Them That's Not by Mekhai Lee
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A sudden prison furlough unexpectedly bonds an estranged father with his emotionally avoidant daughter at their matriarch’s repass. Andrea “Drea” Stoney, a down-on-her-luck poet, finds herself at her grandmother’s repass, along with her larger-than-life family. But Drea is sticking out like a sore thumb; she’s introspective, Queer, artistic and proudly Deaf, albeit surrounded by her distant family members who don’t care to know ASL. So Drea resorts to finding solace in hidden, lonely moments that she can steal in the pockets of her grandmother’s generational brownstone. Her visit is complicated by the arrival of her father Samuel, who’s 20 years into a 25-year prison sentence, released for the day on a furlough to say goodbye to his late mother. The two strangers, bound by blood & their love for the deceased, are forced to reconcile with each other before his inevitable return to prison.
Them That’s Not
written&directed by Mekhai Lee
Producers, EP's: Charles Hopkins, Redd Coltrane, Rob Laqui
Cinematography: Sade Ndya
Editor: CJ Dunkin
Production Design: Jo Siri
Angel Theory as Drea
Biko Eisen-Martin as Samuel
Carrie Compere as Aunt Carol
Director of Artistic Sign Language: Alexandria Wailes
On Set Interpreters: Alonso Arevir
Head of DEI/casting: Mars Rucker
Colorist: Connor Bailey
Post Sound Design: Candace Mortier
Music: Lo Steele
Uploaded September 25, 2026 at 07:22PM
