First Run Film Festival

The Wrath of Othell-Yo!

The Wrath of Othell-Yo! still

The Wrath of Othell-Yo!

Directed by Kwesi Jones


Writer: Kwesi Jones
Producer: Kwesi Jones, Haley Odum
Editor: Kwesi Jones
Cinematographer: Luke Kao

Logline: When the lead of an erotic Othello adaptation fails to get erect, a PA volunteers to double-in but discovers that rising to the occasion is harder than he thought.

Runtime: 14:03

Kwesi Jones
Kwesi Jones

Graduate Film
kbj9091@nyu.edu

Kwesi Jones is writer and director from Atlanta, Georgia. As an MFA candidate in the NYU Graduate Film program, Kwesi has served as the teaching assistant for Professor Spike Lee and is the recipient of the 2024-2025 Spike Lee Production Fund and the 2024 Black Family Thesis Film Prize.

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