Born in the Maelstrom

Born in the Maelstrom 2017 Directed by Meryam Joobeur

Rebecca is an eighteen-year-old biracial girl bound in an imaginary world shaped by her black mother’s painful past. She searches for liberation from a world where she does not belong.

Country USA

Language English

Spoken Language English

Gnere Drama

Production Company Art & Essai

Release Date 5 October 2017

28 mins

Cast

Sasha Lane Rebecca

Karen Glave Venus

Sam Ashe Arnold Tobey

Hasani Freeman Tom

Rose Langlois Sarah

Dawn Ford Choir Leader

Nadine Jean Piano player

Marie-Ève Frenière Sarah's Mom

Crew

Director

Meryam Joobeur

Writer

Meryam Joobeur

Cinematography

Vincent Gonneville

Composer

Peter Venne

Production Design

Valérie-Jeanne Mathieu