Museum, Washington, DC
Rosie’s Fare: Germane Barnes, Oolite Arts, Miami Beach, FL
Things We Do in the Dark: Cinematic Experiments in Kinship, Express Newark, NJ
Architectural League Prize: Housekeeping, Virtual
Miami Film Festival, Knight Made in MIA Award, First Prize
Collections
Indiana University Black Film Center & Archive
MacDowell Fellowship
Press
Deadline
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