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Storyline

An overworked Chicagoan tries to resist the interruptions to her day off, going to extreme lengths to truly “do nothing.”

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Country

United States

Language

English

Premiere

Canada

Duration

12’min

Genre

Narrative Short

Year

2025

Subtitles

No Subtitles

Cast

M. V. Prentiss
Alexis Ward
Evan Fineout

Synopsis

Nya Does Nothing follows a Black Chicagoan trying to take a day off while ignoring the increasingly overwhelming temptations calling her out of her house. It’s a playful debut from director duo Erisa Apantaku and Jenny Casas about how hard it can be to commit to the rest you need.

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Erisa Apantaku is a queer, Black/biracial multimedia producer and uninvited guest on the lands of the Three Fires Confederacy (Ottawa, Ojibe, and Potawatomi Nations)

Jenny Casas is a senior radio editor for Reveal. She was previously a narrative audio producer at the New York Times.

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