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2025 Sarasota Film Festival

Color Book

Narrative Feature

20241 hr 39 minUSAEnglish

Screenings

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    Saturday, April 5 at 4:00 PM EDT

    Ends 5:45 PM EDT

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    New College of Florida/Sainer Pavilion

About this film

In this tender slice-of-life drama, the recently widowed Lucky (played with immense vulnerability by William Catlett) is adjusting to life as the now-primary caretaker of his son Mason, who has Down syndrome. Surrounded by grief and wanting to treat Mason to a perfect day out, Lucky decides to take him to his first baseball game at Truist Park. However, they’re a long way outside of metro Atlanta…what is meant to be a joyful day of father-son bonding turns into a day-long journey of setbacks and unexpected obstacles as they encounter various new people and places, all captured in potent black-and-white cinematography. In his feature debut, filmmaker David Fortune crafts an emotionally rich, sensitive portrait of the special bond between a devoted single father and his son. -Julia Kipnis, AFi Film Festival


In Narrative Competition

Credits

Director
David Fortune
Producer
Autumn Bailey, Kiah Alexandria Clingman
Executive Producer
Two Lewis
Co-Producer
Saleah Smith
Screenwriter
David Fortune
Cinematographer
Nikolaus Summerer
Editor
Oriana Soddu
Music
Dabney Morris
Production Design
Jerrod Littlejohn, Mily Moreno
Cast
Lynne Ashe, Joseph Curtis Callender, William Catlett, Jeremiah Alexander Daniels, Deja Dee

Premiere: Florida

African AmericanNarrative Feature
Color Book
Color Book — production still