ZIR
“I seek to capture the intimacy of the bond a black father and son can have regardless of the circumstances— an ode to black fathers.” - Jewel IV
Logline
After spending the day with his estranged father, Z comes homes and faces the harsh reality of his childhood.
Climate | Setting
ZIR takes place during the era of the early 2000s during the peak of a Savannah summer.
The Prequel
Shazir (Lorenzo Brown III) from Exposure
ZIR is an expansion of the Exposure world that Jewel IV created in 2020 with his thesis film, Exposure. While Exposure focuses on 23-year-old photographer Marcus Carter and his situation with his DL lover Levi, ZIR focuses on Levi's older brother, Shazir Sutton at the age of 8; viewing Savannah through his eyes. This is a spinoff short that will lead us into the expaned world of Exposure in IV Vision's upcoming project Exposed: The Series in 2022.
The Crew
