SELAH AND THE SPADES New Auteurs

Talent attending: Tayarisha Poe (Director)

At Haldwell, an elite boarding school in Pennsylvania, five factions run student life. Selah Summer leads the Spades, the most powerful of the five, conducting all underground drugs and alcohol sales on campus. Selah has cunningly navigated her way to the top and won’t back down to any and all rivals. As graduation approaches, Selah finds a Spades protégé in Paloma, but the friendship grows tense as Paloma begins to lead in a different direction and Selah’s status is threatened.

SELAH AND THE SPADES fiercely captures the societal pressures of modern youth and the internal struggle for independence and identity. With her sharp, fresh and unapologetic debut feature film, filmmaker Tayarisha Poe proves to be an exciting talent to watch. –Sarah Harris