Pieces of Us.“This is a story of hope, this is a story of courage ... no matter how you identify, you can see a piece of yourself in this story,” Allison says.
Unlike some other films about hate crimes and other horrific instances of bigotry, Pieces of Us isn’t primarily about those incidents, she says. “This was about what happens afterwards and how you handle it,” she explains.Victoria Cruz and Mykel DicusThe film, which will make the festival rounds this fall, tells the stories of multiple subjects.
Jipsta is a gay rapper and school psychologist in Brooklyn who was beaten on a New York City subway platform for holding hands with his partner.