VIRGINIA FILM FESTIVAL | Oct 25-29, 2023

36th Annual VIRGINIA FILM FESTIVAL October 25-29, 2023

Test Pattern

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After being sexually assaulted by a stranger, Renesha and her boyfriend Evan spend the day driving around from hospital to hospital in Austin, Texas, searching for a rape kit. This interracial couple’s relationship is put to the test as they are forced to navigate the inadequate medical and legal institutions that surround and adjudicate cases like Renesha’s. Set against the backdrop of national discussions about an inequitable healthcare system, sexual consent, and racism in medicine, this part of psychological horror, part realist drama comes at a timely and unprecedented moment. Discussion with director Shatara Michelle Ford, and actors Gail Bean and Amani Starnes, moderated by Soraya McDonald (The Undefeated) to follow.

Test Pattern is part of the Women in Film Series supported by Virginia Commission for the Arts & National Endowment for the Arts

Date

Wednesday, October 21

Time

10:00 AM

Location

Virtual Screening

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Film Info

Director: Shatara Michelle Ford

Runtime: 82 min.

Genre: Drama

Year: 2019

Country: United States

Language: English