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Dark Hearts

A 20 minutes silent short film



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Dark Hearts is a 20min silent short film is the depiction of the dynamics that take place between two low-income non-custodial parents with children. The story takes place in Brooklyn, New York over the course of a normal day.

The film puts on display how incremental incidents and scenarios can create an unrealistic reality for two parents who live their lives in an interpersonal and psychological parenting bubble. The film follows a walk in the day of two parents that have found themselves frustrated while doing the one thing that means the most to them; being parents.

41%

of America's children wake up in a single parent home

73%

of African American are born out-of-wedlock

43%

of children in the United States live without their father

63%

of youth suicides are from fatherless homes

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