William Banks

When three friends who live together realize that they don't like their life trajectory, they set off to find a gold treasure that is rumored to be buried in the nearby mountain.

A story of missed connections, failed attempts at intimacy, and ultimately the redemptive and healing potential of a little bit of introspection, patience, empathy, etc. The ensemble film follows a dozen dysfunctional couples through a 24-hour perspective-shifting journey through New York City.

In the 1980s a struggling Black comedian marries his white girlfriend, moves into a Brownstone haunted by slaves her ancestors owned, and discovers he can't make Black people laugh!

William Banks went to jail.

A family melodrama wrapped up in an absurdist comedy punctuated by an American history lesson. Gettysburg is the simple story of a man who hates his grandma.

Two former best friends reunite in New York City for a strange deal involving a fish with unusual power, forcing them to confront how much has changed between them.

Everything goes wrong for Sugar - a writer by day, DJ by night - after a superhero attempts to save her in this Blaxploitation-inspired romantic comedy.

the friends& man of constant sorrow music video is about loving 00s indie rock music while reckoning with its commercialization. the video imagines a futuristic stomp-clap band that makes the streets of Williamsburg their stage — like a demented arcade fire or edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros. tormented by a 5.7 pitchfork score, the couple at the centre of the band, played by william banks and lea rose sebastianis, descend into a frenzy of ketamine use and emotional abuse. directed by nate wilson and dozzy chroma.