Slow Scenarios

For weeks, a young, unassuming woman who always looks sad has been sitting alone in the university cafeteria. She wears baggy, old-fashioned dresses that cover her entire body. Her hair is tied up in a tight bun. Since the cafeteria is packed today and there’s still space at her table, you ask if you can sit with her.

You're sitting in a café, waiting for your date with Melainie.

Naomi, a charismatic Black actress, invites you on a date that's charged with tension from the very start. She asks questions that go deeper – and you wonder how far this evening will go.