Two queer childhood best friends are reunited at a house party and debate the pros and cons of finally hooking up. Alexis G. Zall's debut short film.

The debut short film from writer/director Alexis G. Zall starring Lukita Maxwell (HBO Max's Generation, AppleTV+'s Shrinking) and Genneya Walton (Netflix's #BlackAF, Hulu's Darby and The Dead) premiered at BFI Flare in London and went on to screen at NFFTY, the Berlin Independant film festival among others, with director Alexis G. Zall being awarded the inaugural Colin Higgins Youth Filmmaker grant at Outfest Film Festival 2022.

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Praise for 'the beginning & the middle':
Outfest 2022 Winners (Variety): https://variety.com/2022/film/news/ou...
Outfest LA Highlights: https://butwhytho.net/2022/07/28/outf...

credits...
cast
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Lukita Maxwell
Genneya Walton
Aaron Holliday
RiRia
Levi Berhardt
Gibby Palazzolo as Jellybean

crew
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Alexis G. Zall Writer/Director/Producer
Bo Youngblood Producer
Ramon J. Goni Director of Photography
Anjoum Agrama Editor
Ella Sahlman Music Supervisor
Kristi Lugo Casting Director

Sameerah Hoddison Hair and Makeup Dept Head
Caleb Harris Gaffer
Gabriel Tejeda-Benitez Key Grip

Ann Doria Script Supervisor

Marco Macchiori 1st AC
Daniel Byun 2nd AC
Alexis Hubbard Art Director
Sadie Argus Art Director
Major Latimer Sound Mixer

Michael Palazzolo Locations Manager
Ava Capri Animal Wrangler

Dillon Matthew BTS photographer

Craig Polding Post Sound Mixer
Claudia Sulewski Main Title Designer
Ryan March Colorist

atmosphere
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Anthony Keyvan Fin Argus
Fiona Robert Buddy Handleson
Ben J. Pierce Brian Niles
Chelsea Aesien Will Noyce
Alexis Hubbard Sadie Argus
Geordie Kieffer Ava Capri
Natalie Niles

music
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Tourist Season DOA!
Written by: Miel, Henri Bardot Written by: Henry Camp, Dillon Edlin Camp
Performed by: Miel Performed by: Henry Heideman
Courtesy of: Miel Courtesy of: Heideman

Mine Wonder
Written by: Henry Camp Written by: Sutherland, Storyboards
Performed by: Heideman Performed by: Spencer Sutherland
Courtesy of: Heideman Courtesy of: SM1 under exclusive rights to BMG Produced by: Storyboards

Now & Then Walk Backwards
Written by: Lily Kershaw Written by: Maude Latour, Jason Wu
Performed by: Lily Kershaw Produced by: Rabitt
Courtesy of: Performed by: Maude Latour
Nettwerk Music Group Inc. Courtesy of: Warner Records

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Alexis G. Zall
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This project is so special to me and I was equal parts nervous and excited to share this with you. Thank you for being here all this time. I am so grateful for everything.

Love,
agz x

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