Dealbreaker
2026
Written and Directed by Mutaurwa Mapondera
Starring Yeena Sung and Jonathan Burton
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During a single night in their apartment, a couple’s argument spirals into a reckoning that exposes the needs they can no longer meet for each other.
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Produced By
David Sunny Roberts
Mutaurwa Mapondera
Director of Photography
Rikki Porter
Production Design By
Laura Vargas
Edited by
Sarah Igraine Welty
Colour by
Ray Levé
Associate Producer
Halle Kaufax
Casting By
Halle Kaufax
Wardrobe by
Tatiana Lovera
Makeup Artist
Trang Nguyen
Hair Stylist
Christine McInerney
Title Design by
Kay Beck
Music by
Paprtape
Sound Design by
Tony Yang
Sound Mixing by
Tony Yang
Sound Engineer
Koomba Simmons
Sound mixing Courtesy of Racket Club
Executive Producer
Adrian Womack
Production Coordinator
Armand Eduard
Stunt Coordinator
Luke Pearlberg
Intimacy Coordinator
Alexandra VanZwieten
Post Production by
Nicholas Markus
Assistant Editor
JJ. Hinterberger
Post Production Services Provided by Uppercut NYC
Flame Artist
Frankie Morales
Assistant Editor
Owen Mahoney
1st AC
Naomi Clark
2nd AC
Vaishali Sahu
Gaffer
Jericho Alcantara
Key Grip/Swing
Pablo Freese
Production Assistant
Elaina Crockett
Best Boy
Timoteo
Special Thanks:
Maria Heinegg
Lucia Muvingi
Raphael Mazoyer
Emily Morris
Myungsoon Kang
Sam Fuchs
Jean Zarate
Tom Dever
Judith Weston
Gregory English
Bjorn Amelan
Bill T. Jones
New York LIVE ARTS
Quincy Ledbetter
Yuki Ledbetter
Travis Wood
Isaiah Forte-Rose
Rashad Bailey
Jeri Sprague
Jake Haven Parisse
Ashley Thomas
Borough Photo
New Rule FX
Jack/Jill
Ripley-Grier Studios
“False Gold”
Performed by New Myths
Written by Brit Boras, Rosie Slater, Marina Ross
Courtesy of Academy Fight Songs
By Arrangement with Bank Robber Music
In Loving Memory:
Teresa Muvingi
Godfrey Muvingi
Marvelous Sunshine Mapondera
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