Experiencing Interruptions?

Morning Glory

After recognizing his best friend in a sext that's making the rounds, a teenage boy has a decision to make at her impromptu house party.

  • William Winston
    Director
  • William Winston
    Writer
  • LaTanya Williams
    Producer
  • Jordan Dallam
    Key Cast
    "Mose"
  • Mickalia Forrester-Ewen
    Key Cast
    "Shan"
  • Dimitri Dewes Jr.
    Key Cast
    "Jody"
  • Taharka Welcome
    Key Cast
    "Frankie"
  • Vianny Guevara
    Key Cast
    "Ryan"
  • Alexandra Bock
    Director of Photography
  • Maria Fernanda Flores
    Editor
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    17 minutes 14 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 8, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States, United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Sony Venice
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • New York Shorts International Film Festival
    New York, NY
    United States
    North American Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Hayti Heritage Film Festival
    Durham, NC
    United States
    Official Selection
  • Seattle Black Film Festival
    Seattle, WA
    United States
    Official Selection
Director Biography - William Winston

William Winston is a filmmaker and screenwriter based in New York’s Hudson Valley. After graduating from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with a degree in film production, his filmmaking journey began again in the non-fiction, academic space as a graduate student at Rutgers, where his work earned him a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.



Following MORNING GLORY, Winston is currently developing two short films and a narrative feature based on scripts that have been recognized by several screenwriting fellowships and competitions, include the Page Awards, ScreenCraft, Stowe Story Labs, Austin Film Festival, WeScreenplay, and Roadmap Writers.

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Director Statement

Teen sexuality is a popular onscreen topic, motivated as much by audience desire to revisit adolescence as filmmakers’ narrative obsession with one of the most developmentally turbulent times in collective human life.

I want MORNING GLORY to add to the robust work on the subject of teen sexuality by telling a story of the subtle ways that both actively aggressive and passively insidious patriarchy can turn an already confusing time of personal discovery into a waking nightmare, especially in our increasingly technology-saturated world.

I'm perpetually fascinated by the boundaries between culture, social structure, and personal choice; as such, MORNING GLORY focuses on how much is at stake when consent, self-image, and "the feels" stand at the nexus of these boundaries.