A lost treasure of 1990s DIY filmmaking, Cauleen Smith's Drylongso embeds an incisive look at racial injustice within a lovingly handmade buddy movie/murder mystery/ romance. Alarmed by the rate at which the young Black men around her are dying - indeed, "becoming extinct," as she sees it - brash Oakland art student Pica (Toby Smith) attempts to preserve their existence in Polaroid snapshots, along the way forging a friendship with a woman in an abusive relationship (April Barnett), experiencing love and loss, and being drawn into the search for a serial killer who is terrorizing the city. Capturing the vibrant community spirit of Oakland in the nineties, Smith crafts both a rare cinematic celebration of Black female creativity and a moving elegy for a generation of lost African American men.

GENRE: Drama
MPAA RATING: R
RUN TIME: 1h 25m
RELEASE DATE: January 01, 1998
STARRING: Charles Fuller, Toby Smith, April Barnett, Salim Akil, Keith Williams
DIRECTOR(S): Cauleen Smith
PRODUCER(S): Cauleen Smith
WRITER(S): Cauleen Smith, Salim Akil
STUDIO: Janus Films