The 2018 Sundance Film Festival selection was written and directed by Qasim Basir, who will participate in a Q&A session following the 4:15 p.m. screening on campus.
As Americans across the country vote on Election Day, the School of Communications will provide special programming related to the occasion on Tuesday, Nov. 6.
The school invites the Elon community to attend a screening of “A Boy. A Girl. A Dream: Love on Election Night,” a 2018 Sundance Film Festival selection written and directed by Qasim “Q” Basir. The film, which follows the story of two strangers meeting on the night of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, will be shown at 4:15 p.m. in Turner Theatre. Following the screening, Basir will participate in a Q&A session with audience members.
The story follows Cass (Omari Hardwick), an L.A. club promoter, and Free (Meagan Good), a Midwestern visitor, as they stumble into a romance over the course of one night.
The film – a single-shot, L.A.-set mood piece – was praised at Sundance for its ground-breaking cinematography and captivating story.
An award-winning filmmaker, Basir directed his first feature film in 2010, titled “MOOZ-lum,” starring Nia Long, Evan Ross and Danny Glover. The coming-of-age tale about a Muslim boy going to college around the time of the September 11 attacks received much critical acclaim, with nominations from the NAACP Image Awards and the Black Reel Awards. It won Best Narrative Feature at the 14th Annual Urban World Film Festival in New York.
Basir’s second film, “Destined,” won nine awards, including “Best Director” and “Best Actor,” at the American Black Film Festival.