“KHAKI IS NOT LEATHER”



ABOUT
Everyone is spending way more time at home. Dating is essentially suspended. People are stressed and starved of intimacy. We turn to our phones, our laptops, and try to find someone. Anyone to make us feel good. Feel seen.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it gets weird. This search for connection is where we find our stories. “Khaki is Not Leather” hopes to bring a new perspective as it explores the ways in which we perform nearness and the ways we live it.

Log on. Explore. Connect... But don’t forget to tip.




CREW
DIRECTOR
    RAY SMILING

PRODUCER
    CHRIS DODDS

EDITOR
    JOE MORRIS

PRODUCTION DESIGN
    MIWA SAKULRAT

SOUND MIX & DESIGN
    JOSE VILLAMAN

MOTION DESIGN
    XTINE TINOSO


CHARACTER DESIGN
    LINIYA LANVIN

GRAPHIC DESIGN
    KONYIN AYUBA

WRITER
    KONYIN AYUBA

WRITER
    RAY SMILING

CASTING
    ALLISON TWARDZIAK CSA

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
    GAUL PORAT


COSTUMES
    SARAH DANIELLA

SCORE
    MATT WARNER

COLOR
    JOSEPH BICKNELL





CAST
EPISODE 1: “TILDA”
    PERFORMER: YVETTE YAYA WILLIAMS

    CLIENT: DAMIEN LEMON


EPISODE 3: “TABLE FOR ONE”
    PERFORMER: SEA SHIMOOKA
    MODERATOR: CRIMEFACES

EPISODE 5: “IT BITES BACK”
    PERFORMER: EMILY SCHULTHEIS
    CLIENT: JASMINE BRACEY

EPISODE 2: “MALLA, HELP ME”
    PERFORMER: EMMA KIKUE
    CLIENT: VINCE NAPPO


EPISODE 4: “TO TWERK, PERCHANCE TO DREAM”
    AISHA: BRIELLE JENKINS
    ODELL: GUY “MADDAWG” THOMAS

EPISODE 6: “GHOST RIDER”
    PERFORMER: MICKEY ROBERTS
    CLIENT: MIKAELA LUPU









CONTACT
RAY SMILING
RAY.SMILING@GMAIL.COM
585-748-7412