
Two queer people meet up in Brooklyn after years of not talking to each other and reminisce about dating (as each other’s beards) during high school back home in Florida.
Written, Produced, Edited & Directed by
Anthony Valdés
Starring
Dreia Ong
Jon Rodéz
Associate Producer
Talia Romano
Director of Photography
Dan Rodriguez
Art Director
Casey McCoy
Production Sound Mixer & Boom Operator
Nicole Majewski
Post-Production Sound Mixer & Editor
Kristin Catuongo
Assistant Camera
Mathilde Suissa & Katya Yefetova
Creative Producer
Noelle Ramsay
Music by
“Arabesque No. 1” & “Arabesque No. 2”
Composed by Claude Debussy
Piano by Gerlüz
2010 Chicken House Records
“Arabesque No. 1”
Composed by Claude Debussy
String Arrangement by Steve Jones
Performed by Steve’s Bedroom Band
Additional Mixing by Anthony Valdés-Strickler
Special Thanks
Eric Bachli
Daniel Calixte
Max Nevins
Gail Strickler
Laura Bartholomew
Sam Gray
Chris Sterbank
Aleudys Ariel Jose
Kathryn Malaxos
Mandy Naglich
Kevin Schreck
Jessica Lee
Laura Kepner
Andrew James
Amelia Lovice
Copyright Information
Copyright 2025 Anthony Valdés-Strickler