War of Colors: A Black Woman with Albinism Facing Prejudice

Logline
War of Colors tells the story of a Black woman with white skin due to Albinism struggling to fit in with society.

Introduction
War of colors is a blunt presentation or approach to the worldview towards the skin deficiency called albinism. The short film comments on the skin condition head-on. It does not shy away from decrying the misleading worldview of the skin condition. The Oscar®-qualifying short film War of Colors is written and director Emir Kumova. Watch it in Omeleto.

Review
War of Colors takes the short fiction film format to present a non-fictional character set in a real-world setting. The audience is granted a front row seat into the worldview that traumatizes its sufferers. We experience mixed reactions, micro aggressions, negative feelings, and emotional turmoil of an albino character and her father. The audience is placed in her position as they empathize with her character, feeling all the prejudice from her daily encounters with people.

The Official Trailer for War of Colors

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The albino character is a non-fictional character, because the actress, Diandra Forrest is actually an albino. And the film comments on her personal worldview, which with the help of a colleague and now friend (ally), she didn’t object to change. Previously, her worldview, which had been subjected to a general worldview had taken a battering since childhood. And she had to make up for her looks with makeup and excuses. She doesn’t fit into a black or white community, nor can she be both.

Her childhood experiences of life shadow her real self. Her real personality only show up in private and not in public. It is quite a dis-heartening experience to go through life as an albino, not because one is not a human being, but the world treats them like one. And she is scoffed at, thought of as a contagious disease. .

Conclusion
War of Colors is a direct, blunt, forceful and deliberate presentation decrying the worldview of albinism

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Writer & Directed: Emir Kumova

Cast
Diandra Forrest as Rue
Daniel Fitzgerald as Rue’s Dad
Wil Santiago as Tray
Adam Mendez Jr. as Carlos

Produced: Emir Kumova, Donald Nguyen, and Jason Quan
Cinematography: Christopher Brendan Kistan
Film Editing: Emir Kumova
Production Design: Payton Jane
Art Direction: Devin Redmond, Kristen Semedo
Sound Department: Sean Wayne Lu, Nicolas Paolella, Bryce Paul Stephens

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