Film

Village Keeper

2024 · 1h 23m · Drama

Jean is the provider and (over)protector of her two teen children, Tamika and Tristin, and begrudgingly lives with her mother in a crowded Lawrence Heights apartment complex. Despite the kids learning to become more self-sufficient, Jean’s vision is too clouded by the past to see that they're growing. She is haunted by violence in both their past and their present, and must help her children cope. Expertly using sound and flashbacks to construct a layered and full portrait of this woman's life, Chapman reveals the trials and tribulations that women in Jean’s family carry with them.

Oluniké Adeliyi

Beverly-Jean

Maxine Simpson

Grandma

Zahra Bentham

Tamika

Micah Mensah-Jatoe

Tristin

Oyin Oladejo

Bola

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Dr. Anitafrika

Ethan Burnett

Javion

Shiloh O’Reilly

Shane

Noah Zulfikar

MK

Ricardo Betancourt

Terrence

L.A. Sweeney

Younger Brenda

Mark Sparks

Germaine

Gordon Fulton

Elderly Man

Jael Obasi

Young Jean

Mekeylah Minott

Mekeylah

Zara McLean

Young Tamika

• Karen ChapmanDirector · Producer · Screenplay
• Enrique Miguel BaniquedProducer
• Jordan OramDirector of Photography
• Dalton TennantOriginal Music Composer
• Christopher MinnsEditor
• Jordan HaylesEditor
• Xi FengEditor

Official Trailer

Release date

September 7, 2024

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 23m

Genres

Drama