QUEST
“An intimate and patient portrait of a North Philadelphia family [...] I’ve rarely seen a movie about citizenship as quietly eloquent as Quest." - A. O. Scott (Critic’s Pick), The New York Times
2017 SUNDANCE WORLD PREMIERE
WINNER: GRAND JURY PRIZE, FULL FRAME
WINNER: HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD, FULL FRAME
WINNER: 2018 CINEMA EYE HONORS FOR OUTSTANDING EDITING
NOMINATED: EMMY, PEABODY, INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD
Website: http://quest-documentary.com
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Synopsis:
Filmed with vérité intimacy for nearly a decade, QUEST is the moving portrait of the Rainey family living in North Philadelphia. Beginning at the dawn of the Obama presidency, Christopher "Quest" Rainey, and his wife, Christine'a "Ma Quest" raise a family while nurturing a community of hip hop artists in their home music studio. It's a safe space where all are welcome, but this creative sanctuary can't always shield them from the strife that grips their neighborhood. Epic in scope, QUEST is a vivid illumination of race and class in America, and a testament to love, healing and hope.
"I wanted to tell a story about a black family with more nuance that did not define people strictly by their circumstances but amplified their humanity and complexity . . . where black folks would see it and feel like they recognize themselves, that the film spoke truth to power and rose above a reductive narrative of suffering and pathology." - Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, Vogue Magazine, With Quest, a Documentary Disrupts American Narratives About Race
