I Am Not Your Token

I Am Not Your Token is modern take on the classic teen cult films. Ebony Hendrix is a 16-year-old, preppy Black girl attempting to assimilate to her predominantly white high school. She struggles to find her identity in her popular (and more than mildly racist) friend group referred to as Tiffany and Co. When her former best friend and proud Blactivist, Iman confronts her, Ebony is forced to reckon with herself–and her title of Token Black Girl.

Written by Isis Gullete, which she also directed with support from Reshmi Hazra Rustebakke and McKenzie Chinn, the film was developed in partnership with DePaul University’s CHA summer film program. The film had it’s offical premiere at the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival.