Shatara Michelle Ford is a writer, producer, and director who was raised in rural Arkansas and Missouri and graduated from Pitzer College and Royal Holloway, University of London. Their debut feature film, Test Pattern, starring Brittany S. Hall and Will Brill, follows the story of a Black woman and her white boyfriend who drive around Texas in search of a rape kit after she is sexually assaulted. Ford’s 2016 short film Afro-Woman: 2016 CE stars Zelda Harris, best known for her roles in Crooklyn and The Little Princess.
Shatara Michelle Ford
Arkansas / Missouri
Films
Dreams in Nightmares
Not currently available to stream
Currently screening at select film festivals
(2024)
Three friends in their mid-thirties (Denée Benton, Sasha Compère, Dezi Bing) road trip across the Midwestern United States searching for their friend (Mars Storm Rucker) who has seemingly disappeared off the grid.
Test Pattern
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(2021)
An interracial couple’s relationship is put to the test after a Black woman is sexually assaulted and her white boyfriend drives her from hospital to hospital in search of a rape kit.
