SMILE4KIME

OFFICIAL SELECTION - Indie Memphis Film Festival | LOLA SHORTS AWARD NOMINEE - Philadelphia Latino Film Festival | HONORABLE MENTION JEAN ROUCH AWARD - Society for Visual Anthropology Media and Film Festival Mental Health & Suicide • Grief • Black Women's Friendship & Experiences  • Spirituality & Healing  Date of Completion: 2023 | Run Time: 26 minutes​​ | Language: English | Captions: Yes | Includes: Transcript | Director: Elena Guzman | Producer: Cybee Bloss | Editor: Laura Menchaca Ruiz | Animators: Alex Aldrich Barrett, Pace Fjord, Nour Zein & Cybee Bloss SMILE4KIME is an experimental documentary that explores the friendship between two women: Kime–a vibrant, unapologetic Black woman who lived with mental illness, and Elena–an Afro Puerto Rican woman and devoted friend coping with grief in the wake of Kime’s death. This story begins as a conversation between Kime and Elena unfolding across time and space. They ask each other about who they are, what they need, and