Budget Paradise
Director(s): LaTajh Simmons-Weaver
Film description: Black, non-binary painter Chester searches for space and belonging in their rapidly changing hometown, navigating identity, creativity, and the struggle for permission to exist on their own terms.
Writer(s): LaTajh Simmons-Weaver
Producer(s): Christopher Walters, Sean Gillane, Caitlyn Durkin
Editor(s): Ashley Rodholm
Cinematographer(s): Sarah Simka Jaffe
Country of origin: USA
Principal cast: Ashley Hernandez, Michael Wayne Turner III, Dan Diemidio, Titania Kumeh
Language: English
Year: 2025
Duration: 14 min
Premiere status: Maryland Premiere
