Chill Girl (2020)

Chill Girl is a narrative short about a nonchalant high schooler who tries to keep up the act when things become decidedly not chill. The film centers issues of gender and coping in a patriarchal society and explores the nature of trauma through a magical realist lens. Chill Girl depicts a survivor narrative and emphasizes ways that gender and socialization feed into sexual violence. It is a piece that encourages conversations around consent and trauma.