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About The Film
When Tatiana, a sharp girl and the leader of the pack, meets up with her friends in the playground to jump rope, they encounter a neighborhood menace, and Tatiana must find a way for them to overcome it.
A narrative short film exploring Black girlhood.
Fast not only highlights the positive youth development that the double dutch sport brings to the Black American community, especially young girls, but also it sheds light on the concerning factors that young children have to face in times of play and interrogates labels often assigned to Black girls.
Our Partners
Fast is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Fast is sponsored in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development
Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC).
The Fast Film Crew
Rachel Johnson
Writer, Director, Exec. Producer
Garrick Wheeler
Assistant Director & Script Supervisor
Peggy Tsein
First Assistant Camera
Grace Owen
Production Assistant
Nicole Franklin
Consulting Producer
Yaohan Li
Director of Photography
Andreas Becker
Boom Operator
Paul Youn
Production Assistant
Andrea Tangelo
Associate Producer
Richen Drolkar
Gaffer
Yi-Chiang Lin
Grip
Yiling Luo
Production Assistant
Lesley Yang
Associate Producer
Bining Xu
Sound Recordist
Ronda Johnson
Key Production Assistant
The Fast Film Cast
Vedeline V.
As Tatiana
Kalonjee Gallimore
As Chester
India S.
Kaiya
Karen Stanford
As Mrs. Neal
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Nyzavia T.
As Autumn
Naomi G.
As Lizette