2022 BWIF Fellow
Columbia University

HERETICS
Logline: In the cold and calculated world of a mega-church, three janitors uncover a dark secret that goes all the way to the top.

Wesley Goodrich is a is a Brooklyn-based writer / director interested in using genre to tell stories about Black families, masculinity, and American history. Taking inspiration from eclectic sources ranging from Kendrick Lamar to Gordon Parks, Wes strives to create complex portraits of Caribbean Americans in his work. Since joining Columbia University’s graduate film program, Wes has written and directed three short films. His thesis film, PALM SUNDAY, is in pre-production a southern gothic drama about a Black man attempting to desegregate an all-white church in 1970s Raleigh North Carolina. Wes is the recipient of the Columbia University Dean’s Grant, and The Katherina-Otto-Berstein Grant.