Trailer and Poster For Merawi Gerima's ‘Residue’

ARRAY Releasing has released the trailer and poster to the award-winning drama RESIDUE, directed, written, produced and edited by first-time feature filmmaker Merawi Gerima, son of celebrated Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima, a legendary figure in the L.A. Rebellion film movement.

After its world premiere at the 2020 Slamdance Film Festival, RESIDUE won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature and the Acting Award for star Obinna Nwachukwu. RESIDUE is also an official selection of the 77th Venice International Film Festival’s Giornate degli Autori.

Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing independent film collective, which amplifies the creative voices of people of color and women of all kinds, will premiere Merawi Gerima’s striking new feature RESIDUE on September 17th on Netflix and in select theaters.

RESIDUE chronicles aspiring filmmaker Jay (Nwachukwu) who returns to his native Washington, DC to find his old neighborhood is gentrified beyond recognition. Dealing with alienation from his friends, troubled by the disappearance of a loved one and unsure of his place in this new community, Jay confronts issues of identity, isolation and loss on a tumultuous personal journey.

The film's exploration of the impact of gentrification, underemployment and Black male identity in Washington D.C. conjures the current interrogation of the systemic racism plaguing Black communities nationwide.