Past Film/Video | Classics

Drylongso

(Cauleen Smith, 1998)

New Restoration

Tobi (April Barnett), a young Black woman wearing a denim outfit, stands on the side of a Jeep talking to two Black men seated inside the vehicle.
Jun 02, 2023–Jun 03, 2023
Available Times
  • Fri, Jun 02, 7:00 PM
  • Sat, Jun 03, 7:00 PM
Film/Video Theater

$7 members and adults 55 and over
$9 general public
$5 students

View our current COVID-19 protocols.

Enjoy snacks with your movie
Heirloom Café stays open until the June 2 screening begins, now serving gourmet popcorn plus beer, wine, and other refreshments. You can also find packaged snacks in the Wexner Center Store. Read the press release.

ACCESSIBILITY
We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation such as CART captioning or ASL interpretation to participate in this event, please contact Accessibility Manager Helyn Marshall at accessibility@wexarts.org or via telephone at (614) 688-3890. Requests made by two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the Wexner Center for the Arts will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

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A lost treasure of 1990s DIY filmmaking returns to the big screen with the rerelease of this early work by past Artist Residency Award recipient Cauleen Smith.

Pica, a young Oakland photography student played by Toby Smith, begins taking Polaroids of the young Black men in her neighborhood because she fears for their extinction after so many senseless murders. This project deepens Pica’s friendship with a gender-nonconforming friend (April Barnett) and then draws her into the search for a serial killer in the neighborhood.

Shifting genres from buddy movie to murder mystery to romance, Drylongso offers a cinematic celebration of Black female creativity and a poignant elegy for a generation of lost African American men. A past Wex guest, Smith also contributed a short film to the Wexner Center’s Artist Residency Award–supported Cinetracts ’20 project, viewable for free on our site. (86 mins., DCP)

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Drylongso, courtesy of Janus Films.

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SUPPORT FOR FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY
Rohauer Collection Foundation 

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Greater Columbus Arts Council
The Wexner Family
National Endowment for the Arts
Ohio Arts Council
L Brands Foundation
The Columbus Foundation
Nationwide Foundation
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Mike and Paige Crane
Axium Packaging
CampusParc
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams
President Kristina M. Johnson and Mrs. Veronica Meinhard
Nancy Kramer
Larry and Donna James
Lisa Barton
Johanna DeStefano
Jones Day
Alex and Renée Shumate

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Past Film/Video

Drylongso

Jun 02, 2023–Jun 03, 2023
Friday's Hours 10AM–6PM
  • Fri, Jun 02, 7:00 PM
  • Sat, Jun 03, 7:00 PM
Film/Video Theater

$7 members and adults 55 and over
$9 general public
$5 students

View our current COVID-19 protocols.

Enjoy snacks with your movie
Heirloom Café stays open until the June 2 screening begins, now serving gourmet popcorn plus beer, wine, and other refreshments. You can also find packaged snacks in the Wexner Center Store. Read the press release.

ACCESSIBILITY
We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation such as CART captioning or ASL interpretation to participate in this event, please contact Accessibility Manager Helyn Marshall at accessibility@wexarts.org or via telephone at (614) 688-3890. Requests made by two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the Wexner Center for the Arts will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

Become a Member