Weight

A young man stares at a number that decides how he spends his day, not his life.

  • Joshua T. Crockett
    Director
  • Joshua T. Crockett
    Writer
  • Joshua T. Crockett
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Comedy
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 8 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 10, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    100 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Joshua T. Crockett

Joshua T. Crockett is a member of SAG-AFTRA. He holds a BFA in Acting from Montclair State University. Joshua’s Off-Off-Broadway theater credits include “Drought” at Teatro Latea and “Sometime, Child” at the Theater for the New City. Film & TV credits include Naked Singularity, FBI: Most Wanted, Saturday Night Live, and East New York.

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Director Statement

All my life people have called me skinny with one word or many like "Bag of bones", or " My two fingers could fit around your whole wrist". By society's beauty standards, there isn’t really a negative connotation with weighing less which makes people think comments on weight are fine to bring up because you're “thin”; I think we should just stop talking about each other's bodies period. I know it’s hard to start a conversation or keep one going, but there are other things to talk about than what I’m doing with my body or what it’s actually doing to me…