Director's statement

I don’t see enough of stories that reflect my identity. Black Atheists, Black Queers, Black people who love synth pop and dress Goth. I often felt the need to prove my Blackness and my Queerness. I found similar struggles in the lives of my parents, my brother and even in my great-grandmother. We need multiple narratives because there are so many ways to be Black. Digging into my own insecurities, I use humor and animation to bring the viewer inside my experience. black enuf* was inspirated by the cheeky humor of Monty Python and the brilliant storytelling in Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis. Ethiopian Christian paintings guided the character style, big eyes and heads that evoke empathy. The film started out as live-action interviews, and animation offered a way to bring the memories to life. My family had conversations on camera that about race and identity that we’d never explored previoiusly. My hope is that the audience walks away seeing themselves as enough.