Shatara Michelle Ford's film follows a Black woman and her white boyfriend in the aftermath of her rape. By Jourdain Searles In Shatara Michelle Ford’s experimental thriller Test Pattern, light and ...

Unlike some of its A-list competitors at the upcoming Independent Spirit Awards, Shatara Michelle Ford‘s debut film “Test Pattern” was funded on nine credit cards the director took out themself.

Exclusive: Ford's highly anticipated sophomore feature "Dreams in Nightmares" will open the BlackStar Film Festival in August. Ford’s “Test Pattern,” a standout debut from 2019, also premiered at ...

"Everything in the world is about sex. Except sex." Kino Lorber has revealed an official trailer for an indie psychological thriller / realist drama titled Test Pattern, a film marking the feature ...

A loving interracial relationship begins to fracture in the wake of a rape, in Shatara Michelle Ford's quietly momentous first feature. Eighty-two minutes is not a long time. And yet Shatara Michelle ...

Exclusive: The first-time feature filmmaker's BlackStar winner is one the year's first true discoveries. The year 2021 might still be a bit new, but it’s already high time for a film poised to become ...

Shatara Michelle Ford’s lean, smart debut feature confronts us with our presumptions about what rape and victimhood look like — onscreen and in life. By Devika Girish When you purchase a ticket for an ...

An interracial couple sees their relationship put to the test after a Black woman is sexually assaulted and her white boyfriend drives her from hospital to hospital in search of a rape kit.

Shatara Michelle Ford’s brilliant first feature, “Test Pattern” (which is now in virtual cinemas via Kino Marquee), follows a young woman in Austin, Texas, named Renesha (Brittany S. Hall), who meets ...

EXCLUSIVE: Kino Lorber has taken North American rights to Shatara Michelle Ford’s Test Pattern. The debut feature had its premiere at BlackStar Film Festival last year, where it won the ...