Care is an autobiography, musical, animation and diary entry that explores the social care system, friendship and angst through the eyes of Abike (played by Klein) who's been moved from foster home to foster home and what happens when her sister goes missing. It is an ambitious feature film debut which is written, directed, edited and scored by Klein.Â
Written between 2018- 2020 and filmed throughout the spring of 2021, the film features an ensemble of street casted kids as well as the musicians Mica Levi & Kwake Bass, Vivian Oparah amongst others and the poet and scholar Fred Moten, who plays Abike's father.
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Dir: Klein (2021, UK, 90 mins). Screening in English with English subtitles.
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About Klein:Â
Klein is an artist and composer whose work often blurs the lines between fact and fiction. Her music releases, films and performances are often informed by urban mapping, surveillance, humor, hip hop, noise, identity and beyond.