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all the love i could handle

all the love i could handle is a re-imagining of the filmmaker's mother's young diary, unraveling the raw complexities of Black motherhood, artistic ambition, and the enduring sacrifices that bind generations together. Based on the true family story of pioneer filmmaker Kathleen Collins (Losing Ground, 1982).

  • Ruby Rose Collins
    Director
    My Abortion Saved My Life
  • Ruby Rose Collins
    Writer
  • Ruby Rose Collins
    Producer
  • DaManuel Richardson
    Producer
  • Ames Ward
    Producer
    The Heart
  • EJ Lykes
    Producer
  • Solomon Turner
    Producer
  • Breonna Williams
    Key Cast
    "Nina"
  • Yasir Ford
    Key Cast
    "Miwo"
  • Sebrina Purcell
    Key Cast
    YOU (2018), Shameless (2011)
  • Gemma Doll Grossman
    Camera
    Squawk (2022), Tampoo (2020), Ride Baby Ride (2023)
  • Beth Hubbard
    Executive Producers
    Summer of Soul (2021), NINE DAYS (2020)
  • Marni Grossman
    Executive Producers
    Familiar Touch (2024), Against All Enemies (2023)
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes 40 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 3, 2024
  • Country of Origin:
    United States, United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Ruby Rose Collins

Ruby Rose Collins is a filmmaker drawn to narratives that focus on memory—how it warps, reshapes, and ultimately defines our lives. She likes to explore the fragile lines between truth and perception.

With a background in investigative documentary and a B.A. in Film and African American Studies from Wesleyan University, her work is often rooted in nonfiction, exploring the intersections of personal history and collective memory. She was a 2020 Fellow at the Creative Visions Foundation Women Excel Project. Her short documentary, My Abortion Saved My Life (2022), premiered at Outfest Los Angeles before screening at twenty+ festivals globally. Her latest narrative film all the love i could handle, is set to premiere in Spring 2025.

As a producer, Ruby has worked for ABC News, A&E, Translash Media and CNN. She is currently VP of Production at Mara Brock Akil’s story27 productions, where she oversees projects across film and television, including the upcoming adaptation of Judy Blume’s beloved novel Forever, premiering on Netflix in 2025.

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Director Statement

all the love i could handle is a reimagining of the filmmaker’s mother’s childhood memory--an exploration of motherhood, artistry, and the unseen sacrifices that shape a legacy. Inspired by her grandmother, Kathleen Collins (Losing Ground, 1982)—a pioneering Black filmmaker whose work went largely unrecognized in her lifetime—this film unfolds on the day she completed her seminal feature. But this isn’t just a story of triumph. It lingers in the quiet spaces between devotion and distance, presence and absence, as her two young children struggle to grasp a mother who is both deeply there and just out of reach.

Blending memory and imagination, all the love I could handle is an intimate meditation on the delicate bond between mother and child, artist and self.