Movies by Kara Young

Chemical Hearts

Chemical Hearts

When a hopelessly romantic high school senior falls for a mysterious new classmate, it sets them both on an unexpected journey that teaches them about love, loss, and most importantly themselves.

Hair Wolf

Hair Wolf

The staff of a black hair salon fend off a strange new monster: white women intent on sucking the lifeblood from black culture.

Over the Threshold

Over the Threshold

A highly conservative Christian couple struggle to find intimacy on their wedding night as a result of their repressed Midwestern upbringing.

King of Knives

King of Knives

A New York family implodes over three days as they careen through mid-life and quarter-life crises.

F^¢K '€M R!GHT B@¢K

F^¢K '€M R!GHT B@¢K

A queer, Black, aspiring Baltimore rapper must outwit his vengeful day-job boss in order to avoid getting fired after accidentally eating an edible.

Is God Is

Is God Is

Twin sisters Racine and Anaia have disfiguring burn scars eking out a dismal existence in a city that doesn’t feel like home. Though twins, they couldn’t be more different. Racine, whose scars are only on her torso and hands, is the defender, hitting back at their many bullies since childhood. Anaia, whose scars have marked her face, is the quiet one, content to live in her sister’s protective shadow. Their world is upended when the mother they’d believed long dead summons them to her bedside and reveals that their father is responsible for ...