Before You Fade Away Into Nothing

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Our film is “Before You Fade Away Into Nothing” by Skinner Myers.

This slow-burn black-and-white film follows estranged brothers Tristan (Skinner Myers) and Malik (Nican Robinson) as they “reconnect” after their father’s death. Drawing inspiration from Jim Jarmusch and Tsai Ming-Liang, Myers’ distinct aesthetic employs morbid humor, literary allusions (C.S. Lewis, Dylan Thomas), and stylistic flourishes like split screens and ghostly apparitions. The brothers, a chaotic individual and a straight-laced yuppie, respectively, have vastly different reactions to loss and ultimately fail to connect. The film avoids typical reconciliation clichés, offering a bleak tragicomedy about an unhappy Black American family, reminding us of the suffering inherent in grief. Its best moments are the humorous interactions with the outside world… when family can’t connect, who finds the fallen patriarch but a low wage delivery driver.

Watch here.