In Need of Seawater

A poetic documentary that traces the origins of writer Mark Anthony Thomass creative voice. Through a cast of actors, a young featured poet, and rarely seen historical footage, the film revisits the poems that shaped his early years and the questions that still echo decades later. Blending performance, memory, and cultural history, In Need of Seawater becomes a meditation on personal becominghow identity is forged through trials, loss, and revelationand how one artists search for truth mirrors Americas ongoing fight for expression, dignity, and justice.