Drylongso (1998)

Former Arts Incubator resident Cauleen Smith's acclaimed feature film debut follows a young woman from Oakland, CA who sets out on a mission to photograph the young black men around her, whom she considers an endangered species. Her obsessive Polaroid snapshots lead her to encounter many eccentric neighborhood characters who force her to reevaluate her own life and art. A powerful meditation on the beauty and vulnerability of everyday life.