Work / Narrative Short

A Phone Call From My Best Friend

13 min

Two white friends try to talk about race.

A Phone Call From My Best Friend feels unusually prescient and urgent, especially during this current political moment of reckoning in America, when people are scrutinizing ideas about silence, politeness, “color-blindness” and neutrality and how they fit into the perpetuation of racism.
– Kat Ascharya

Awards

Vimeo Staff Pick
Official Premiere: Booooooom TV
Shots: Best of the Month
Shortlist: 2020 1.4 Awards
Special Preview: Filmmaker Magazine's Rathaus Escapes
Official Selection: 2020 Maryland Film Festival
Official Selection: 2020 BendFilm Festival
Official Selection: 2020 Sun Valley Film Festival

Credits

Director, Writer, Editor: Alexander Christenson
Producer: Jeff Spivack

Madison: Celeste Arias
Chrissy: Auden Thornton
Rebecca: Emily Van Raay

Cinematographer: Michael Belcher
Casting Director: Dayna Katz
Co-Producer: Miriam Naggar
Co-Producer: Christopher Hawthorne
Production Manager: Will Dennis

Gaffer: Emma Penrose
Steadicam Operator: Lisa Sene
First Assistant Camera: Jeffrey David Schultz
First Assistant Camera: Steven Tong
Second Assistant Camera: Noah Broch
Key Grip: Jay Warrior

Production Sound Mixer: Lily Bernstein
Script Supervisor: Alan Klassen
Costume Designer: Rachel Dainer-Best
Makeup Artist: Mary Chipman
Art Department Assistant: Persia Beheshti
Production Assistant: David Perez

Sound Mixer: Calvin Pia
Additional Compositing: Herculano Fernandes
Color Services Provided by: Nice Shoes
Colorist: Sal Malfitano
Color Producer: Andrew Pandolfino
Color Producer: Elizabeth Mitchell