The Test

The Test

Short · Comedy · 15 pages
When Leila, biracial Black 28-year-old, takes a DNA test with her cousins, she worries that the results will create a racial pecking order, with her on the bottom.
Written by Esme Douglas
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2 Accolades
Accolade Highlights
Finalist, Stowe Story Labs $50,000 Short Film Production Grant 2024
Semifinalist, Outstanding Screenplays Shorts Competition 2025

1 Writer

Esme Douglas
Los Angeles, CA
A screenwriting fellow at AFI, and a graduate of USC School of Cinematic Arts, she has written for outlets like Entertainment Weekly and The New Inquiry and worked as a curator and researcher at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.