Close to Home: Film Screening

In Motion: A Special Screening of Short Films by Close to Home Exhibiting Artists Join NSU Art Museum for a special screening of short films by artists Josh Aronson, Richard Moreno, Reginald O’Neal, and Roscoè B. Thické III in conjunction with the exhibition Close to Home. The screening expands the exhibition’s exploration of community, belonging, and the many ways we experience home, offering distinct perspectives on themes of family, friendship, cultural identity, memory, and shared histories. This screening brings together works that examine how relationships shape our sense of self and how home exists not only as a physical place, but also as an emotional and communal space. These films provide opportunities for reflection, dialogue, and connection, inviting audiences to engage in meaningful conversations about identity, care, and the communities that sustain us. NSU Art Museum invites you to join us for an evening of experimental and independent film as we consider what it means to feel close to home. Thursday, August 6, 2026 5 pm and 6 pm Josh Aronson Film for Boys (2025) Super 8 film transferred to video Runtime: 3 minutes, 3 seconds Film for Boys extends Josh Aronson’s Florida Boys into moving image, translating the project’s staged portraits of young men in Florida’s landscapes into a brief, atmospheric video installation. Originally presented as a multi-channel work of Super 8 film transferred to video, the piece lingers on faces, gestures, water, foliage, and light, creating a meditative portrait of boyhood, intimacy, and belonging. Rather than following a linear narrative, the film unfolds as a sequence of fragments—part memory, part dream—where young men appear suspended between performance and private reflection. Editor: Diana Larrea Music: Austin Fisher Shot On: Kodak Motion Picture Film Film Processing and 4K Scanning By: Negativeland Made Possible With Support From: Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs FUNDarte Vizcaya Late Featuring: Mike Lawo Mark Anthony Sean Merkel Alexander Mikal Bailey Christopher Auguste Francesco Bianchi Noah Cribb Brian Heidbreder Maxwell Vargas Josh Martinez Pharoah Sadiq Graham Roscoè B. Thické III 1402 Pork N Bean Blue (2022) Runtime: 4 minutes, 47 seconds At the intersection of his grandmother’s death and the redevelopment of the public housing project his family has lived in for generations, artist, community advocate and father of three, Roscoè B. Thické III reflects on his childhood in the Pork n’ Beans projects and the influences behind his work. Director: Juan Luis Matos Producer: Amanda Bradley, Dennis Scholl Executive Producer: Oolite Arts Cinematographer: Javier Labrador Editor: Juan Luis Matos Richard Moreno STASIS (2025) Runtime: 1 minute, 13 seconds In STASIS, Miami-based artist Richard Moreno captures the evolution of his monumental installation through a short film that follows a hand-built canoe that once traveled Biscayne Bay —before being rendered gloriously non-functional and suspended upside down as a massive amplifier sculpture. Blending documentation with performance, the film reflects a darkly communal ritual around risk, migration, distortion, and faith in one another’s DIY making. Filming: Carlos Sosa & Nicholas Trullas Performers: Imyourknife, Egyptian Helicopter, and Gavin Perry Reginald O’Neal Where We Fell in Love (2025) Runtime: 4 minutes, 47 seconds Artist Reginald O’Neal’s childhood home in the historically Black neighborhood of Overtown—specifically, the Rainbow Village housing development—is being torn down to make way for something new. Painting from a place deeply connected to his roots while simultaneously navigating an art world on shifting ground, O’Neal’s work reminds us that we are all, in very different ways, grappling with change and uncertainty. Film and Editing: Margo Hannah & Terence Price II Poem By: Reginald O’Neal DP & Sound: Terence Price II Featuring: Surzelle Bertrand Nathaniel Watkins T’Liyah Rollins Kawhi Auguste Reginald O’Neal Commissioned By: Commissioner for Reginald O’Neal: Remembering Rainbow Village