Cherish: A Visual Poem

[Available Oct. 15 exclusively on First Look Media's Topic streaming service via topic.com, and Topic's channels on Amazon Prime Video channels, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Roku; Topic is required for viewing and for more information, log on to topic.com.] In Terrance Daye's beautifully photographed, captivating, artistic, dialogue-free, 5-minute film, which is episode 1 of Roger Ross Williams's monthly series One Story Up, the poetic journey follows an imaginative, young Black boy (Jayden Reid), who has witnessed charged and intense religious worship in his home, experiencing a highly exuberant physicality while trying to capture fireflies, observing a woman (Renee Harrison) preparing for a ceremony with a priestess (Lauren Walker), and finally achieving the magic of flight like the fireflies.
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