My Name Is Myeisha
2018 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
My Name Is Myeisha is a hip-hop musical inspired by the 1998 police shooting of California teen Tyisha Miller (as well as countless other acts of police brutality against African American citizens) and adapted from the internationally acclaimed play, Dreamscape. At the moment of Myeisha's death at the hands of police, she guides us inside her mind and muses over the life she will be leaving behind, told through hip-hop, spoken word poetry, and dance.
Direction Gus Krieger
Cast Rhaechyl Walker · John Merchant · Dominique Toney · Dee Dee Stephens · Rickerby Alexander Brown-Hinds · Gregg Daniel · Warren Burke · Elaine Lockhart · Trevor Williams
Soundtrack James Raymond
Screenplay Rickerby Hinds · Gus Krieger
Cinematography Jeff Moriarty
Original title My Name Is Myeisha
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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