Janicza Bravo

It’s quintessentially late afternoon Californian sun. The eponymous house gently hosts a number of clipped social encounters. Each of these denotes dynamics of power in race, gender and class. While it’s the macaw that seems ostensibly and literally caged, Bravo’s drama of manners suggests that every single one of us may not be quite as uncaged as we assume.

A waitress agrees to accompany an exotic dancer, her put-upon boyfriend, and her mysterious and domineering roommate on a road trip to Florida to seek their fortune at a high-end strip club.

Isaac has seen better days. His acting career is tanking, his blind girlfriend of 10 years plans to leave him, and his own family singles him out as a constant disappointment. Even as he takes a chance on new romance, he struggles to define his place in a world that has seemingly turned against him.

A salesman on a bum route runs in to an odd lot.

A woman calls a suicide prevention hotline and is put on hold.

The circumstances and lives affected by a single tragedy in Los Angeles.

A woman tries to connect with people she's never met.

A paraplegic man leaves home for the first time only to discover that life on the outside is not like he had imagined it.

After locking herself out of her apartment, a young woman finds herself in the company of a strange and frightening neighbor.