Derrick Benton

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Derrick is a Brooklyn native and graduate of SUNY Oswego with a B.A. in Cinema Screen Studies. He dedicated most of his coursework to film theory, philosophy, and storytelling through the medium of screenwriting. In 2018 Derrick received an award for outstanding screenplay at SUNY Oswego for his Senior Thesis script “Acid Rain”. His stories often explore themes of identity, existential anxiety, and social inequality.

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Homegoing Trailer (2020)

18 June 2020

Working as a mortician at his father's funeral parlor, Junior cycles through an unsatisfying life routine.

Wasted Talent Trailer (2021)

01 October 2021

Four high school teens are thrown into detention after a fight come together of their love for music and songwriting.

The House that Love Built Trailer (2025)

18 September 2025

In 1980s Brooklyn, a resilient family, evicted from public housing, refuses to succumb to homelessness or welfare.

13th of September, 2004 Trailer (2024)

13 September 2024

A 17-year-old kid from South Chicago coexists with his selfish foster mother. On his way to school with his best friend, they discover something that will change their lives forever.