The Harvest

THE HARVEST, an NYU Tisch thesis short film written and directed by Macdaleine St.Remy, stars Anissa Felix (SURVIVAL OF THE THICKEST, DETROIT) and Jahmone Duhaney (BLACK CAKE).

The film follows Vea and Lloyd, a Jamaican couple in their late thirties working as migrant laborers at an apple orchard, who confront a surprising fertility diagnosis that tests their relationship and their hopes for a future family.

With this film, I explore the emotional and financial strain that infertility can have on a couple desperate to have a child that is biologically their own.

The project is a recipient of the Cary Fukunaga Production Fund and was filmed in September 2024 in New York. Macdaleine St. Remy who was most recently a Princess Grace Foundation Honorarium recipient in Film and a Gotham Marcie Bloom Fellow. The film is currently in post-production with expected completion by April 2025.

The Ask & What's Next

We successfully completed filming this fall, and we are now looking to our communities to help us finish the film. We're looking to raise $10,000 through tax-deductible donations.

A “Special Thanks” credit is available for donations of $500+, a logo in the credits for $2,000+, and Associate Producer credit for donations of $5,000+.

Contributions will help fund:

• Picture editing
• Post-production Sound Design
• Color Grading
• Visual Effects (VFX)
• Title & Credits Graphics
• Original Score Composition

In short, your tax-deductible donation will help remove paywalls that prevent the film from being completed.

Help bring the finished project to screens!

The Team

Macdaleine St.Remy I Writer, Director

Writer and director Macdaleine St. Remy is a first-generation Haitian-American writer and director whose work captures the nuanced, extraordinary experiences of ordinary Black life. Her characters often seek freedom from the systems and structures that confine them. In 2023, Macdaleine was a Princess Grace Foundation Film Honorarium and a Gotham Marcie Bloom Fellow. She was also a 2024 finalist for the NYU Sloan Feature Award. Currently completing her MFA in Film at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Macdaleine holds a Bachelor of Science from MIT and a Master of Science in Energy and Processes from ÉNSPM in France. Before transitioning to filmmaking, she worked as a program manager in hardware engineering at Apple and Square from 2013 to 2020. Her technical background informs the scientific themes that intersect her characters' lives.

Kai Torres I Producer

Producer Kai Torres is a Puerto Rican-American filmmaker whose work focuses on amplifying underrepresented voices and celebrating resilience. An MFA graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts and recipient of the Willard T.C. Johnson Fellowship, Torres holds a Bachelor’s in Media Studies from the University of Virginia. After her MFA, she worked as an associate producer on the documentary Who’s Next, directed by Emmy Award-winner Nancy Charney, which further fueled her commitment to storytelling as a platform for overlooked narratives. With films like Pancakes (2019), Torres highlights the struggles and determination of those facing challenging circumstances, crafting stories that celebrate persistence and resilience.

Yoko Kohmoto I Producer

Yoko Kohmoto (she/her) is a producer-writer from Okayama, Japan currently based in NYC. Her producing work has been showcased at Tribeca Film Festival, Vimeo Staff Pick, Frameline, American Black Film Festival, and CAAMFest, among others. Her priorities in her work are to build community, ensure safety, and uplift marginalized voices.She holds an MFA from Columbia University and a Bachelor’s from Northwestern University and currently works as an educational consultant for The Gotham Film & Media Institute.