Cami Cruz Thomas

In the heart of a bustling city's art scene, Kaya, a Black Queer artist grappling with the enigmatic whispers of her past. Just before an eminent showcase poised to skyrocket her career, Kaya is engulfed by a storm of haunting dreams and memories of a long-lost lover. These visions, as eloquently enchanting as they are, bleed into the fabric of her daily life, stirring a tempest of confusion and self-reflection. And then the vision becomes a reality, when her past lover accidentally reappears in her life.

When an illicit pic outs the daughter of two conservative Black/Afro-Panamanians on their way to a family wedding, they must finally confront the elephant in the room and decide who gets to dictate the terms of love in and outside the family.

Red Brick Blue Tarp is a poetic short documentary directed by Cami Thomas of My Friends and I and 314 Oasis, created one year after the deadly tornado that tore through North St. Louis. Blending poetry, music, and intimate on-the-ground footage, the film traces grief, survival, and collective memory in a historically Black community left to rebuild itself in the wake of disaster.

In the heart of a bustling city's art scene, Kaya, a Black Queer artist grappling with the enigmatic whispers of her past. Just before an eminent showcase poised to skyrocket her career, Kaya is engulfed by a storm of haunting dreams and memories of a long-lost lover. These visions, as eloquently enchanting as they are, bleed into the fabric of her daily life, stirring a tempest of confusion and self-reflection. And then the vision becomes a reality, when her past lover accidentally reappears in her life.

In the heart of a bustling city's art scene, Kaya, a Black Queer artist grappling with the enigmatic whispers of her past. Just before an eminent showcase poised to skyrocket her career, Kaya is engulfed by a storm of haunting dreams and memories of a long-lost lover. These visions, as eloquently enchanting as they are, bleed into the fabric of her daily life, stirring a tempest of confusion and self-reflection. And then the vision becomes a reality, when her past lover accidentally reappears in her life.

When an illicit pic outs the daughter of two conservative Black/Afro-Panamanians on their way to a family wedding, they must finally confront the elephant in the room and decide who gets to dictate the terms of love in and outside the family.

Red Brick Blue Tarp is a poetic short documentary directed by Cami Thomas of My Friends and I and 314 Oasis, created one year after the deadly tornado that tore through North St. Louis. Blending poetry, music, and intimate on-the-ground footage, the film traces grief, survival, and collective memory in a historically Black community left to rebuild itself in the wake of disaster.