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 ...

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 ...

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.