$20 Suggested Donation

Join us at Waters Edge Cinema for a screening of “Actual People”, followed by Q&A with filmmaker and Twenty Summers 2023 Fellow Kit Zauhar.

Riley, an aimless young woman in her final week of college, goes to great lengths to win the affections of a boy from her hometown of Philadelphia. In the process, she ends up having to confront anxieties about her love life, family, and future.

Kit Zauhar is a Chinese-American writer, director, and actress originally from Philadelphia. She attended NYU Tisch School of the Arts where she majored in Film & Television Production and minored in creative writing and philosophy. Her work explores intimacy, sex, belonging, and the everyday victories and humiliations we all experience.

Kit’s first feature, Actual People, was a microbudget indie that she wrote, directed, produced, and starred in. Made for only ten thousand dollars, the film has had a remarkable festival run. After premiering in competition at Locarno’s cineasti del presente, it went on to win the Aprile Award at Milano Film Festival, Best Screenplay at Indie Memphis, and also screened at Jeonju Film Festival, Slamdance, New Hampshire Film Festival, and BAMcinemaFest, to name a few.