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Screenings
A mystical being receives the dreams of Black children via a mysterious phone number. The Dream Collector, the dashing “Honk-Shoo Hero,” does what he can to protect them from the forces that seek to destroy them.
If you have a dream worth sharing, please call the Dream Collector’s hotline at 971-266-0341 to share it anonymously.
Directors Spotlight
![A picture of a man named Spencer Garland. He smiles broadly against a blurred outdoor background wearing a light gray crewneck and black glasses. He has short curly hair, a light mustache, and a stud nose ring.](https://wp.blackstarfest.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Experimental_AlbinaDreamSurvey__Spencer-Garland-e1719852481824-278x278.jpg)
Spencer Garland
Director
Spencer Garland is the founder of BRENDA ARTS, an interdisciplinary media studio that collaborates with POC youth as an integral part of our productions. Originating as a BIPOC after-school arts program that turned into a boutique media company, Garland’s work spans film, video games, education, design, and animation. He heavily emphasizes uplifting students who look like him and prides himself on giving them the tools to explore the fullness of personhood rarely offered to marginalized communities. He aims to tell Black stories that have never been told through animation while showing the process of making the project in real time with my students. Their feedback and questions drive his own personal curiosity.
- Runtime 3 minutes
- Country United States
- Language English
- Director Spencer Garland
- Animator Spencer Garland
- Production Design Devyn Sinclair, LѦKE, Students of Martin Luther King Elementary
- Premiere East Coast