Broke Boys
Comedy Series - Video
20 minutes
Two Black filmmakers struggle through life, relationships, and poverty while attempting to make a feature film.
English
Broke Boys is a story about chasing your dreams and the cost of achieving those dreams while being Black, poor, and unlucky. Best friends-since-way-back, TARIQ and RAY have wanted to make a movie since they saw "Do The Right Thing."
Tariq is a talented cinematographer who wants to make "beautiful cinema," raise his son, and be in a bullshit-free relationship. All of which seems unlikely. He's broke, homeless, owes his baby momma rent money and child support, and the love of his life, Logan, is engaged.
Ray is a brilliant director doing everything he can to make his first feature film. He is deprived in all the ways that matter to him: he's broke (surprise!), living with his declining father (POPS), and hasn't been intimate with a woman in a very, very long time (maybe never).
Tariq wears the world and his shortcomings on his face. He expects nothing. Ray emits positive energy and optimism. He expects it all. Even though they argue all the time, they are an outstanding tandem together.
The dream of being a filmmaker is a surcharge on their lives. And their lives are already taxed by racism, gentrification, police brutality, an unjust court system, and just plain old haters. Their mistakes are amplified because they are poor, and their corrective measures are never adequate enough.
Every episode is a roller coaster of failed plans, twisted schemes, and mini adventures to get their movie made. At every failure, they discover more about their friendship. And with every success, they discover more about themselves. Sometimes painful, sometimes hilarious, but always real – the boys know a dream costs, but broke and Black, how much will they have to pay?
Tariq is a talented cinematographer who wants to make "beautiful cinema," raise his son, and be in a bullshit-free relationship. All of which seems unlikely. He's broke, homeless, owes his baby momma rent money and child support, and the love of his life, Logan, is engaged.
Ray is a brilliant director doing everything he can to make his first feature film. He is deprived in all the ways that matter to him: he's broke (surprise!), living with his declining father (POPS), and hasn't been intimate with a woman in a very, very long time (maybe never).
Tariq wears the world and his shortcomings on his face. He expects nothing. Ray emits positive energy and optimism. He expects it all. Even though they argue all the time, they are an outstanding tandem together.
The dream of being a filmmaker is a surcharge on their lives. And their lives are already taxed by racism, gentrification, police brutality, an unjust court system, and just plain old haters. Their mistakes are amplified because they are poor, and their corrective measures are never adequate enough.
Every episode is a roller coaster of failed plans, twisted schemes, and mini adventures to get their movie made. At every failure, they discover more about their friendship. And with every success, they discover more about themselves. Sometimes painful, sometimes hilarious, but always real – the boys know a dream costs, but broke and Black, how much will they have to pay?
