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After completing lengthy prison terms, two women forge a strong bond within a nursing home catering to the formerly incarcerated. Creating a positive present tense in the wake of complicated pasts, these survivors cling to simplicity, routine, and each other.

This short film is part of the INTHRIVE: Incarceration Survivors’ Voices shorts package.

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Beatrice Alda,
Beatrice Alda
Director, Roommates (INTHRIVE: Incarceration Survivors’ Voices)
2024 Films
Inthrive: Incarceration Survivors’ Voices
Roommates
Film: Roommates

This short film is part of the INTHRIVE: Incarceration Survivors’ Voices shorts package.

J Brooke (They/e) and Beatrice Alda (She/Her) are partners in film and life. Their award-winning 2016 feature documentary, Legs: A Big Issue in a Small Town, was released on Amazon. Their 2009 feature documentary, Out Late, was acquired by First Run Features and released on multiple platforms. Together Brooke and Alda co-founded the film company Forever Films, Inc. which produced myriad commercials and short films during the early 2000’s.

A graduate of Wesleyan University, and NYU Film School, Alda began her career acting in films, including The Four Seasons and Men of Respect. She has been an LGBTQIA activist and recently became a certified instructor of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program.

Roommates is the duo’s first documentary short.
J Brooke
J Brooke
Director, Roommates (INTHRIVE: Incarceration Survivors’ Voices)
2024 Films
Inthrive: Incarceration Survivors’ Voices
Roommates
Film: Roommates

This short film is part of the INTHRIVE: Incarceration Survivors’ Voices shorts package.

J Brooke (They/e) and Beatrice Alda (She/Her) are partners in film and life. Their award-winning 2016 feature documentary, Legs: A Big Issue in a Small Town, was released on Amazon. Their 2009 feature documentary, Out Late, was acquired by First Run Features and released on multiple platforms. Together Brooke and Alda co-founded the film company Forever Films, Inc. which produced myriad commercials and short films during the early 2000’s.

A graduate of Bryn Mawr College and the University of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast MFA, Brooke’s short film, The Bed, debuted at Outfest, and won Cinewomen’s Best Short Doc and a Silver Award at Brooklyn Film Festival. They are a frequently published essayist.

Roommates is the duo’s first documentary short.

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Film Info

Director: J Brooke, Beatrice Alda
Runtime: 10 minutes
Year: 2024
Country: USA
Language: English

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