#meetthefactions

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Selah, and the Spades (2019) dir. Tayarisha Poe

Five factions run the underground life of the prestigious Haldwell boarding school. At the head of the most powerful faction - The Spades - sits Selah Summers. By turns charming and callous, she chooses whom to keep close and whom to cut loose, walking the fine line between being feared and loved. 

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Selah, and The Spades

The Spades, led by Selah (Lovie Simone, center): The Spades deal in the most classic of vices: booze, pills, powders, fun. They will push you past your limit so that you know what your limit is. They consider this a kindness.

The Sea, run by Tarit (Henry Hunter Hall): It’s simple, they’re teacher’s pets gone rogue for petty cash. They deal in SAT score guarantees, research paper outlines, erupting volcanoes for science fairs. They’ll help you cheat your way through anything for the right price.

The Skins, run by Amber B (Francesca Noel): Their racket is numbers. Anything you can gamble on. Football in the fall, basketball in the winter, softball every spring. Low class bookies with high class charms.

The Bobbys, led by Bobby (Ana Mulvoy Ten) of course: Every non-sanctioned party that has ever been thrown after lights out has been because a Bobby saw the place and had the courage to ask “What if…”

The Prefects, run by Two Tom (Evan Roe): So long as there are people operating within the shadows, there are those in the light who control where it shines. At Haldwell, it’s The Prefects who keep the administration blissfully unaware of the student body’s ongoings.