72 Hours: A Brooklyn Love Story?
Raafi Rivero ’95
Based on a short film by Bilal Ndongo, Raafi Rivero’s 72 Hours: A Brooklyn Love Story? follows 18-year-old Caesar Winslow, a restless, ambitious and charismatic Brooklynite facing the decision to leave his neighborhood for a full scholarship at a prestigious university. Told over the three days before he’s scheduled to leave, the film chronicles events and choices that unravel his confidence and force him to question everything: His girlfriend breaks up with him and the “woman of his dreams” won’t give him the time of day. His friends leave his corner, and the streets he has known seem meaner. Caesar and his friends ramble up and down the parkways of a rapidly gentrifying borough in search of the perfect ending.
72 Hours: A Brooklyn Love Story? was named a 2016 official selection at the LA Film Festival, the New Orleans Film Festival, and the Urbanworld Film Festival. Raafi’s directing credits include a suite of promotions for HBO’s True Blood; content for Microsoft, Sony and The Rockefeller Foundation; and music videos for Ghostface Killah and Styles P. His short film Their Eyes Were Watching Gummy Bears played more than 20 film festivals, winning multiple honors. Raafi’s writing about new media has appeared in the New York Times.