Rashad Frett, an adjunct assistant professor and award-winning Caribbean-American filmmaker who teaches undergraduate film studies, will have his debut feature film, Ricky, screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January. Frett is a Spike Lee Film Production fellow, a Ryan Murphy HALF Initiative fellow, a Sundance Feature Film Lab fellow, and a Cary Fukunaga Production fellow. In 2023 he was named one of Filmmaker magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film.” Rashad Frett’s film “Ricky” centers on the challenging realities of life post-incarceration. The film centers on 30-year-old Ricky, who navigates the challenging realities of life post-incarceration and the complexities of gaining independence for the first time as an adult. Shari Frilot, an artist, filmmaker, and chief curator of the New Frontier program at the Sundance Film Festival, wrote: “Rashad Frett’s directorial hand overflows with humanity and marks an auspicious feature debut.” You can learn more about the film and film showtimes and ticket information here.