Lost Soulz (2024)
Director: Katherine Propper Run Time: 95 min. Release Year: 2023
Starring: Alexander Brackney, Krystall Poppin, Micro TDH, Suave Sidle, Syanda Stillwell
Country: United States
Language: English
About the film:
World premiere at Tribeca Film Festival 2023. Previously screened at the Film Center as a part of Cinema Columbus.
Sol (Sauve Sidle) is an aspiring young rapper and musician, struggling to fund his studio sessions and living with his best friend Wesley’s family. When he meets a group of touring hip-hop musicians, Sol decides to take a chance, leaning into his creative dreams and impulsively joining them on a road trip through Texas. Leaving all that he knows behind, Sol embarks on a musical odyssey across the state, finding instant creative chemistry with his new companions and discovering his own identity as an artist. However, the world of opportunity is not all it appears to be, and soon Sol is forced to make some life changing decisions.
“An intriguing character-based musical, Lost Soulz tells a raw personal story … deriving its strength from the original music composed and performed by its talented cast.”
– Murtada Elfadl, Variety
About the filmmaker:
Katherine Propper is a writer-director born and raised in Los Angeles and currently based in Austin. Katherine received her MFA in Film Directing from the University of Texas at Austin and a BA in Art History from Georgetown University. She enjoys merging both fictional and non-fictional worlds in her filmmaking. Her 2019 short film Street Flame screened at the Tribeca Film Festival. Her 2022 short film Birds won the Grand Jury Prize at AFI Fest, a Special Jury Award for Vision at SXSW, and a Special Jury Prize in the International Competition at Clermont-Ferrand in France. Her feature directorial debut, Lost Soulz (2024) premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival 2023, where it was acquired by distributor Kino Lorber.
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