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We Have Our Ways

In a dystopic but recognizable America, street riots are common, tap water is undrinkable, and you’re lucky if you get health insurance. Regina usually keeps her head down to just get by, especially at work. As a customer service rep for Alleviate (“Keeping you healthy tomorrow, today”), she must reject health coverage for desperate callers all day in order to do her job. But when her younger cousin Abigail is in need of a criminalized medical procedure, she must decide what price she’s willing to pay for justice.

  • Dawn Jones Redstone
    Director
    Sista in the Brotherhood
  • Kjerstin Johnson
    Writer
    Sista in the Brotherhood
  • Christian Henry
    Producer
  • Sidony O'neal
    Key Cast
    "Regina"
    Sista in the Brotherhood
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Sci-Fi
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes 26 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 1, 2017
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Portland International Film Festival
    Portland
    February 25, 2018
    World Premiere
    Best Oregon Short
  • Workers Unite Film Festival!
    New York City
  • San Antonio Film Festival
    San Antonio
    July 12, 2018
  • BronzeLens Film Festival
    Atlanta, GA
    August 22, 26
  • Afrikana Film Festival
    Richmond, VA
    September 15, 2018
  • Local Sightings Film Festival
    Seattle
Director Biography - Dawn Jones Redstone

Dawn Jones Redstone is an award-winning filmmaker whose work centers stories that lift the experiences of women and people of color. Her work has screened around the world, but she is perhaps best known for her multi-award winning short film, Sista in the Brotherhood, about a black apprentice carpenter who experiences discrimination. After a successful festival run, the narrative film is currently being purchased and used as a training tool for training within the construction industry. Additionally, Dawn directed the soon-to-be-released short film We Have Our Ways about reproductive justice in a dystopia near future as well as Nonprofit web series about a woman of color working at a nonprofit in the whitest city in America. In 2016, Dawn received the Lilla Jewel Artist Award from MRG Foundation and was also named a Woman of Vision by the Daily Journal of Commerce.

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