Attached
Directors: Kendra Monet and Demetrius Sadler
United States, 2025, 15 min
Shooting Format:Digital
Festival Year:2026
Category:Narrative Short
Genre:Psychological Thriller
Cast:Genyne Deal, Essence Sommers, Isaiah Joseph, Milani Jade
Crew:Writers: Kendra Monet, Demetrius Sadler. Producers: Kendra Monet, Demetrius Sadler.
Email:blkwritersroom@gmail.com
Synopsis
ATTACHED is a psychological thriller about a struggling actress named Draya whose past continues to haunt her, while her present causes her to reconcile with life changing decisions that force her to confront her sense of control.
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About the directors
Kendra Monet - Kendra Monet is a graduate of New York University at Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied Film & TV. She creates personal narratives about individuals that dare to use their voices and imaginations to discover themselves. Her short films have been selected at numerous film festivals including an honorable mention award at the Denton Black Film Festival her coming of age short film "The Walk Home." Her documentary film "Pulling the Evidence That Remains" is currently streaming on AppleTV+, followed by a discussion on mental health with actor John Turturro. Kendra is currently working in publicity at Searchlight Pictures, where she has contributed to Academy Award winning campaigns such as Questlove’s "Summer of Soul" and most recently the Academy nominated and acclaimed film: Jesse Eisenberg's "A Real Pain." Most recently, her latest psychological thriller short film "Attached" won the Outstanding Achievement Award: Best Thriller Short at the Indie Short Fest.
Demetrius Sadler - Demetrius Sadler is a graduate from the University of Rochester, where he studied Audio Engineering. He has years of experience with audio production, engineering on records for local bands in the Rochester area, along with live mixing for local DC bands. His passion for film and the visual medium has led him to pursue being a full time director and screenwriter, working as a director and first assistant director on music videos and short student films. Currently, a lighting designer/operator at multiple theatres in the DC area, including Studio Theatre, Woolly Mammoth, Shakespeare Theatre Company.
Filmmakers' note
Attached is a film that was birthed out of our own fears and the pressures that we face everyday of being in our twenties trying to accomplish our dreams. We both work in film and theatre where we feel adjacent to our goals of ultimately becoming filmmakers. We often meet artists in passing and see them in our work spaces. But we also feel so far from an industry that does not always provide the resources for Black independent, first time filmmakers. This feeling of limbo haunts us in a way that is difficult to explain in words. But it is a feeling that is shared by many of our friends and colleagues who also don’t have it all figured out. It feels like a horror film where you are plagued by your own rational but sometimes irrational thoughts as you move in a world that is full of rejection and trying to find that source of hope to continue on the path that is not promised to anyone. Our source of hope is film and creating stories that our community can see themselves in and hopefully discover a part of themselves along the way.