If There Is Light
World Premiere

If There Is Light

Shorts
| USA | 18 MINUTES
Fourteen year-old Janiyah Blackmon wrestles with her new life in New York City as her mom tries to move her family out of the shelter system and into a stable home.

Screening with Queen Latifah with Dee Rees
with the premiere of the Queen Collective shorts

Cast & Credits
Directed by
Haley Elizabeth Anderson
Haley Elizabeth Anderson is a filmmaker, writer, artist from Houston, Texas. She currently attends New York University's Graduate Film Program as a Dean’s Fellow. With roots along the Gulf Coast, her work explores coming-of-age experiences, race and the class divide in the South, and the American working class.
Director
Haley Elizabeth Anderson
Producer
Swetha Regunathan
Cinematographer
Lasse Ulvedal Tolbøll
Composer
Cyrus Tabar
Editor
Prashanth Kamalakanthan, Cheree Dillon
Executive Producer
Nina Chaudry
Cast
Janiyah Blackmon, McKayla Blackmon, Jakena Blackmon

Contacts
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Nina Chaudry
Tribeca Studios
New York, NY 10003
tribecastudios@tribecafilm.com
International Sales Contact
Nina Chaudry
Tribeca Studios
New York, NY 10003
tribecastudios@tribecafilm.com
Print Source
Nina Chaudry
Tribeca Studios
New York, NY 10003
tribecastudios@tribecafilm.com
Press Contact
Terese Regan
Tribeca Festival
tregan@tribecafilm.com
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