Emmett Dunham.

Short film · Coming Summer 2026

Three fights.
Three ways to run.

Flight Response · an anthology on fight-or-flight

Type Short film
Status Summer 2026 · upcoming
My role Writer · Producer · Editor
Form Three stories, one reflexive anthology

A runner, a dealer, and a businessman. Three flight responses to three different fights.

The film splits down the middle of the oldest reflex there is, fight or flight, and follows each of them into a different answer. The title does double duty: it's the body's panic, and it's the thing they're each doing, in their own register, all the way through.

It's an anthology by design: three distinct stories on one theme that never intersect. Same reflex, three lives, no shared scenes and no braided timelines. The structure is the argument. You don't get told which response is the right one. You get three, and the room to disagree.

A small thing, if you look. The three stories are all about movement and what's left to come:

The Handoff Bookin' It Deliverance Hover the titles: the initials spell TBD, To Be Determined. Nothing pivotal, just a detail for whoever catches it.

Credits

  • Bearden Ezra DouglasWriter · Director · Editor
  • Elijah AgursDirector · Producer · DP
  • Emmett DunhamWriter · Producer · Editor
  • Shomapti HussainCasting · Wardrobe · Set Design · Graphic Designer
  • Ifechukwu AlachebeCasting Assistant
  • Jaya MarshallProducer · Script Supervisor
  • Marlon BrownWriter
  • Latrelle JamezProduction Manager
  • Marianna LaFolletteSound
Asset needed: key art & stills

Poster and key art (Shomapti Hussain, graphic design), production stills, behind-the-scenes and set photos, and a teaser or trailer when available. Drop them in src/assets/images/work/ and swap this block.

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